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London Original Print Fair moves to Somerset House for its 37th edition

Creative Boom

Tickets have now gone on sale for the 37th edition of the London Original Print Fair , which this year moves to Somerset House. Running from the 26th to the 29th of May 2022, this year's fair boasts prints by Picasso, Francis Bacon, and Lucien Freud. Picasso 'Grande TĂȘte de Jacqueline au Chapeau'. Picasso 'Le repas frugal'.

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Artisan wine label designs by Fen Acey craft a narrative through collage and typography

Creative Boom

Her self-initiated project Graphia (which means "to write" in Greek) features a collection of artisan wine label designs inspired by her love for typography and printmaking. The strict use of black and white is a classic colour combination often used in printmaking," she says.

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Gradwatch 2020: Artist Matilda White, Camberwell College of Arts

Creative Review

She describes herself as a printmaker and artist, working digitally as well as on paper, and recently branched out into textiles. But White also likes working by hand, and says one of the main reasons she picked Camberwell was because of its printmaking facilities. matildawhite.cargo.site.

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Seven Artists Crack Open the Art of Printed Matter in ‘Bookworks’

Colossal

The way we access, utilize, and enjoy reading material has seen technological transformation over the centuries, from Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press in the 15th century, to the first dictionary produced in 1532, to the advent of affordable pocket paperbacks in the early 20th century.

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Gradwatch 2020: Illustrator Beth Ashley, Leeds Arts University

Creative Review

” Ashley studied Illustration at Leeds Arts University, and works across both illustration and printmaking. Had my final major project unfolded as intended, I would have been putting hours into making large scaled screen printed outcomes,” she says. To continually make, investigate, remould and evolve.”

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BlockFace: an open-source stamp kit to explore typography by graphic artist Will Mower

Creative Boom

Designed by graphic artist Will Mower, it's essentially a modular typography printing kit that's very easy to use. You simply combine the stamps to construct letterforms, design typographic posters and cards, and explore the joys of printmaking. Now available The BlockFace kit is available to purchase through a Kickstarter campaign.

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Bridget Riley: The Complete Prints examines the artist’s printmaking from the 60s to now

Its Nice That

This comprehensive study of Riley’s graphic work from 1962-2020 shows the evolution of her sideline practice and how it has complemented her paintings.