November Newsletter

Thursday, 21 November 2019

Autumn Newsletter

Hi Visitor,

Indoor Silences, Hidden Noise, Eleanor Watson, installation view 2, monoprint on Japanese paper and oil on wood

You don’t have to go far to be stunned by the glorious beauty of so many of our magnificent stately homes, palaces and palatial mansions, all examples of Britishness. But here’s the conundrum, the contradiction, the dark shadow that falls on all these living monuments of Rule Britannia. Their beauty is testament to a questionable imperial past; one that’s much easier either ignored or re-coloured with the rose tints of nostalgia. Like the mansions, it’s a way of seeing that’s oh so British.

This is the tension that our SLAUGHTERHAUS Studio prize-winning artist, Eleanor Watson tries to explore in her extraordinary, vast, hand printed monotypes (each over 4m tall). It is the tension between the visible pomp and the hidden patriarchy between our ordered architecture and the many worlds we disordered to fund it.

Eleanor is an MA graduate from City and Guilds of London Art School who teaches adults (at the Coin street Community Centre) and kids- that is when she’s not pushing the borders of her art. And as with all art, Eleanor’s mission is to make us look again at the world around us; the world that we so often take for granted. Eleanor is one of a new breed of young printmakers whose energy feeds off the dynamism of SLAUGHTERHAUS and who spark a new jolt of electricity.

Our current exhibition 9th will finish on the weekend of Saturday 30 November & Sunday 1 December, and you are invited to drop in between 1.00–6.00pm on either day to pick up an early Christmas present (for yourself or someone else!) from one of our studio artists, including framed prints from the exhibition, Christmas cards and new affordable work from our browsers. A limited edition print by studio artist Rose Electra Harris will also be available, a copper plate etching inspired by Luis Barragán’s House in Mexico City, where Rose spent two months earlier this year.

Bring your friends and enjoy a glass of mulled wine and mince pies straight from the hotplate, our studio tradition!

Our programme of short Taster Courses have been going well, with full classes and great feedback:

'Very good sized group. Direct guidance, lots of 1-on-1, really good.'

'Really enjoyed it! Looking forward to coming back.'

'Really good fun. Mainly the atmosphere was calm and easy going. Good for learning.'

We have more courses over the next month and into the New Year. Coming up in the next couple of weeks:

Relief Print from Recycled Materials

Sunday 3 November 2019, 11.00- 4.00pm

Have an experimental and inventive day relief printing from found and recycled materials. You will be amazed how much you can make with recycled card, plastic, fabric, brown cardboard- really anything goes- so start collecting now!

Print Studio

November Newsletter

Thursday, 21 November 2019

Autumn Newsletter