Spring 2024 Volume 33 Issue 129 

Welcome - Leonie Bradley ARE

Printmakers's Diary
Tracy Hill, illuminates the judging process for the 23rd International Print Triennial in Krakow,  where artists were invited to respond to the theme Momentum

Cuttings

Conference
Inheritance & innovation  - The Fifth International Mokuhanga Conference

Exhibition
Objecthood & materiality

Start the press!  - Ikon Gallery

Retrospective

Biodiversity

Cuttings

Finding loss - Michelle Keegan

Exhibition

Kaleidoscope  - Anne Desmet RA RE at the Guildhall Art Gallery

Books
50 years of bookmaking - Susan Allix

Grant
Paper & print  - Double Elephant Print Workshop

Expanded Practice

Turning to stone

Fossils of care

Profile

Sunny Uplands
London-based, Canadian artist Mychael Barratt PPRE creates narrative prints that exude wit and charm, writes Colin Moore

Award
Moving Mountains
In recognition of her unparalleled contribution to wood engraving, Hilary Paynter MBE PPRE,  has been awarded an Honour by King Charles.  Leonie Bradley takes a look at her political prints

Defragmentation
Working with digital printmaking, coding and interactive art, Dr Paweł Puziois an artist and researcher at the Studio of Digital and Experimental Print in Wrocław, Poland. Zusanna Dyrda explores

LOPF

Intriguing discoveries
Leonie Bradley finds out what is on offer at this year’s London Original Print Fair, Europe’s longest running, dedicated print fair

Collection
Hidden Treasures
Curator, Elizabeth Dooley, reports on the little-known, yet expansive collection with many hidden print gems at Warwick University

ARTISTS’ BOOKS
All Shades of Blue
Artists’ books by Roelof Bakker and Caren Florance speak of loss through colour and texture, visual allusion and sensory touch, writes Sarah Bodman

Print Workshops

Creative Connections
Chris Mooney-Brown on how a group of print studios came together to establish Print Network Ireland, a collaborative link for printmakers in Ireland

Profile
Inwards and Outwards
Richard Noyce on two German printmakers with similar biographies, yet very different approaches  and outcomes: Franca Bartholomäi and Gabriela Jolowicz

Residency
Broad Bay Inspiration
The Caselberg Trust In Print Residency in Broad Bay, New Zealand offers artists plentiful time reports Mark Graver RE

Tribute
Joe Tilson RA (1928–2023)

Artists Eye
A Renewed End
Marco Poma was awarded the Printmaking Today prize at the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair for his etching, Cataclysm

Technical / Justin Diggle RE
What Lies Beneath
Justin Diggle RE presents a step-by-step guide to laser-engraved screenprints,  a technique he developed to explore themes of surveillance

Bookshelf
Edward Twohig RE
Artist, Author, RE Hon. Curator & Head of Art at Marlborough College  ‘Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability.’

Book Reviews

Resources

Opportunities

Previews

Contemporary and Modern British Original Prints 16 - 24 Mar  The Minories, 74 High St, Colchester CO1 1UE

Clare Woods: Soft Knock 8 Mar - 20 Apr Cristea Roberts Gallery, 43 Pall Mall, St James's London SW1Y 5JG

Climate-prints 6-30 Apr Fyns Grafiske Vaerksted, Hans Jensons Straede 18-20, 5000 Odense, Denmark

Listings

Artist's Eye
Kitchen Sink Drama  Martin Ridgwell won the Printmaking Today prize at the RE Originals show for his strong narratives appropriately cut on chopping boards