Members of Prospect Printmakers have enjoyed great success in recent months. Many artists enter competitions and arrange their own shows. A selection of their success is below. Pam Holstein- shortlisted for Jacksons Art Prize. Carloyn Murphy- soon to be included in a publication. Peter Cave and Dave Norris- selected for Bury Arts Festival ( peter […]
Alan birch has spent the last month printing the large etching and drypoint plates of Dave Pearson. Alan has used his own press and the large press at Valley artists, to produce rich and narrative prints on Fabriano paper. The works feature folk customs and expressive figurative works. The prints are being printed for the […]
Artist Alan Birch spent a few days in Holland , researching venues for touring his series Later-Day Saints. The series now numbering 54 prints, will be shown at Leeds Medieval Congress in July, and Alan is currently looking for other venues. Alan visited museums in Dusseldorf, Den Bosch, Amsterdam and hopefully the saints will make […]
Families were able to get their hands dirty as part of the Nationwide BBC initiative ” Get Creative Day” at Stanley Grove in Longsight in April. A range of creative activities were arranged, including a printing workshop with artist Alan Birch. Both parents and children used the wok of Kandinsky and Matisse to create colourful […]
Jill Randall, a regular at the Printing classes at Prospect Studio, is currently showing her work at Geever Tin Mine in Cornwall. The exhibition featuring drawings, sculpture and prints in the gallery at Geever is on show until September 2016. The prints from deeply bitten plates, involving intaglio inking and rollovers, reflect the plant life […]
Year 4 pupils from Cavendish Primary School, showcased their excellent creative powers at a printing workshop with artist Alan Birch. Pupils producing drawings from the work of Rousseau, before engraving them onto metallic card plates. Using engravers and sandpaper pupils, pupils transformed their drawings into intaglio prints. Pupils used Alan’s portable press and water-based inks […]
Residents from Ratcliffe Care home, spent an enjoyable day at the Whitworth in Manchester, printing with Alan Birch. Using the work of MIchael Brennan Wood, residents suffering from Dementia, explored the colours and the shapes of the piece, drawing shapes. These drawings were used to cut out shapes from textured wallpapers which were then printed […]
I am currently working on 15 new saints to bring up the total to 50. St Gamer is the latest addition to the brotherhood, joining Saints Bogoff and Zero Hours. The Saints will be on view at the International Medieval Congress in Leeds in July. Anyone requiring details contact Alan on alan@alanbirch.co.uk.
Over the the last three years I have been working on a series of prints, initially monoprints, which take their starting point from the collection of saintly wood carvings in the Wellcome Collection at The Science Museum in London . The depiction of saints is a subject I have been long fascinated with, whether in […]
Two new artists produced excellent prints at the printing workshop at Prospect Studio last weekend. Jasper Howard made some amazing chine colle prints depicting his father. Neil Hodgsons portrait was bitten for several times to produce deeper lines. Kay Macintosh experimented with drypoint.
A fascinating and invigorating workshop was held at The Whitworth for Carers and their family members with early onset dementia . Artist Alan Birch took the group around the Whitworth looking and drawing from the figurative work of Tibor Reich. These drawings were later transformed into engravings which were printed with collage. The sessions which […]
Alan Birch will be showing his expanded series of Later- Day Saints at Leeds International Medieval Conference on the 6th and 7th of July. Around 10 framed prints will be exhibited during the Conference and Alan will be there in person on the 6th ( Medieval Craft Fair ) and the 7th ( Making Leeds Medieval […]
Printmakers from Prospect Studio, spent an enjoyable morning at The Whitworth in Manchester, getting close to prints from the collection. Curator Helen Stalker talked about the works on show and introduced artists to a range of prints including Rembrandt, Hokusai, Kollwitz, Munch , Picasso, Roualt, Piranesi, Ackroyd amongst others. It is hoped that more visits […]
As part of the Reveal Open Studio, visitors were encouraged to draw and print their own saint in Alans studio. Some great prints were produced and prizes of 8 saintly postcards were awarded.
Saint Selfie came face to face with his inspiration in Venice. The painting by was the starting point for Saint Selfie. More saintly pics will follow, having seen others in Porto, Braga and Venice.