Work placement – Olivia

I’ve been gradually getting back into the swing of things with my printmaking practice during these first few months at WYPW. It’s been great to work with Kate and Bach and get to grips with some new processes including, solar plate, photo litho & aquatint. But it’s also been fun to approach screen printing in a fresh way…

Photo-Etching: Technician Corner

A copper photo-etching plate showing an image of a woman wearing a fancy hat and costume

Our technician Kate Desforges has been spending some dedicated print research days in the studios recently, most recently exploring photo-etching. This time is hugely important to refine particular processes and try out new ones, ensuring that we can continue to offer a wide range of printmaking techniques to our community of printmakers, and importantly, to […]

SOURCE

An exhibition in partnership with Sunny Bank Mills featuring work from members of West Yorkshire Print Workshop, responding to the word ‘source’ and its meaning to the artists’ practices. Source is Sunny Bank Mills first exhibition in 2023 and is part of their programme of exhibitions and engagement that celebrates textiles and their place in […]

‘Introducing’ Exhibition…

An exhibition of emerging printmaking talent 18 August – 25 September 2022 Introducing Fleur Ward, Bachittar Singh, Holly Clayton and Maria Gomez – new UK printmaking talent from West Yorkshire Print Workshop and the University of Huddersfield. Showcasing some of the best young printmakers in the North of England, this exhibition seeks to spotlight upcoming […]

Bach Singh – Print fellow blog

I’ve been gradually getting back into the swing of things with my printmaking practice during these first few months at WYPW. It’s been great to work with Kate and Bach and get to grips with some new processes including, solar plate, photo litho & aquatint. But it’s also been fun to approach screen printing in a fresh way…

Bringing it together

Bringing it together 15 January – 19 March 2022 Clare Phelan | Kathryn Desforges | Nigel Morris | Theresa Taylor “Global anxieties and concerns associated with disaster have been the lived experience of 2020. How and why have we continued to make art? Although we know something of how this singular moment in time has affected our work […]

Fleur Ward – Print fellow blog

I’ve been gradually getting back into the swing of things with my printmaking practice during these first few months at WYPW. It’s been great to work with Kate and Bach and get to grips with some new processes including, solar plate, photo litho & aquatint. But it’s also been fun to approach screen printing in a fresh way…

Talking Art: Jenny Robinson, Thursday 11th November 2021, 7.30-8.30pm

Jenny Robinson is originally from London and studied for her BA in Printmaking in the UK. After living in San Francisco for 18 years she recently returned to Europe followed by a move to Australia in 2021. In 2019 Jenny was awarded the prestigious Mario Avati Gravure Laureate Award from the Academic des Beaux Arts […]