Printmaking: Mystery and Method
24th August – 10th September 2022
Printmaking: Mystery and Method explores how the wide-ranging techniques of printmaking are used by artists to make intriguing and curious work.
Guest Artists: Mary Dalton / Mai Osawa / Annee Robson / Julie Hoyle / William Pullen / Marcus Reece Roberts / Dale Devereux Barker / Tom Boulton
SVAF Artists: Adam Green / Jennifer Blackwell / Louisa Crispin / Margaret Devitt / Susanne Beard / Carole Aston / Amanda Hopkins / Rowena McWilliams / Wendy Jones / Ann Bridges / Frederique Jones / Franny Swann / Anne Fontenoy / Jane Sandoe / Beverley Johnson / Niki Campbell / Cherie Lubbock / Rozenn Gladwell / Sarah Cliff / Victoria Granville Baxter / Rosalind Barker / Sue Evans
For this exhibition, members of Sevenoaks Visual Arts Forum (SVAF) were challenged to submit work resulting from the transfer of marks from one surface, (the plate or matrix), to another (generally, but not exclusively, paper), by the artist. Exhibitors and especially those who do not usually use printmaking as a method, have been encouraged to experiment and improvise in order to produce fresh, new work.
In addition, the curator, Sarah Cliff, has invited a small number of recognised printmakers, who have an established reputation in their particular field of printmaking, to exhibit. These are also printmakers and tutors who generously share their ideas with others and those with whom the curator has a personal association, through her printmaking experiences at Ochre Print Studios and West Dean College.
Printmakers often work alongside each other in shared studio facilities and tend to help each other to problem solve, share discoveries, and form communities. This exhibition celebrates the coming together of a small community of new and experienced printmakers.
The exhibition will demonstrate a wide-range of printmaking techniques, as well as providing insights into the mysterious methods and equipment used to produce the work. A number of printmaking workshops will run alongside the exhibition.
Free Exhibition Workshops and Events
Free Exhibition Events
Block Printing for Children
(Children must be accompanied by adult)
Thursday 25th August 10am – midday
Just Turn Up and Try It
Linocut for Adults
Tuesday 30th August 10:30am – 1:30pm
Booking essential
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Monoprint for All
(Children must be accompanied by adult)
Saturday 10th September 10:30am – 1:30pm
Just Turn Up and Try It
SVAF drinks and artists discussion
Wednesday 7th September 6 – 8pm
Printmaking
