Printmaker Emma Molony loves fairy tales, particularly the darker kind in which wolves roam free.

And her first-ever solo exhibition, at the Brook Gallery in Budleigh Salterton, shows off her talent for creating works of art from old fantastical stories.

She cuts silhouettes from black paper, using just a scalpel and a skilful eye, and then screen prints the images at the Double Elephant Print Studio, her work space in Exeter.

And she often adds other elements in red and gold to build up striking, theatrical images.

Among them is her limited-edition print Wendy And The Wolf part of a larger body of work based on JM Barrie's Peter Pan stories.

"There is a sentence in Peter Pan where Wendy is described as having a pet wolf," says Emma "There are a lot of wolves in my work. I'm interested in the stories they crop up in."

Emma based her Wendy on an actress called Hilda Trevelyn, who played the character on the London stage at the turn of the 20th century. Her hair is worn loose in ringlets and she wears a red cape which matches the red of the theatre curtains.

"She was the first actress to play Wendy and I think she is a lovely image. I really like the way she looks like Red Riding Hood," she says.

Emma's silhouettes also feature in her wallpaper of JM Barrie's Neverland – with Captain Hook, Peter Pan, Wendy and the lost boys, Tinkerbell, pirates, Indians, wild beasts and mermaids – and as scenes suspended inside transparent baubles.

Emma first became intrigued by printmaking in Venice ten years ago. An art history graduate, she had gone to do work experience at the prestigious modern art museum, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. But while there, fell in love with the little inky printmaking studios in the back streets, staying on for three years to learn their art.

"There are loads of print studios in Venice, it is a real tradition," she says. "There was one across the canal from my flat, I could see loads of paper hanging down, and all these machines. I wanted to know what was happening. It looked like a lovely life!"

Emma settled back in Exeter six years ago, has worked as a printmaker ever since. Her screen-printed silhouettes reached a wider audience when she helped Kirstie Allsopp screen-print her own wallpaper for her TV programme Kirstie's Homemade Home three years ago.

She's recently been moving away from screen-printing and experimenting with drawing images into printing plates. One method, which gives detailed results, is dry point, which involves scratching an image into perspex, creating a fine effect.

Emma is really excited to be having her own solo exhibition at the Brook, which specialises in printmaking.

"I have exhibited as part of Devon Open Studios and in group shows but this is the first time I have had a show on my own," she says. "It is really nice to have all my work on show in one place."