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Video – Printmaking and Porcelain Exhibition at the Lander Gallery
"Impressed", the new exhibition at Lander Gallery in Truro which runs up to 27th April 2013 is an understated but lovely one. The environment is informal. The coffee shop is right across the way, so you can hear the hubbub as you walk around. This is comforting and it...
Welcome to Printmaking Arts
Hi thanks for dropping by. Here is a welcome video which I hope gives you an idea what Printmaking Arts is all about. If you have any questions at all, feel free to drop me a line or comment on this post.
Gyotaku – The Art of Printing Fish
Gyotaku is a very unique form of printmaking which developed from a very practical need. Nearly 200 years ago in Japan, it is believed that fishermen developed gyotaku or "fish rubbing" as a method of recording a catch. I'm not sure about this romantic origin story,...
Which Lino Is Best for Linocut Printmaking?
It might seem like a bit of a boring post, but I often find myself having the same conversation about lino. I’ll say that I’m a printmaker, and that I specialise in relief printmaking with Woodcut and Linocut techniques. I’ll get the response – “Oh yes, I tried that a couple of years ago and it was awful. I couldn’t cut it properly and I thought it looked so easy.” I then take awhile to explain what might have been the problems. It saddens me that people get put off so easily.
Buy a Printing Press for Under £100
Following on from my recent post on my purchase of an Adana 5 x 3 small printing press, I thought you might be interested to know how I tracked it down. I’ll give you a list of resources, and an idea of what you can expect to pay.
Anyone Can Own a Printing Press
A printing press need not be a cripplingly expensive 3 tonne piece of image making equipment. There are affordable, simple to operate and maintain presses on the market. I know there are because I just bought one and I'm going to fix it up just to show you how easy it...
Just Print
The Problem It is easy to think that there is too much to learn about a topic, or that so many people know so much more than you do. This was never more try than with printmaking. This is daunting to say the least. There are so many different printmaking techniques,...
What Zorro can teach you about Printmaking
When I was 8 I lived for Saturday mornings when they would (for some unknown reason) play re-runs of the 50's black and white TV show "Zorro" and I would jump up and down on the sofa as Guy Williams played the masked hero. What has this got to do with printmaking?...
Book Review – Angie Lewin – “Plants and Places”
I love books which are image heavy. If it's a book about or by an artist then I also like there to be lots of sketches and preparatory drawings as well as finished pieces. Angie Lewin's Book "Plants and Places", with text by Leslie Geddes-Brown, does not disappoint....
James Brown the Typographically Tittilating Printmaker
Great, simple down to earth prints is how I would describe James Brown's work. With clients such as The Guardian and Cath Kidston, and an early career working with Louis Vuitton and Levis you might expect Brown, the printmaking marvel, to have adopted some airs in his...
Tugboat Printshop – The Definition of Inspiration
One of the reasons I started this blog was to celebrate print as an art form and a skill, and to highlight inspirational printmakers from around the globe. Enter husband and wife team, Paul Roden and Valerie Lueth, who have been printmaking together since 2006. They...
Book Review – “The Whimsical Works of David Weidman and also Some Serious Ones”
This astonishingly beautiful book covers the broad career of David Weidman; from house builder to animation artist to printmaker and then ceramicist. What little text there is, is sprinkled amongst vivid and intricate reproductions of animation cels, screen prints,...