Alice Hull is the co-founder of 55 prints, a screen printing startup based in St Leonards. We met in her studio amongst the printing equipment and smell of inks to speak about how she started her own business & what her journey has been like so far.

In this episode we talk about how she found screen printing and that initially she didn’t really know what it was or why she was doing it. She trusted it though and has since found that she loves it! 

Her daily work involves liasing with artists to develop their projects and bring them to life and working with different businesses making anything from tee shirts to purses. She has found that she now has an outlet being creative herself and has started to write and print her own poetry.

Quite by coincidence Alice found out that she also has a family link to the screen printing through her grandad, Tristram Hull who set up a screen printing studio in 1960’s London which became a famous hub for local and international artists. 

Alice explained how she is becoming more accomplished at her trade but that it takes a long time to master it as screen sprinting is part art and part science. The skill of the printer is in getting the right balance between ink and materials to create a unique finish.

For more details see @55prints on Facebook.