PotionsPress

Potions Press is a team effort by Vermont sisters Kylie and Rayna. We design, carve, press, and hand-paint colorful block prints intended to spread joy and love for nature.

Kylie founded Potions Press in 2017 after spending the previous few years focused on painting. She learned how to make block prints in art class at Essex High School and came back to the practice as a way to make affordable handmade artworks. Kylie draws a lot of her inspiration from time spent outside, and takes a special interest in wildflower identification and the cycles of the moon. She loves developing new ways of adding color to her prints, such as using multiple blocks, reduction printing, incorporating color gradients, hand-coloring, and mono-printing with pressed plants.

Rayna joined Potions Press more recently to lend a helping hand to the growing business. She brings her cheerful, sunny disposition to markets and her excellent attention to detail to the production process. Both sisters have always been creative, and Rayna's many talents also include making hand-dipped beeswax candles, potholder rugs, and chicken broth; foraging for edible wild mushrooms; finding four-leafed clovers; performing with her fire hoop; and being a great mom to her daughter Daisy.