Spike Island Open

The hugely popular annual Open Studios weekend invites visitors to explore behind the scenes of this former Brooke Bond tea packing factory, now a centre for art and design.

On show at Spike Print Studio :

Print Club Bristol in the Etching studio. Print Club is a Spike Print Studio initiative, set up to promote the enjoyment of and investment in original print. It shows collectable work created by its members and invited artists. Explaining Print Processes Outer Corridor Learn about artists’ printing processes from lithography, etching, relief, digital to screen printing through visual examples of processes exhibited in the corridor gallery. Prints, products and book arts Along the inner corridor of the print studios, discover an exhibit of artists’ work, products and book arts which are also for sale. Print for £2 Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 May, 2–4pm One of the most popular Open Studios activities! Create and take home your own print for just £2. Raffle £5 per ticket Try your hand at winning an original limited edition artist print, generously donated by Spike Print Studio artists (print edition value £40–£60). Postcard (sized) Print Edition £25 limited edition containing 20 cards Treat yourself to a postcard-sized edition, produced especially for the Open 2015 by twenty Spike Print Studio artists. All proceeds to go towards improving equipment for the Spike Print Studio’s learning programme.