An opportunity has been created for contemporary artists to explore how printmaking can extend and evolve their practice.
Double Elephant Print Workshop (DEPW) is keen to reach out to contemporary artists and are particularly interested to encourage crossover between different practices. They are looking for artists with a genuine curiosity about printmaking, but have not included it so far as part of their practice. The organisers are not looking for artists who already use printmaking.
Over six evenings, the selected artists will work at DEPW to...
Ceramic artist Neil Johnson opens his studio in Heavitree on the weekend of 1st and 2nd December.
Neil has been making handmade thrown stoneware pottery since the 1970's and his work includes domestic ware such as jugs, casseroles, mugs, and bowls and more decorative one-off pieces, ideal for unique Christmas gifts. His latest spotty design is one of his most popular ranges, but he also makes more traditional style pieces.
Anyone is free to pop in on Sat between 10am and 6pm and Sun between 10am and 5pm. Have a browse, watch the artist at work and have a mince pie, all...
Artist Steven Paige is currently resident artist at Double Elephant, tasked with responding to the Leonard Baskin & Ted Hughes archive based at University of Exeter. Not a regularly practicing printmaker, his approach to the residency is a much conceptual as materials based.
For the workshop on 31 October, Steven will present aspects of the archive that he has found intriguing – namely how Baskin worked and corresponded with Hughes, how text/writing works with the image, including the notion of the press or publishing of works, and, as it is auspiciously Hallowe'en, how a...
