Double Elephant
Double Elephant Print Workshop is a not-for-profit open access printmaking resource based in Exeter – now relocated to the Exeter Phoenix. It was established in 1997 at The Old Bakery Studios, Spicer Road 1998 by Simon Ripley & Lynn Bailey (both graduates of the University of Plymouth Faculty of Fine Art) and the name Double Elephant taken from the large Imperial paper size used in printmaking.
The aims of DEPW are to:
- provide open access to fine art printmaking resources and equipment
- to encourage and support people to discover their creativity
- offer a range of courses in printmaking including outreach to schools and hard-to-reach community groups.
- provide high quality exhibitions, print sales and an editioning service.
- be committed to maintaining an enjoyable, accessible, environmentally healthy and solvent-free working environment.
