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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, 2022

SPS demos at Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2021

Our member technician, Maria Quintin, took to the floor at the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair https://www.woolwichprintfair.com/about/ with demos in intaglio and relief printmaking.  It sounds as if it was a very busy time with much interest in the processes and discovering the magic of print.  

Posted November 16, 2021

Spike Print Studio Mobile Print Project November update

November 2021 Amy Hutchings and Anna Haydock-Wilson  continue to deliver a far reaching community project.  We were awarded a Originators Funding by Bristol City Council City Arts Team to continue offering printmaking workshops to vulnerable communities across Bristol. As with our Home Print Project this fund will enables us to support arts activities for young […]

Posted November 11, 2021

RA Summer Exhibition 2021 – contd

Martine Baldwin has already sold over two thirds of this edition. “It is a large woodblock inspired by walkers on the beach at Brean printed from found wood from the Severn estuary.  I made it as a response to our common need for these vast open spaces which allow us to reconnect with who we […]

Posted October 6, 2021

RA Summer Exhibition 2021- Varnishing Day

Chitra Merchant, Sarah Duncan, Ros Ford, Anna Harley, Martine Baldwin, Lisa Takahashi, Emma Studd (collaborative work as Locker & Studd) and Emma Stibbon of course! Tutor Martyn Grimmer and SPS Trustee Ian Chamberlain were also included. Spike Island artists include Angela Lizon & Viv Baker. What a star cast and well done! It is a […]

Posted September 16, 2021

Spiked Coffee

A collaborative Risograph book from Spike Print Studio lockdown coffee mornings. The idea for our Risograph book came from a desire to celebrate our coffee mornings on Zoom, which started in the second lockdown. The weekly meetings have been so helpful in keeping spirits up and in keeping us all making. So coming together to […]

Posted July 22, 2021

Update on Home Print Project   https://spikeprintstudio.org/community/home-print-project/ Mobile Print Project With Anna Haydock-Wilson and Amy Hutchings We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded Originators Funding by Bristol City Council City Arts Team so we can continue offering printmaking workshops to vulnerable communities across Bristol. As with our Home Print Project this fund will enable us to support […]

Posted July 7, 2021

10 weeks off site Drawing with Anna Marrow

Maria Quintin (our member technician and recent learning programme assistant) joined Anna for the last two sessions where the students were encouraged to print out doors.  Anna and Maria took our portable press with them and the students had an amazing time. This is what happened:  

Posted July 7, 2021

Leonie Bradley – work selected for New Prints 2021/Summer

Leonie Bradley has had a video featuring folded linocut, wood engraving and photopolymer gravure artworks selected for New Prints 2021/Summer at the International Print Center New York. The juror was renowned woodcut artist, Christiane Baumgartner who selected 36 artists from over 900 entries. The video was a collaboration between Leonie and music artist Silverlining to accompany his […]

Posted May 11, 2021

Stitched Together – Update Prerna Chandiramani Peter Reddick Bursary Award

Having received an overwhelming response from a public call-out for the VE Memorial project, Prerna has been printmaking in response to the photos. The materials and process have been largely influenced by the pandemic. With a recent opportunity for a residency @thegarage in Clifton, Bristol, Prerna tested out some of her ideas for the installation. […]

Posted November 17, 2020