Artists at the studio have been busy over the last few months producing new prints. Here are a selection of some of them. Etchings and aquatints, linocuts, collographs and mono prints have been printed . For more information contact alan through the website.
Members of the Handmade group worked with Alan Birch at the Whitworth creating relief prints and surface prints using plants and organic matter . The plants, some brought into the studio and a few from the garden were placed on inked plates then covered with paper and run through the press. The pressure left impressions […]
Printmaker Stuart Brocklehurst spent the weekend at Prospect , working with a group of artists on mezzotint plates. The small copper plates were rocked by Stuart to create a heavily indented plate. Artists then spent the weekend burnishing the plates, producing a series of proofs . Towards the end of the weekend artists printed their […]
Artists have been busy at Prospect over the last couple of months, producing a range of works. Many artists have been selected for exhibitions, sold works and progressed to Masters courses. If you wish to get a taste of printing, contact Alan through the website. Below are works by Karen Vine, Sheila Blair, Pete Cave, […]
Artists from Hebden Bridge, spent a productive weekend at Prospect Studio, exploring the medium of collograph. Acrylic gels, wallpaper, gesso and tile grout were used to create heavily incised plates. These were inked in a variety of ways to create rich prints. A brilliant weekend saw over 30 plates printed . Excellent results.
Families spent an enjoyable afternoon printing relief prints using wallpaper. Artists drew inspiration from their tour around the Mill, drawing shapes ranging from the machinery and objects used in the creation of fabrics. Visitors from Canada and Burnley left the museum with a range of images, all patterned, rich and colourful.
Age Friendly Printing Alan Birch spent 2 creative afternoons working with the Handmade group at The Whitworth. The group which meets on Friday afternoons explored lino printing and engraving . The Jigsaw lino prints drew inspiration from works in the Whitworth and the engravings were based on the surrealist concept ” The Exquisite Corpse “. […]
Members of George House Trust visited the Whitworth to spend the afternoon printing with Alan Birch. Using the wallpaper exhibition as as inspiration, artists combined shapes and patterns generated from relief wallpaper with collaged images from magazines to create mixed media pieces. The prints were highly personal and made for level discussions about the content.
Members of the Hand made group, who meet regularly at The Whitworth , worked with printmaker Alan Birch to create prints based on the the wallpapers from the Open House exhibition. The exhibition which features wallpapers from the last 50 years, shows how wallpaper can trigger memories and feelings. Artists brought in wallpapers from home […]
Members of the Handmade group (who meet regularly at the Whitworth and on Zoom! ) worked with artists Alan Birch, developing their work into print. The textile exhibition was used to base a series of engravings on whilst the wallpaper exhibition inspired a series of reduction lino prints. The group meets on a Friday afternoon. […]
Year 5 pupils from Brandwood Community Primary School in Bolton, were inspired by the work of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein to produce some excellent engravings and relief prints. Using metallic card for their engravings, wallpaper for relief prints and words made from wooden letters, the pupils worked diligently to develop ideas. Some excellent works […]
Printers have been busy in May printing new works at Prospect Studio. Recent fine art graduate Jasper Howard has been working on mono prints.Maria Murtagh has been developing her life drawings into a series of mono prints. Caroline Johnson has been collecting discarded drink cans and surface printing them with collage. Other works have seen […]
Year 4 pupils from Leyland Primary School, spent an enjoyable and creative day with printmaker Alan Birch. Amazonian creatures formed the basis for their drawings which were later transformed into engravings and printed using Alan’s portable press. Pupils used water based inks and enjoyed cleaning the ink off their plates and turning the wheel of […]
Year 11 pupils from Wellington School in Timperley spent 2 days immersed in the world of printmaking. Pupils threw themselves into the process producing over 500 prints on the theme of seaside and insects. A diverse range of techniques was explored; engraving, chine college, relief printing. mono printing and mixed media prints. The pupils demonstrated […]
Year 2 pupils from Sacred Heart RC Primary School explored the world of relief printing , looking at the work of Orla Kiely and 1960’s wallpaper. Using textured wallpapers to create relief printing blocks , the pupils really threw themselves into the spirit of printmaking, inking and printing their creations using water-based inks.