Irish Arts Review published an article about Cork Printmakers in their Winter 2011 edition. Here it is . . .
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A return to Creativity – Day 1
Saturday, August 20, 2011 | Comments (1)
I’ve been living in Granada for about five months. The last 2 months or so have been oppressively hot. A typical working day includes two shifts teaching English in an academy. This involves walking for about 90 minutes in total between home and work. In the middle I’ve found myself trapped in my room. My [...]
Pinhole Photos taken in Mexico, Guatemala & Honduras
Sunday, May 8, 2011 | Leave a comment...
I’ve just added a new collection to my Gallery page. I exhibited ‘From the Day of the Dead to Holy Week’ this time last year in Cork’s Basement Project Space. These are Pinhole Photos taken during my travels in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras. They were printed in Cork Printmakers using a Photo Intaglio Etching technique. [...]
Road Roller Day – The Making of . . .
Friday, February 4, 2011 | Leave a comment...
Here are a couple of videos documenting Road Roller Day 2010. Here’s a short film featuring all the participants on the day. Here’s a video of my own print outlining the process from it’s beginnings as a photograph to the final print. Included is a stop-motion clip which documents the cutting in my home of [...]
‘Impressions of Your City’ opens in Cork Opera House, February 1st.
Friday, January 28, 2011 | Leave a comment...
On November 26th 2010 7 large scale linocuts were inked and printed in the old Sawmills in Copley Street in Cork City. An industrial 250 tonne road-roller was used in place of a traditional printing press. Participants included; Brian Barry, Fiona Kelly, Sean Hanrahan and Peter McMorris from Cork Printmakers. Students from CIT Crawford College [...]
Press for ‘Impressions of Your City’ in Cork City’s Opera House
Friday, January 28, 2011 | Leave a comment...
Here are two cuttings from Cork’s ‘Evening Echo’ and ‘Irish Examiner’ newspapers from January 28th, 2010. They’re publicising the forthcoming exhibition ‘Impressions of Your City’ that will begin in The Opera House on February 1st. CHECK OUT PHOTOS SHOWING MY PRINT BEING MADE ON THE DAY.
Press pre Cork Printmakers Road-Roller Print Event
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 | Leave a comment...
This appeared in Cork’s Evening Echo (Friday, November 26th, 2010), the day before the Road-Roller Event. It contains a picture of my lino block with a load more cutting to do! It incorrectly names me a 1st year student from CIT Crawford College of Art and Design. The event itself, which took place the following [...]
20:20 Print Exchange
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 | Comments (1)
Hot Bed Press Printmakers Studio in Salford organised a print exchange in November with each participating printmaker producing 24 prints on paper sized 20cm x 20cm. In exchange each artist received a portfolio containing one of their own prints plus 19 other prints selected at random. No artist received an identical portfolio. Nine different Print [...]
Ireland’s first Steam-Roller Print Project!
Thursday, November 18, 2010 | Comments (1)
ROAD ROLLER PRINT EVENT A project initiated by Cork Printmakers and taking place as part of Art Trail 10 11am – 5pm, Saturday 27 November 2010 Old Sawmills Site, Copley Street, Cork City. Participants Artist members of Cork Printmakers, Brian Barry, Sean Hanrahan, Fiona Kelly and Peter McMorris; first year students from CIT Crawford College of [...]
Review of ‘Excavate’ in Cork Public Museum
Thursday, November 18, 2010 | Leave a comment...
Review from Cork’s ‘Evening Echo’, Friday, October 15th, 2010. CLICK TO ENLARGE . . .
