artoftheprint.info 1997 to 2007

This site is an introduction to the art of printmaking. It contains examples of various printmaking techniques such as (etching) inaglio, relief printing and digital printing. In addition there are references to the social and historical background to printmaking. There are supporting pages listing suppliers, books and galleries. The main aim of the site is to show printmaking as lively, creative art form.

PRINTMAKING print workshops

PRINTMAKING

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Revised and updated February 2007

the UK

Artichoke Print Workshop

Artichoke Print Workshop
Unit S1,
Shakespeare Business Centre,
245a Coldharbour Lane,
London SW9 8RR.

Open access - editioning, etching, lithography &
relief. Contact Melvyn Petterson or Colin Gale. 

e-mail: artichoke@members.v21.co.uk

Telephone: 020 7924 0600

Fax: [01144] 020 7733 5140

ARTICHOKE Print Workshop was established by Colin Gale and Melvyn Petterson in 1992. (please note that I have not been able to establish that this workshop is still in business)

The workshop is located in a Victorian Granary Warehouse in a thriving area of Brixton, in the southeast of London, England.

Artichoke provides OPEN ACCESS facilities for fine art printmaking in the areas of intaglio, lithography, relief printing and photographic printmaking media.

Bristol Printmakers

Bristol Printmakers' Workshop
MacArthur Building, 
Gas Ferry Road,
Bristol BS1,
Tel: +44(0)1179249167

http://digital-bristol.avonibp.co.uk/printmkr/printmkr.html

Spike Island
133 Cumberland Road, Bristol, BS1 UX
Telephone: +44 (0)117 929 2266
Fax: +44 (0)117 929 2066
Email: admin@spikeisland.org.uk

Spike Island has established itself as a significant international centre combining working and exhibition space for the contemporary visual arts.

Located at the edge of Bristol’s Harbourside, Spike Island offers seventy affordable long let studios; project space for the making and showing of ambitious new work; and a number of spaces for commercial cultural industries. In parallel to this, a programme of residencies and fellowships are accommodated within dedicated shorter let spaces. The programme of exhibitions commissioned for the gallery takes place against the background of critical debate and the international residency programme for which Spike Island is renowned.

http://www.spikeisland.org.uk/

Belfast Print Workshop

Belfast Print Workshop 
186 Stranmillis Road,
Belfast, N. Ireland BT9 5DU, UK. 

Contact: Jim Allen 

Tel: +44(0)1232 381591. 

Cambridge

St Barnabas Press,
Belfast Yard, Coldhams Road,
CAMBRIDGE CB1 3EW, UK
Tel: 01223 413792, Fax: 01223 212440
Email: mailto:info@stbarnabaspress.co.uk

Contact: James Hill.
Tel: +44 (0)1223 413792, Fax +44(0)1223 212440.

Facilities for etching, relief printing and screenprinting. Studio space for hire as well as tuition.

http://www.stbarnabaspress.co.uk/

The Cambridge Curwen Print Study Centre
Chilford Hall
Linton
Cambridge CB1 6LE

Telephone: 01223 893544 Fax: 01223 893638

http://www.curwenprintstudy.co.uk/

The Print Studio, Cambridge Ltd.
Building 10, The Michael Young Centre, Purbeck Road,
Cambridge, ENGLAND CB2 2HN
Tel/Fax: +44 (0)1223 416415

Email: printstudio@ukonline.co.uk

http://www.theprintstudio.co.uk/

the Aragó Press
The Aragó Press specialises in limited editon prints and artist's books. Editioning only. Relief printing: 2 Albion presses; screen printing: 1 etching press; digital printing with Mutoh 54" inkjet, and Epson Stylus Pro 4800 A2 printer, both using archival quality inks. A quantity of lead and wood type.

contact Arvon Wellen: +44 (0)1353 667662

http://www.aragopress.arago.co.uk

http://www.arago.co.uk

Cardiff

The Print Market Workshop
Chapter, Market Road, 
Canton,
Cardiff, CF5 1QE,UK. 
Contact: Pete Williams

Tel: +44(0)1222 394999.


http://www.cf.ac.uk./ccin/main/smes/ptmarket/

Open access workshop with facilities for etching, silkscreen and relief printing. A safer, non-toxic approach to printmaking. 

Colchester

The Print Workshop

Cuckoo Farm Studios,
Boxted Road, 
Colchester, Essex CO4 5HH, UK.

http://www.cuckoofarmstudios.org.uk/

Cuckoo Farm Associates can now access all the facilities available to studio occupiers.

The well-equipped print workshop is open to members of the public and The BenhamGallery may be rented for exhibitions
or events.

If you want further information about the events, hiring the gallery, joining the Print Workshop or renting a studio please ring 01206 843530 or
e-mail info@cuckoofarmstudios.org.uk

Cornwall

Proof Print Workshop,
Islington Wharf, Penryn,
Cornwall TR10 8AT UK.

Tel: +44 (0)1326 378313.

Intaglio/Relief printing Workshop hire/Classes. Picturesque waterside location

Edinburgh
Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop and Gallery Ltd,
23 Union Street
Edinburgh EH1 3LR
Scotland UK
tel 0131 557 2479
fax 0131 558 8418
info@edinburgh-printmakers.co.uk

http://www.edinburgh-printmakers.co.uk/

Exeter

Double Elephant Print Workshop

Double Elephant is an open access community based printmaking studio available to anyone, professional printmakers, artists and beginners alike.

