Members Exhibition at the Volcano Gallery July 4th to July 26th
This is your chance to sell work either from the framed work on the wall or from browsers.
Marketing and Publicity
If you have a print we can use for marketing and publicity for the event please send a jpg to jmford@ntlworld.com The file should be named in the following way.
Name Title Medium
eg jackie-ford cwmpenmachno linocut.jpg
OPENING NIGHT | Thursday July 4 | 6.30 – 9.30pm
There will be a bar to purchase drinks and we will be supplying nibbles of various kinds. If you can help Anne Gullick with the organising of refreshments please get in touch with her anne7gullick@hotmail.co.uk
We hope this will be even more successful than last year.
The drop off day is Tuesday July 2 | 10.30 – 12.30
There will be an element of selection on the day largely related to the amount of space and putting on a good varied show. The gallery is in the High Street, down from the Railway Station. Parking is at a premium. If you are delivering work by car, it is possible to stop briefly by pulling up on the pavement directly outside and we will have helpers who will quickly bring the work in for you. Please make sure that any packaging has your name and details on it. Also we suggest making an envelope of bubble wrap so that the frame can be taken out quickly and easily and the packaging can easily be identified and re-used. If you can stay and help it is probably best to park opposite where Homebase used to be. It is just a short walk up Kings Lane onto the High Street then.
Pricing and the catalogue
The work will then be checked off against the catalogue list you have supplied us with, which will then form the basis of the sales list and catalogue for the gallery.
The Gallery will sell work from the walls during the exhibition and will collect 20% commission – so your pricing should reflect this. They send us an account at the end of the exhibition and pay a lump sum to the studio minus the commission. The studio will then pay artists on receipt of an invoice.
We would prefer recent work on the walls but if you have popular prints that will sell – that’s what we are aiming for.
Artists Cards
We are placing more emphasis on cards this year and are purchasing some display units – so there is time to get these organised. These could be original, handprinted artist cards / or reproductions of your prints.
We will also be showing a range of donated prints from our artist members which represent a ‘bargain’ area.
Our outreach projects have also given us a range of prints to sell.
Framed work
should be mirror plated and fully labelled on the back
NAME | TITLE | MEDIUM | EDITION NUMBER [if applicable] and PRICE
Browser prints
Should also be labelled on the back in the same way. All work should be protected and packaged on a stiff peice of card
Entry Fee
There is a one-off entry fee of £10. The gallery costs nearly £300 for the month which includes the bar for the opening night and supervision of the gallery for all their opening hours.
Entry Forms
hould also be labelled on the back in the same way.
All work should be protected and packaged on a stiff peice of card
Entry Fee
There is a one-off entry fee of £10. The gallery costs nearly £300 for the month which includes the bar for the opening night and supervision of the gallery for all their opening hours.
Entry Forms
We require entry forms to be submitted digitally as we have a short window to get the final catalogue together. Please email Jackie for the entry form jmford@ntlworld.com
Deadline for the forms
Friday June 28 | If you can send in well before that it would be helpful
WORKSHOPS
Alternative mark making and printing methods | Anne Gullick
Saturday | July 13 | 2019 | 10.30 – 4.00
Members £15.00 Non- members £20.00
An introduction to the way that the workshop has resources for its members to become more creative and try new approaches
A “fun” day in which to play with mixed media usingdifferent methods and tools.
Exploring mark making, simple print techniques and ways of making colourful layers to create striking images and patterns, some of which could be developed into more formal print at a later workshop. Bring along any suitable inks, paints, papers and your ideas! Some materials will be available for use or purchase in the studio.
There are still a few places left on this workshop | CONTACT | anne7gullick@hotmail.co.uk | 01792 464418 | Call in to the studio Tuesday or thursday 10.30 – 4.30 to reserve a place
Designing and Drawing a Fold Book | Anne Gullick
Saturday June 15 | 10.30- 4.00
Members £15.00 Non-members £ 20.00
Drawing in pen and ink to produce a fold book of your chosen images or theme. Washes can be applied in a variety of media , to enhance your work and provide colourful, tonal or monochromatic pages. An opportunity to spend a relaxing and creative day with the freedom to experiment in a range of media. No experience is necessary. A selection of materials will be available to use, with paper provided for your fold book. Do bring along any pens, inks, felt tips, fine liners, paints of your own.Some designs could be taken into print at a later workshop.
FULLY BOOKED
Drawing and Designing day with with Kelly Stewart
Friday July 5 | 10.00 – 4.00
Full/ Keyholder member £30 | Ordinary Member £40 |Non Member £50
We are liaising with Swansea Museum Stores to access items from their collection not usually available to the public. They have a very large number of items from the old Swansea Natural History Museum in store. Drawers and drawers of butterflies, moths ,insects etc as well as a huge range of taxidermy. We have in the past gone to the stores to do drawing days from their amazing eclectic collection. In view of the fragility of the items this time we are using the education room at Swansea Museum.
We have chosen to use a selection of small birds from their taxidermy collection. These will be mounted on small polystyrene blocks as they cannot be handled directly. This an opportunity to develop some great images.
Kelly’s expertise is developing your drawings for screenprint. Even if you are not doing the screenprinting course with Kelly on the next day, this is an inspirational course into how to use your first hand material into print using layers of colour, which can be applied to a range of print processes.
If you are not interested in drawing the bird collection there is a wealth of interesting material in the museumfor you to choose from.
Swansea Museum would also be interested in art work which promotes their collection so it will be interesting to see what we can develop from this workshop. This might be cards for sale in the shop or an exhibition of work.
Creating Artist Postcard sets with Kelly Stewart | Screenprinting
Saturday and Sunday July 6 and 7| 10.00-4.30
Full/ Keyholder member £110 | Ordinary Member £130 |Non Member £150
This 2 day workshop will show you how to create a series of A6 postcards or mini prints via the screenprinting process. There will be an additional, optional preliminary drawing day where students will be drawing on location. These drawings will then be photocopied, enlarged/reduced/ cropped etc to create a series of A6 layouts in preparation for a 4 colour print.
If you haven’t attended the drawing day it is not a problem. Just bring along material you would like to see developed as postcards. Drawings you have already made, items you want to draw etc.
We will create colour separations and expose them onto the screen. The final day will be screenprinting the designs/drawings onto A6 card and or paper in a range of colours.
Students will receive a high quality A6 box to keep their postcards in.
To book a place on a course please email jmford@ntlworld.com or call in the studio.
Telephone calls can be taken on Tuesdays and Thursdays | 10.30 – 4.00
Please note: ALL COURSES must be paid in full to guarantee your place on the course. In the event you can’t attend, we will only refund any fees paid if we can fill your place.
Payment is by cheque | Cash | BACS TRANSFER |
Card payments can be taken in the studio
BACS payment
Bank details Swansea Print Workshop | 09-01-29 | A/N 37942494
PLEASE NOTE | if you use this method of payment please send us an email to notify us that the payment has been made and we will send you a receipt and an acknowledgement that your place is reserved.
Two new books added to our library.
Lisa Hooper specialises in wildlife printmaking using a range of printmaking techniques which are well illustrated. The books are out to view in the kitchen area at the moment for a quick browse over a cup of tea!
If you see a book you think would be useful to members please let us know.
If you are interested in providing a review of a printmaking book send it to jmford@ntlworld.com.
We are currently reviewing our library of resources and would welcome help from any member who has some time and interest to do it.
