Print Club, Bristol is very happy to partner The Other Art Fair again this year.
To celebrate 40 years of Spike Print Studio, the South West’s leading open access print studio, TOAF presents an exclusive and exciting prize draw opportunity to WIN two Bristol Private View tickets on 22 July and this beautiful mini print by Spike Island bursary award recipient John Lynch. Simply LIKE this post on Instagram to win, competition ends on Friday 8 July – Good luck!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BHcIHckBD6u/
Arnolfini
16 Narrow Quay
Bristol BS1 4QA
Private View:
Friday 22nd July: 5pm-9pm
Saturday 23rd July: 10am-6pm
Sunday 24th July: 10am-5pm
PRINT CLUB BRISTOL IS GOING TO THE HEPWORTH PRINT FAIR, WAKEFIELD IN MARCH 2016
4 – 6 March 2016
Hannah McVicar and Clare Cutts will travel up in a white van laden with amazing, professional, fabulous prints and will be our ambassadors for the weekend. They will work hard to sell our wares and show off our talented artists and promote our studio. They will only have porridge allowance which we think will keep them on their toes!
The print fair will be held in The Calder, a converted mill space and will feature over 40 printmakers, collectives and galleries handpicked from around the UK.
The fair aims to provide a friendly atmosphere for both budding collectors and seasoned print enthusiasts to engage with all things print. We think this should be a good venue for Print Club Bristol.
http://www.hepworthwakefield.org/print-fair
http://www.hepworthwakefield.org/thecalder
The Hepworth Wakefield Gallery Walk Wakefield WF1 5AW 01924 247360
www.hannahmcvicar.co.uk
wwwclare-cutts.co.uk
image:
Robert Manners
Implied Resistance
Relief
PRINT CLUB BRISTOL IS GOING TO THE HEPWORTH PRINT FAIR, HEPWORTH IN MARCH 20164 – 6 March 2016
Hannah McVicar and Clare Cutts will travel up in a white van laden with amazing, professional, fabulous prints and will be our ambassadors for the weekend. They will work hard to sell our wares and show off our talented artists and promote our studio. They will only have porridge allowance which we think will keep them on their toes!
The print fair will be held in The Calder, a converted mill space and will feature over 40 printmakers, collectives and galleries handpicked from around the UK.
The fair aims to provide a friendly atmosphere for both budding collectors and seasoned print enthusiasts to engage with all things print. We think this should be a good venue for Print Club Bristol.
http://www.hepworthwakefield.org/print-fair
http://www.hepworthwakefield.org/thecalder
The Hepworth Wakefield Gallery Walk Wakefield WF1 5AW 01924 247360
www.hannahmcvicar.co.uk
wwwclare-cutts.co.uk
Image:
Implied Resistance- Robert Manners
relief print
Motoharu Asaka, one of the last remaining master woodblock carvers in Japan, with more than 45 years experience and commissions from national museums and world-renowned contemporary artists, is visiting European institutions in Finland, Italy, France and the UK in September, 2015.
He will give workshops about Japanese woodblock (ukiyo-e) carving and printing using traditional methods, developed in Japan during the last 400 years, and passed down through the strict apprenticeship system. Spike Print Studio is delighted to welcome him and offer you this unique opportunity to meet him.
Background
(The techniques of traditional Japanese woodblock (ukiyo-e) carving and printing gave artists such as Utagawa, Hokusai and Hiroshige a means to execute their vision with highly refined carved lines and an expanding palette of colors throughout the Edo period (1600-1853). These methods were passed down through the apprenticeship system but were never introduced fully into the formal art education system except in cases where an individiual professor had a particular passion. For this among other reasons, ukiyoe carving and printing techniques were difficult to master for those not prepared to undergo an arduous 10-year apprenticeship.
Motoharu Asaka wanted nothing more, and at the age of 17 moved to Kyoto to begin formal training.
In the past 10 years however, he has become increasingly concerned about the scarcity of successors in all areas of woodblock printmaking. From carvers to paper-makers, tool-makers and paper-coating specialists, Japan’s most well-known artform is in danger of dying out. He is actively involved in supporting the remaining community and is Head of the secretariat for the Ukiyoe Carving and Printing Association and sits on the boards of the Tokyo Traditional Woodblock Print Craft Cooperative Partnership and the Tokyo Woodblock Print Crafts Association. Since 2011, recognising the need to spread his knowledge as widely as possible, he opened his studio to the public and now has around 40 students engaged in studying woodblock printing on a weekly basis.
More information
Motoharu Asaka will be visiting the UK as part of a European tour this Autumn. He will be accompanied by Louise Rouse (MFA), Adjunct Professor for printmaking at Temple University, Japan Campus, who will provide interpretation/language support for workshops and lectures in English. )
Libby LLoyd – Dream Lover series (see artists’ profile page)
As a fair visitor, you have the opportunity to meet, discuss and buy from emerging artists chosen by a panel of experts.
Exhibiting artists include Frea Buckler, Gilly Thompson, Ian Chamberlain, Libby Lloyd and Anna Marrow and invited guest, J Patrick Boyle.
http://bristol.theotherartfair.com/partners/fair-partners