We run a membership scheme to try and pass on any benefits of working together and to support an information network. In particular members are offered exhibiting opportunities to showcase and sell their work.
Dear Members
Wishing you all a happy and successful 2012!
We will shortly publish our full Workshop Programme for Spring 2012
There are some places available on Kara Seaman’s Cyanotype Printing 2 day workshop at the end of this month (28 & 29 January) This printmaking technique is based on one of the earliest photographic processes and produces blue and white images. Contact Kara on: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 01792 205825 for further details or to book a place.
David Barron’s 2 day workshop: Dry Point from Paper Plates is on 31 January and 1 February – contact David by text or phone: 07735463444 or 01792 476033
Don’t forget we have plenty of opportunities for you to use the printing facilities in our Open Access sessions throughout the week.
Open Access sessions [please pre-book on 01792 464418]
All Open Access facilitators are experienced printmakers who can advise on all the printmaking processes available at SPW. All also have specialist expertise.
PLEASE NOTE THAT SESSION STARTING TIMES VARY.
Open Access session fees [per 1/2 day]: Full members £6.00; ordinary members £9.00
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Day |
Session times |
Printmaker |
Specialism |
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Monday |
10.00 – 1.00 |
David Barron |
Block [relief] Intaglio |
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Monday |
2.00 – 5.00 |
Sheila Clark |
Block [relief] Intaglio |
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Tuesday |
10.30.-1.30 |
Lesley Lilywhite |
Block [relief] Intaglio |
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Tuesday |
2.00 – 5.00 |
Carys Roberts |
Block [relief] Intaglio |
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Wednesday |
10.00 – 1.00 |
Alan Figg |
Block [relief] |
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Wednesday |
2.00 – 5.00 |
Not available |
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Thursday |
10.00 – 1.00 |
Kara Seaman |
Cyanotype, Digital Screenprinting, Collagraph |
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Thursday |
2.00 – 5.00 |
Judith Stroud |
Block [relief] Intaglio Digital |
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Friday |
am |
Not available |
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Friday |
pm |
Not available |
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Saturday [alternate] |
10.30 – 1.30 2.00 – 5.00 |
Rose Davies |
Monotype Block [relief] |
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Saturday [alternate] |
10.00 – 1.00 1.30 – 4.30 |
Heidi Mehta |
Screenprinting Collagraph |
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Sunday [alternate] |
10.30 – 1.30 2.00 – 5.00 |
Ruth Parmiter |
Block Etched block |
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Sunday [alternate] |
10.30 – 1.30 2.00 – 5.00 |
Michael Goode |
Screenprinting |
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If you are booking your FIRST Open Access session, please tell the person taking the booking and ask to have an Induction when you arrive. This only takes about 15 minutes and will be done on your first session. |
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Life Drawing: Thursday 6.30 – 9.30. Please ring Steve Jones on 01792 791439 for more information. Life drawing session fees: Full members £5.00; ordinary members £6.00; non-members £7.50 |
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Web Site updates
We would like to have more current work to view and for sale on the website. You can email the images and information directly to Jackie on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for her to upload anytime. All Full members are entitled to space on the website to sell their work and it would be good to see as much current work as possible. If you look at Judith Stroud’s entry you will see the sort of thing we need. Please factor in 20% commission for the studio.
If you have your own website please send the links to Jackie to add in. If you come across any websites you think are interesting and useful, we can add these to our links page for everyone’s benefit.
Funding Success!
We are delighted to tell you that we have been successful in receiving a grant from the Arts Council of Wales towards our ‘Drawn to Print’ project. This year-long project will start in March and will explore the breadth of the relationship between drawing and printmaking, looking at how drawings can be translated into traditional and non-traditional print processes through three artist residences and a variety of activities over the year.
We will be advertising the artist in residence opportunities in March but if you, or if you know anyone who has an interesting or unusual approach and who would be good to work with, please let us know so that we can approach them directly.
Keep an eye on our website for current news, events and activities. SPW is also on Facebook and Twitter. You can use this link - http://twitter.com/SPrintWorkshop or search 'SPrintworkshop' into Twitter. Join and get the most up to date news.
Regards
SPW
Swansea Print Workshop at The Mumbles Road Gallery at the Junction Cafe:
The current exhibition showcases the work of Matthew Otten and Jenny Mynett.
