On 24th July
an empty space in Quakers Friars was turned into a swish, elegant new shop and
gallery, called The Print Shop. It’s been an absolute pleasure to be involved.
As a pop-up shop it is only open until 24th December, so you don’t
have long to have a look.
To keep it exciting
every month a new set of artists are chosen to sell their handmade prints in
the shop. There are framed
prints, mounted prints, printed sketchbooks and bags, notebooks, cushions, greetings cards and my very own printed t-shirts. Every item in the shop is hand-printed with love by a
local Bristol artist, either a member of Drawn in Bristol or Spike Island.
It’s been a great
experience to meet other lovely people from Bristol who share a similar love of
the process of printing. Printing in all different sorts of ways, from etching,
to screen-printing, lithography, monoprinting, lino cut etc…
I have also been doing
workshops in the pop-up shop in the evenings. The workshop, Monoprinting with stencils teaches you
the techniques that I use to create my work.
The next workshop is
on Wednesday 30th October and you can book a place by emailing printshopbristol@gmail.com
Its £25 for a three hour one off
session. You will see a demonstration and then get to print your own set of
greetings cards to take home with you, or send to your friends and family.
It's also definitely worth checking out The Print Shop blog.
Its got some fab interviews with the artists exhibiting in each volume.
And here's a photo of the white bespoke frame that I've had my houseboat framed in. I'm really chuffed with the quality.