We aim to offer resources, equipment and tuition to the highest professional standards. We encourage creativity and artistic personal development through a friendly approach and a focus on the artistic integrity of your printmaking.

Old Bakery Studios
Spicer Road
Exeter
Devon
EX1 1TA

Telephone: Lynn Bailey - 07855 206 659 Emma Molony - 07855 512 753

e-mail: info@doubleelephant.org.uk

http://www.doubleelephant.org.uk

Glasgow
Glasgow Print Studio
Glasgow Print Studio Workshop

Workshop facilities are available in etching/intaglio, stone and plate lithography, relief printing, photography and many other related processes. We also have a digital imaging service. The workshop is run by an experienced staff of expert artist printmakers who provide guidance and technical advice on all aspects of printmaking. Workshop access is available to all members of the public who have printmaking experience.

Contacts
John Mackechnie (Director)
Carolyn Nicoll (Administrator)
Pamela Robertson (Education and Outreach)

 Glasgow Print Studio
22 King Street
Glasgow G1 5QP

Tel: +44 (0)141 552 0704
Fax: +44 (0)141 2919
email: gallery@gpsart.co.uk

London

The London Print Studio
425 Harrow Road, 
London W10 4RD.
Tel: Print studio 020 8969 8964
info@londonprintstudio.org.uk

Open access resource for Block printing: Etching (plate making, photo etching, aquatint), Lithography, Screen Printing
Computer - open access resource DTP and Graphics Software:
Pagemaker, QuarkXpress, Painter, Illustrator, MiniCAD and Claris Works and Photoshop plus Internet access 
1:1 Training is available in both areas.
Technical support is also available in both areas
Computer courses in DTP 
The LPW offers concessionary rates for students and
ex-students (for the first two years after leaving college), senior citizens, unemployed people and holders of Westminster ResCards and YouthCards.


http://www.londonprintstudio.org.uk/

The Block Open Access Print Studios,

 
Paragon Centre, Searles Road, London SEl 4W, UK. Tel: +44(0)171 7085796. Etching, lithography, relief.
Evening and weekend courses, reasonable rates. 

Northern Ireland

Seacourt Print Workshop (located at the rear of Carnegie Library),
78 Hamilton Road,
Bangor, Co. Down
Northern Ireland  BT20 4LG

Tel/Fax: +(0)28 9146 0595
E-mail: info@seacourt-ni.org.uk

Oxford

Oxford Printmakers

Christadelphian Hall,
Tyndale Road,
Oxford OX4 1JL
Tel: (+44) 01865 726472.
E-mail: oxfordprintmakers@hotmail.co.uk

Since early days the workshop has run a range of short courses on print processes, such as etching, lithography, collagraph, mixed media printmaking, monoprinting, papermaking, photo litho, relief printing, (i.e. lino and woodcut), screen printing, and viscosity etching. We are setting up safe etching methods, having had Keith Howard run a course here a while ago, and also noting the success that Edinburgh printworkshop has had with safe etching.

http://oxfordprintmakers.co.uk/

Poole

Poole Printmakers,

5 Bowling Green Alley,
Poole, Dorset BH15 1AG, UK. Contact: John Liddell. Tel: +44(0)1202 393776. Classes/ Courses in Relief and Experimental Printmaking.

Porthmeor

Porthmeor Printmakers Workshop

The Penwith Gallery, Black Road West, St Ives,
Cornwall TR26 !nl, UK. Contact Mary Crockett
Tel: +44 (0) 1736 61125

Sudbury

Gainsborough's House
46 Gainsborough Street ·   Sudbury ·   Suffolk ·   CO10 2EU
UK
The Print Workshop at Gainsborough's House is an open-access studio available to anyone interested in printmaking. The Workshop was established in 1978 in premises opening onto the charming garden at Gainsborough's House.

Telephone 01787 372958 ·   Fax 01787 376991
email: info@gainsborough.org

http://www.gainsborough.org/

Swansea

Swansea Print Workshop,
19a Clarence Street,
Swansea
SA1 3QR

Tel:  01792 464 418
Fax: 01792 464 418

http://www.swanseaprintworkshop.org.uk/

Swansea Print Workshop was set up in 1998 by a group of artists, with the intention of providing much needed professional printmaking and drawing facilities in the Swansea area and creating a CENTRE of excellence for printmaking in South Wales. The studios provide a forum for established printmakers and would-be printmakers to meet and exchange ideas and to share a platform of exhibition opportunities.

Totnes

Totnes Broadhent Fine Art (Printmaking),

Unit H, The Alpha Centre, Babbage Road, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5JA. Contact: Martin Broadbent. Tel: +44 (0)1803 864664. Lithographic production studio. Platemaking, colour proofing, editioning, including large formats.

SPAIN

CENTRO DE ARTE Y CULTURA CONTEMPORÁNEOS
FUNDACIÓN RODRÍGUEZ-AMAT
17466 Les Olives (Garrigoles), El Baix Empodà
Cataluña
España
Tel. (0034) 972 76 82 93
Móvil: (0034) 697 76 18 74
e-mail: fundacio@rodriguez-amat.com

USA

Chicago

Chicago Printmakers Collaborative
4642 N. Western, Chicago
Tel: (773) 293-2070
Fax: (773) 293-2071

This page was last updated on 17th February 2007