InkUp:InkUp:InkUp
The Oriel Ceri Richards Gallery at the Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea University, offered Swansea Print Workshop the opportunity to curate an exhibition which was on show for three weeks in August.
This was an excellent opportunity to showcase the work of selected artists in this popular and prestigious gallery. After a selection process the following artists were chosen.
David Barron Bill Chambers Alan Figg
Sarah Hopkins Robert Macdonald Judith Stroud
The work of Paul Peter Piech will also form a part of the exhibition.
The exhibition were August 6th - 26th 2011.
The Private View was on Friday 5th August 6pm to 8pm.
Press release:
"The wonderful variety of techniques used by artist/printmakers will be on display at the Taliesin Art Centre in August when six leading printmakers from Swansea’s renowned Print Workshop hold an exhibition of their recent work. It will also be an opportunity to see some of the linocuts produced by the late Paul Peter Piech, an American who came to live in Wales and who focused in his printmaking on issues of Welsh political and historical identity. The six living artists exhibiting are David Barron, Bill Chambers, Alan Figg, Sarah Hopkins, Robert Macdonald and Judith Stroud, all members of the Swansea Print Workshop which in recent years has become a centre for artistic innovation and adventurous outreach projects. Together their work encompasses almost all the main printmaking methods from the most traditional etchings and aquatints on copper to silk-screens employing the very latest digital manipulation."
At present we are offering full members exhibiting opportunities in Cafe Nisse in Wind Street and the Junction Cafe.
National Eistedfodd 2011
Members were offered the opportunity to display work at the Eistedfodd through a project run by the Original Print Place, Cardiff and funded by the Arts Council of Wales. The project set out to give printmakers in Wales an exposure to the many thousands of visitors the Eistedfodd enjoys every year. The stand looked really good. Check out the link below to see some of the images
http://www.theoriginalprintplace.co.uk/y-lle-print-eisteddfod
Annual Members Show 2010
We held the annual members exhibion at the Arts Wing of the Grand Theatre - a spacious and very central venue to show case new work each year.
The Arts Wing: Grand Theatre, Swansea Annual members show 2010
Arts Wing Grand Theatre Swansea Annual members show 2010
Junction Cafe Exhibiton space
The popular Junction Cafe on Mumbles Road next the childrens Lido is presently a venue for showcasing the work of the studio members.
As we are in the process of developing this new website we are also developing new opportunities to share information. In particular, now that we have the PayPal facility we are looking to sell more work. We are also happy to share information about techniques and resources. We are interested to hear from any artist would like to talk about their work at one of the Printmakers Forums. If you find a good link that is useful to printmakers - we would be happy to hear about it.
The website also lists some recommended books related to the different printmaking processes
You can subscribe to membership by hitting the membership button on the top menu
If you just want to be kept in touch by email, contact us and send us you details
Ordinary Membership: £10 per annum
- We keep you up to date on all our activities through email
- Priority booking for our workshops
- You can use our open access session to work independently alongside one of our printmakers
- You can buy specialist papers, tools and supplies from our studio which are often difficult to come by independently and in small amounts
- As a member you also have the opportunity to contribute to the running of the workshop and put your ideas forward for consideration
- Opportunity to enter work for our Annual Exhibition
- Invitation to special events, lectures.
Full Membership: £60 per annum
We offer considerable advantages, both financially and in terms of the access if you want to be a regular user:
- Reduced fees for open access sessions
- Reduced fees for workshops
- You will be able to work independently in our members only sessions as well as open access sessions
- You would also have the opportunity to participate in our exhibition programme, and other events such as Print Auctions/Open Days and group projects
- Opportunity to join our Printmakers Forum, meeting once a month to network and learn from other professional printmakers.
- Your artist’s statement and examples of your work on the new Swansea Print Workshop website: to promote and showcase your work to a world-wide potential client base.
- Consultation on the future of Swansea Print Workshop
- Opportunity (but no obligation) to become a member of the Board of Directors
- All members are issued with a card indicating their level of membership.
Induction Course
New members who have never used the Print Studio have to take part in a short induction that outlines
- Health & Safety guidelines for operating equipment
- Good workshop practice
- Other matters relating to workshop activities