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Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 3h

The class will cover the use and maintenance of Japanese tools for carving, the kento registration system, asian papers, printing with a baren and the use of waterbased pigments.

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Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 3h

This form of printmaking was know as 'Ukiyo-e', or 'prints from the floating world'. Birds and flowers were extremely popular themes at that time, as were landscapes, women, actors and historical figures.

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Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 3h

What is Mokuhanga, and what are Ukiyo-e prints?

Both terms refer to Japanese woodblock prints: images one associates with Hiroshige, Kuniyoshi, Utamaro and Hokusai, who produced beautiful prints of luminous colour around 150-200 years ago during the Japanese Edo (present-day Tokyo) period.

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Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 3h

✨Last minute space available: Mokuhanga Weekend Course
This weekend, 11&12 October

https://f.mtr.cool/pznaphpnyw

Join us to develop beautiful contemporary prints using the Japanese traditional process of Mokuhanga.

#mokuhanga #japaneseprintmaking

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Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 1d

The course will explore making plates using different types of materials such as wallpaper, feathers, leaves, and string, sticking them down onto a piece of card which is then varnished. When ready, the ‘plate’ is then inked up and printed onto paper, creating rich textures and an embossed surface.

Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 1d

A collagraph is a print taken from a collaged plate. This weekend course allows ample time and opportunity to explore this deceptively simple and versatile technique.

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Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 1d

✨Collagraph Masterclass with Gillian Murray

11&12 October

https://f.mtr.cool/sgdwqoaefa
There are a few last minute spaces on this popular course, coming up this weekend!
#collagraph #collagraphprint #printmaking

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winchesterprint.bsky.social @winchesterprint.bsky.social · 2d

Winchester Print Fair 2026 takes place on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th May.

Apply now to take part!

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Applications close end of November and we will let everyone know if they are successful by the end of December (if not earlier).

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John Bloor Printmaker @johnbloorprint.bsky.social · 2d

Winchester Print Fair 2026 takes place on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th May.

Apply now to take part!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Applications close end of November and we will let everyone know if they are successful by the end of December (if not earlier).

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Eleanor Buffam @eleanorbuffam.bsky.social · 2d

Siberian Purslane Flowers
Cyanotype on Arches Aquarelle

#cyanotype #siberianpurslane

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Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 2d

Though our main doors are closed on Tuesdays, onsite cafe KUBA is still open and ready to welcome you with incredible food and a creative atmosphere!

KUBA celebrates a fusion of Pan-African and Scottish flavours, Rwandan coffee, and locally sourced speciality teas.

https://www.kubaedinburgh.com/

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Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 3d

Meanwhile, the mostly working-class residents, refugees and asylum seekers, were displaced and rehoused in other Glasgow high-rises.

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Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 3d

They were moved again by local authorities to facilitate the production of Sony Bravia’s 2006 Paint advert, an extravagant campaign requiring 1,500 explosive charges and 70,000 litres of paint. Directed by Jonathan Glazer with a reported budget of £2 million, the advert became an iconic spectacle.

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Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 3d

At the core of the exhibition lies the story of Arif’s own arrival in the UK from Pakistan as an asylum seeker. Her family was initially placed in a high-rise council flat in Prospecthill Circus, on Glasgow’s Southside, by the Home Office.

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Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 3d

✨Aqsa Arif: Raindrops of Rani
Until 2 November
Edinburgh Printmakers
Free to Enter

Photos by Alan Dimmick

#edartfest #edinburghartfestival #edinburghexhibition #scottishartist #contemporaryscottishart

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Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 4d

✨Etching Weekend Course✨
22 & 23 November
https://f.mtr.cool/rlqhwieoor

The perfect introduction to etching, introducing innovative techniques that encourage spontaneous and diverse methods of mark-making.

#etching #intaglio #printmaking

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Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 5d

Deadline for applications: 18 January

Please see the RSA's website for full details and how to apply: https://f.mtr.cool/gvaztxmwdk

#printmaking #residencies #artistresidency #contemporaryprintmaking
#royalscottishacademy #rsa

Royal Scottish Academy

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Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 5d

Open to artists at all stages of their careers and free to apply, the emphasis is on enabling a period of research, development and production, as well as on the acquisition and exchange of new skills and experiences.

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Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 5d

✨Opportunity: RSA Residencies

https://f.mtr.cool/kyavzuqnbd

We are thrilled to be a partner venue with the Royal Scottish Academy for RSA Residencies! Artists can apply for up to £5,000 to support a residency here.

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Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 5d

The unknown catalyst of this glee allows the viewer to place themselves within the image, inserting their own lived experiences into the piece and reminding them to find joy in both the mundane and the extraordinary, as the various eclectic imagery in the surrounding red square suggests.

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Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 5d

The spirit of jubilance glows from every line and dot of Alastair Mack's Whole. The figure, obscure save for an uncoiling vermillion heart, throws their arms wide in merriment. The bright colours surrounding the figure inject an otherwise dull individual with a sense of liveliness and joie de vivre.

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Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 5d

As part of @artukdotorg.bsky.social's #OnlineArtExchange for 'Animals', here is a screenprint from Edinburgh Printmakers' Permanent Collection: 'Whole' by Alastair Mack, printed in 1991.

Alastair Mack, Whole, 1991, Screenprint

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Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 7d

Attendees will also have the opportunity to hear more about Robert's printmaking process and intaglio expertise.

The tours will also include participation in the Bell Ringing Ceremony at 12pm.

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Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 7d

Robert will lead two short tours of his show diving deeper into the many meanings and references present through his characters and ambiguous landscapes. He will share reflections and ideas which have led to the production of the Clock and his attempts at defining and visualising time.

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Edinburgh Printmakers @edinburghprints.bsky.social · 7d

Please join us next Friday, 10th October at 12pm for an artist-led tour of Hall of Hours by Robert Powell.

£3: https://f.mtr.cool/qlyddbfvjy

Photo: Neil Hanna

#edinburghartfestival #contemporaryscottishart #intaglio #etching

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