September Newsletter
Sunday, 15 September 2019
NEWS FOR SEPTEMBER
Hi Visitor,
Here’s an early invitation. Please save the date for the opening event of our next annual studio exhibition Ninth, which will take place on Thursday 3rd October 6-8pm, 2019. The exhibition will continue until Friday 25 October and there will be a series of short workshops throughout the month when you can come and try out different printmaking techniques. The exhibition will be a chance to catch up on what some of our talented printmakers are creating now.
Our artist members are all contributing the sales of their work to fund future development of the studio, including plans to grow our work in the local community. We hope you will come and buy a print to help fund our fantastic resource and to make it available for more artists.
The opening event is partly a celebration: Firstly, we’re celebrating our newfound status as a CIC (that’s a Community Interest Company, or a company whose sole aim isn’t to make a profit but to enhance the society around it). Secondly, in October we’ll be entering our tenth year. That’s 10 years of producing some of the most interesting printmaking south of the Thames.
Do come along and support us!
Meet our members
This month we’re celebrating the work of one of our studio printmakers, Rose Electra Harris.
Rose, working predominantly in etching and screen-printing, uses her work to explore the interior, creating dreamlike, surreal and vibrant interpretations of domestic spaces. To her, a room is an oasis and the things within it are what bring it to life. She reimagines the colourful dialogue that exists between space and furnishings, returning to certain imagery – chandeliers, lemon squeezers or freestanding baths – in her scenes, which make use of a singularly distorted perspective. She uses decorative motifs, exotic hues, intricate patterns and rich textures throughout her work.
Rose has spent the last few months living in Mexico City where she created prints inspired by Mexican culture and architecture, as well as creating large scale drawings focusing on the relationship been the interior and exterior. Moving forward, Rose plans to transform these drawings and ideas into woodcuts, a completely new printmaking process for her.
Specially commissioned work by studio artist Rose Electra Harris will be available to buy at our exhibition. Rose has worked with master printer Rob White to produce a beautiful multi colour etching, which will be available in an edition of 30 at our opening event in October.
OUR COURSES IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER
As usual, this September we will be launching new courses to suit all levels of ability. Some of our upcoming courses are featured below and to accompany Ninth, we will be running lots of short taster courses; keep an eye on our website for updates. Here’s what past students have said about our courses.
“It was lovely being in a studio environment with like minded people and with some one to guide us, who knew what they were doing but magically didn’t get in the way of us doing it for ourselves.”
"Fantastic, approachable and knowledgeable guidance."
“I enjoyed being guided through the technique yet with the freedom to be creative and experimental. I loved the excitement during the final printing."
2, 9,16 & 23 September, 10.00-4.00pm
Learn the secrets and techniques of making fabulous prints from wood. On this four day course learn how to make a large woodcut and how to print it by hand. This will involve cutting and printing in more than one colour. You’ll learn how to ink large areas successfully and how to handle the paper to achieve excellent registration. The course will be taught by Rob White, who has worked extensively with Tom Hammick and is an experienced printer of large and complex woodcuts. You will find this course to be packed full of info and trade secrets for achieving fantastic images.
Saturday 14 September, 2019, 1.30- 4.30pm
Using water washable inks you will find out how to make trace monotypes, how to print the reverse image from the plate and how to make drawn and painterly marks into the ink. Working with water and oil, you will be able to experiment with the particular qualities of the inks and learn techniques you can continue to use at home and in the studio to develop your work further.
Saturday 9 & Sunday 10 November 2019, 10.00-4.00pm
Explore collagraph and drypoint techniques, using cardboard surfaces. Collagraph is a collaged printing plate with huge possibilities of mark making- it is an inexpensive technique that allows you to recycle and re-use materials and create a really wide range of different effects.
Looking forward to seeing you in October.
Michelle, Claire and Lee
SLAUGHTERHAUS
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