Medway Fine Printmakers Cic

Does anyone fancy snapping up a last minute bargain? We have some spare places on Coptic and Japanese Bookbinding day class this Sunday 28th April, 10.30am - 5.30pm. Available for £40 now if you'd like to join us. Or £70 for two if you bring along a friend. Message us if you're interested. https://medwayfineprintmakers.co.uk/copti c-japanese-bookbi…/

Yay! We have a new date for Coptic & Japanese bookbinding with Alexandra Czinczel in April. Come and make lovely sketchbooks and decorative books with us.

It's the Wayzgoose Print Fair this Saturday 8th December...

Look at this lovely calendar featuring historic Kent locations around Cranbrook and Sissinghurst. The sales are raising money for a very good cause, and it's designed by one of our regulars in the print studio at INTRA - Suzanne from Grey & Bruce.

This Wednesday our open access print studio is closed for a little holiday break. Normal service resumes on 17th October - we're usually open every Wednesday from 11am to 9pm so that printmakers can come in and use our screen printing studio, etching press, book press, Risograph machine, thermofax, photopolymer exposure unit and all the other print equipment we have at INTRA.

Here's a round up page listing everything we're hosting at INTRA for the Medway Print Festival, with print workshops for adults and families, a lovely exhibition by Paul Jerome, and a Zine & DIY publishing fair.
https://intraarts.org/medway-print- festival-2018/

CALL OUT: PrintFest Sevenoaks Miniprint exhibition
Local artists are invited to take part in PrintFest Sevenoaks’ curated Small Print exhibition at the Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks, Kent. As part of PrintFest Sevenoaks 2018, selected work will be exhibited unframed in the beatiful Kaleidoscope Gallery from May 23rd to June 10th. There will be awards for certain categories including the Angela Knowles prize for Intaglio Etching.
Accepted Media: Any traditional printmaking p...rocess including but not limited to: Relief, Intaglio, Lithography, Silkscreen, Collagraph, Letterpress.
Paper Size: no larger than 20cm in either direction. Printed image size is open; please use archival or handmade paper. Edition Size: 5 identical hand-pulled, original prints, signed and numbered beginning at 1/5 through 5/5.
Deadline: Submission of digital images to be received by April 1st 2018 midnight. Selected print editions must be received by May 14th. Further details will be given to selected candidates. Artists will be notified by April 16th, the decision of the selection panel is final. EDIT: Apparently the deadline has moved to 1st May.
Work will be hung unframed, available for sale at a fixed price of £100 per print. 10% commission will be charged on sold work.
Please send up to 3 different images for consideration with artist’s name, title, medium to: christinafrancecrews@gmail.com Please put MiniPrint Sevenoaks as the subject of the email.
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Open Access is still on today, though it's likely we'll close early around 6.30pm. Please let us know if you're planning to come along, but we wouldn't advise driving - the snow is thick in Medway and there's more on the way this afternoon.

An interesting competition for printmakers, especially if you're working with experimental techniques. http://www.onpapercontest.com/

Sorry there's no Open Access for the print studio today as Xtina is ill. Get in touch though if you'd like to come in another day this week. Apologies for the short notice.

Print Futures awards offer up to £1500 to young people who work or want to work in print, paper, publishing, packaging and graphic arts. https://www.theprintingcharity.org.uk/pri nt-futures-awards/

Great to see the GoccoPro system coming down in price with this mini version (£1750 +VAT). A super fast way of making screens that are identical to the thermofax ones we currently make at the studio. I'd immediately be working out the best way to transfer the mesh to a plastic screen that can be kept rather than this system of throwing it away after use. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44gOJ6T5A d0&feature=youtu.be

Following the Wayzgoose our shop at INTRA is brimming with prints, cards and other lovely printed things for sale. Prices start low, so there are suitable gifts for Secret Santa budgets. We'll be open every day up to and including Fri 22nd.

Our 20-20 Print Exchange prints for 2017. All of these and more from studios around the UK will be on sale at the Wayzgoose Print Fair, Sat 9th Dec, 10am - 5pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/174701966 445532/

MFP gift vouchers make a thoughtful present for someone who would love to spend a creative day printmaking. We have a range of prices ready to buy on our website, tying in with our course prices and open access sessions - starting at £20, but you can also request any amount, and they can be used to buy prints or equipment from our shop too. We'll send you a nice hand printed voucher to give to your loved one. https://medwayfineprintmakers.co.uk/2014/ …/18/gift-vouchers/

The linocuts are being carved, the Risograph is running, the etching press is a-rolling, and the screen prints are being squeegeed - all in preparation for the winter Wayzgoose Print Fair, a feast of inky goodness. Hand printed goodies galore and a chance to meet the makers who create beautiful artworks at INTRA's print studio. As ever, the wild and crazy 20p Wayzgoose Tombola will offer a chance to win printmaking courses, as well as (oh you lucky people) equally exciting ti...ns of potatoes, or maybe xmas socks. You'll also be able to print your own free letterpressed souvenir, and rubber stamp two unique badges or fridge magnets for a bargain £2. It's free to get in, and you can pick up original art prints for as little as £10, and there will be cards, wrapping paper, rubber stamps, printmaking kits, textiles and the first 10 people through the door will get a free lucky bag.
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We had a lovely time today - cushion cover already has a new home.....(grandad had fun too!) and the tote bag looks fab...very warm and welcoming x

Very friendly and lots of great workshops.