News and Activities

We organise a great range of art and printmaking activities for our members. Have a look here at some of the things that we’ve been getting up to!

Small stamps, big impact – January 2026

At our January meeting, our member Lisa Steincke shared her practice and extensive experience in creating beautiful repeat patterns from small carved printing blocks. She showed how these can be used on fabric and paper to produce lovely pieces, including how a range of different patterns can be created by varying the arrangement of the…

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Exploring print and mixed media art – October 2025

At our October meeting members brought along examples of their work to share how print, paint, textiles, stitchwork and other techniques and materials are used by our talented and diverse group of artists.  We had a great evening and everyone went away with some new and stimulating perspectives and ideas.

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Barry’s brilliant solar plate etching – July 2025

Our member Barry Gowers gave a fascinating talk on his intricate solar plate processes and practice.  We were privileged to see a fab selection of his wonderful and varied prints, including successful submissions to the RA’s Summer Exhibition.  It was a really inspirational evening, thoroughly enjoyed by all, and we’ve finally persuaded him to be…

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Jo Morley’s joyful print making – March 2025

At our March meeting we were treated to a fabulous talk by Jo Morley on her printmaking and painting practice.  Jo brought along a great selection of her vibrant work, showing the development of her ideas and techniques.  A few days later, Jo led an inspirational one day workshop for some of our members – great fun and resulting in…

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Fun sketching sessions with Elwyn Edwards – November 2024

Members had great fun at our October and November meetings where the highly talented Elwyn Edwards aka @lazeeelywn led sessions for us creating zines and sketching people. Elwyn gave us plenty to work on with his inventive take on perspective, and how to deal with drawing people who don’t stay still!

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