Alan Birch spent a creative day with Year 4 pupils from St Stephens Primary School in Burnley, producing engravings and relief prints. The themes explored were The Plague and The River with images depicting the lague doctor, rats, ships and butterflies , fish and frogs . The children made their own prints and inked and […]
Alan Birch spent 2 weeks on Cape Cornwall working on a series for drawings which were later turned into a series of prints including etchings mono prints and sugar lift etchings in the studio. The weather was an experience with 2 hurricances and plenty of rain passing through the area, but it did make for […]
2 groups of Year 5 pupils from Our Lady-St Gerards Primary School in Lostock experimented with printmaking as part of their Amazon Rainforest topic. A series of drawings were developed into engravings. and relief prints by the pupils as they explored these techniques for the first time.
Year 11 pupils from Outwood Academy in Hindley spent 2 days working with printmaker Alan Birch working on a series off prints as part of their GCSE preparatory studies. A range of techniques were employed to enhance their work including engraving, relief printing and collage.
Year 9 pupils from St Ambrose Barlow in Salford spent time in the Whitworth working with printmaker Alan Birch. The group who had registered an interest in choosing art for their GCSE subjects worked from the ” Traces of Displacement ” show producing drawings and engravings using text to collage into their prints. The exhibition […]
To coincide with the exhibition of. engravings by Albrecht Durer , exhibited at the Whitworth in Manchester, Year 10 pupils from Parrs Wood High School embarked on a major creative project in 2023-24. Working with printmaker Alan Birch and photographer Andrew Brooks the pupils produced work on the theme of identity . Initial research in […]
Year 5 pupils From Gaskall Primary School worked with artist Alan Birch,at the Whitworth Art Gallery producing a range of prints based on Pop Art. Using textured wallpaper and collage, pupils produced a range of colourful and vibrant prints, using water based inks and a portable printing press.
Outwood Academy Print! Year 10 pupils worked with artist Alan Birch, producing a range of prints to enhance their GCSE coursework. An amazing range of work was produced, relief , intaglio, mono prints and chine colle works. The students produced a copious amount of work which went a long way to the students getting great […]
PROSPECT STUDIOS 20TH ANNIVERSARY OPEN WEEKEND 26th and 27th OCTOBER 2024 11 a.m to 4 p.m Prospect Studios are holding an Open Studio event to celebrate their 20th anniversary. Set up in 2004 by Manchester based artists Liam Spencer, Jill Randall and Alan Birch, the studio has grown into a creative hub in Rossendale. Alan, […]
Alan will be resident in the Whitworth on the 5th October 12-7pm , editioning prints from the new plate created digitally from print in the collection at the Whitworth. Come along and watch the magical process and have a chat.
New students enrolled at Manchester University , spent an enjoyable evening drawing and printing from the Albrecht Durer exhibition at The Whitworth. Upon completing their drawings , students returned to the garden studio to engrave and ink their prints. For many this was their first taste of printing and some excellent prints were produced. #alanbirch […]
Visit the Whitworth on Thursday to see Alan Birch print from the digitally recreated plate of Melancolia by Durer. Working from the plate created by artists Goldin +Senneby, Alan will be working from 12pm -7pm . The print-run will be for sale from the Whitworth shop during the exhibition. #alanbirch #printmaking #thewhitworth #engraving #prospect studio […]
Year 10 students from the Albion Academy in Salford spent a creative day working with the artist Alan Birch at the Whitworth in Manchester. The students were given printing demonstrations before drawing from the Durer exhibition. As the students had started a project based on objects they sought out objects from the Durer prints , […]
Great to be taking part in Goosfest 2023. , the Arts Festival taking place in Cheshire. Should be a great selection of work, and I am running a print workshop on Sunday. The work is on show Friday to Sunday 1st October. For more info visit https://goosfest.com/tickets/goosfest-art-in-the-barns-exhibitions/
I will be running a printmaking taster as part of the Goosfest held in Goostrey, Cheshire . The workshop will take place on Sunday the 1st of October and will cover techniques such as drypoint, engraving , relief printing with wallpaper and mono printing. For more details contact goosfest.com. As part of the festival there […]