Aquatint: A means of producing tone, like watercolour, as an addition or an alternative to line in an etching. The plate is covered with melted grains of resin and then put into acid, which bites into the metal around each grain, leaving white dots when printed. Stop-out varnish is used to protect areas during second […]
Continue readingMy name is Clare O Hagan, a visual artist and activist, living in London, England. On June 19th 2020, I will be transformed into Keto –a Greek Goddess of the Sea. Keto and I were due to be on her island home of Paros, Greece on that date where a big party and exhibition celebrating […]
Continue readingAn opportunity to view PMC member Theresa Pateman’s North London Studio. This short video, compiled during Lockdown, affords us a glimpse into the the hub of Theresa’s printmaking activities. We can appreciate the impressive level of organisation she employs to produce her highly successful work.
Continue readingDespite not being able to access the press or other printing materials, members are producing great work! We will be adding to he gallery all through this strangeness so do send you images by We Transfer to katewillows@blueyonder.co.uk Lockdown work by members
Continue readingOn Thursday, 17th September 2020 The Printmakers Council will hold its first ever one-day Print Symposium, from 10am to 4pm at The Royal Over-Seas League, Piccadilly, London SW1A 1LR on the following theme: Relaxing the Line: the Unconventional in Printmaking. Later, in the evening on the same day, there will be a Private View to […]
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Continue readingDelivery of portfolio to the gallery by 2nd March
Continue readingTrevor Dance will be giving a talk on Monday April 21st to the Friends of Scarborough Art Gallery, following their AGM, which is their last before handing over the running of the gallery to Scarborough Council. The talk is at 2.30pm. Scarborough Art Gallery, The Crescent, Scarborough Y011 2PW
Continue readingwww.bookplatesociety.org/2020competitionLondon.htm submission deadline: 31st March 2020 No entry fee. Congress dates: 12th to 16th August 2020. Exhibition will be shown initially in the Congress venue, a hotel in Bloomsbury, near BM. Each artist can submit up to three designs. Size of paper: 21 x 15 cm. (A5) The longest side of the image – not […]
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