Artists Sarah Duncan and Libby Lloyd nominated for Queen Sonja Print Award 2022
We are beyond chuffed that the very talented Sarah Duncan and Libby Lloyd have both been nominated for this prestigious award. The Queen Sonja Print Award has become the world’s leading award for graphic art and is presented every other year to a young, ambitious and promising artist who has excelled in the field of […]
Posted January 7, 2022Print of the Month- Dean Byass
Here is an interview with Dean Byass talking about his extraordinary Mezzotints. It is always inspiring to watch Dean work in the studio and I am really pleased we have this opportunity to hear about the process behind his prints. I have been a member of Spike Print studio for approximately nine years, with a break […]
Posted December 15, 2013RWA 161st Annual Open Exhibition
Here are a few of our members and their work who participated in this year’s RWA autumn show. Thank you to Laura Howarth for documenting the varnishing. Christine Howes print, ‘ The Old Apple Tree’, was inspired by a tree laden with apples last summer that she sketched in Cornwall. It is printed from two […]
Posted December 1, 2013Pamela Scott Wilkie- V&A collection
Journey In 1970, Pamela Scott Wilkie drove overland to Asia from the UK through Turkey, Iran and remote parts of Afghanistan. She produced a suite of 20 hand-pulled screen prints based on this experience setting up a studio in Rawalpindi making them there in a signed and numbered edition of 45. “Pamela Scott Wilkie travelled […]
Posted November 24, 2013SPS in Cuba
Earlier this month, 7 of our members’ work was selected to represent SPS in the exhibition Tres Tallers Ingleses: Veinte-Uno Puntos de Vista in Havana, Cuba. This exhibition is part of an initiative to develop and deepen the relationship with Cuban printmakers through exchanges of work, and collaborative projects. Our 7 representatives are Martine Baldwin, Carolyn Bunt, Sarah Duncan, […]
Posted November 3, 2013SPS tutor, Ros Ford, wins 2nd prize in Wells Art Contemporary.
WAC is an Open exhibition at Wells Museum & Art Gallery, in it’s second year. The exhibition ran from the 11th-19th October. Prize awarding JUDGES were 45 Park Lane artists which included, Sir Peter Blake, Brendan Neiland, Bruce McLean, Christian Furr, Joe Tilson, Martin Fuller, Patrick Hughes, Brad Faine, Donald Smith, Ivor Abrahams, Tom Philips and […]
Posted October 22, 2013SPS Members Selected for Pushing Print 2013
As part of this vibrant print festival in Margate, works by Petra Regent and Gillian Thompson are being exhibited at the Pie Factory and Margate Gallery. The exhibition showcases the diversity of printmaking and works that explore and challenge traditional ideas about print. It Features works by 93 local, national and international artists. There are many events […]
Posted October 13, 2013Simon Tozer Unleashes Gromit
His name is Gromberry and he appeared at the launch, hanging from a crane outside the M Shed in Bristol. Simon Tozer’s Gromit is installed on the harbour, down near the Pump House. … I found it hard to think of a design that was any improvement on Gromit just as he is – but painting him […]
Posted September 22, 2013SPS member Coo Geller in UNFOLD exhibition
A Celebration of Contemporary Artists’ Books and Book Designs at London Print Studio. Exhibition runs from 14th September until 2nd November 2013 Coo Geller is one of the selected artists whose beautiful Artists’ Books are on display in this exhibition. Here are some of her thoughts behind the work. Height: 20cms width:16cms (folded up size) […]
Posted September 16, 2013