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Another CMYK Photopolymer Etching

CMYK Photopolymer Etching - 4 plates - Riston film - Brian Barry

From lino to print

Linocut by Brian Barry

Here’s something drawn and cut from my bedroom/printing studio in Granada.

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CMYK Photopolymer Etching – ROVER!!

'Rover' - a 5 plate CMYK photpolymer by Brian Barry

Here’s my entry from Cork Printmakers’ 21 Exhibition. It’s entitled ‘Rover’ and is based on a photo of an x-Ray of a dog provided to me by my vet sister. The photo below outlines the process plate by plate. I made plates from CMYK separations and also created a fifth as a spot colour with [...]

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Last chance to support Cork Printmakers’ 21 Publication!

Cork Prinmakers Fundit

Please support Cork Printmakers by helping to fund our 21st Anniversary publication. The more you pledge, the more you get back! Info here: http://www.fundit.ie/project/cork-printmakers-twenty-one-publication

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Pinhole Photos taken in Mexico, Guatemala & Honduras

Pinhole Photography from Honduras - La Moskitia

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. [...]

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Press for ‘Impressions of Your City’ in Cork City’s Opera House

Cork Printmakers Road Roller Print Exhibition

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.

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Press pre Cork Printmakers Road-Roller Print Event

Michael O'Regan - Cork's Echo Boy by Brian Barry. Cork Printmakers Road-Roller Print Event 2010.

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 [...]

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20:20 Print Exchange

Photo Etching by Brian Barry

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 [...]

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Ireland’s first Steam-Roller Print Project!

Steamroller Printing Project

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 [...]

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Review of ‘Excavate’ in Cork Public Museum

cork printmakers in cork public museum

Review from Cork’s ‘Evening Echo’, Friday, October 15th, 2010. CLICK TO ENLARGE . . .

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