Michel Tuffery.
Colin Coke.
Marilynn Webb.
E Mervyn Taylor.
James Basire I.
Sam Cairncoss.
Ernest Heber Thompson.
Barry Cleavin.
Kathy Reilly.
John Drawbridge.
Gretchen Albrecht.
Marian Maguire.
Ted Dutch.
Christina Conrad.
Simon Attwooll.
Michel Tuffery. Colin Coke. Marilynn Webb. E Mervyn Taylor. James Basire I. Sam Cairncoss. Ernest Heber Thompson. Barry Cleavin. Kathy Reilly. John Drawbridge. Gretchen Albrecht. Marian Maguire. Ted Dutch. Christina Conrad. Simon Attwooll.
Under Pressure: Techniques of Printmaking
Curated by David Maskill
This exhibition of prints presents the range of techniques used in hand-made printmaking. All prints begin with a matrix. The matrix can be a block of wood, a piece of linoleum, a metal plate, a stencil, a lithographic stone, or any material on which an image can be transcribed and fixed in some way. The image is made by cutting, gouging, or simply drawing on the matrix. Ink is then applied to the matrix which allows the image to be transferred to a support, usually paper, by applying pressure. There are three principal types of print – relief prints, intaglio prints and planographic prints. Within these three types, different techniques are used.
Michel Tuffery, Tigiaina, 1988, Woodcut, 625 x 880mm
Colin Coke, Red lamp, 1989, Colour Linocut, 675 x 515mm
Marilynn Webb, Protection Work — Water Garden 4, 1984, Colour linocut, 740 x 920 mm
E Mervyn Taylor, Tipa Releasing Mata, 1947, Wood Engraving, 300 x 400mm
Unknown Engraver after Sydney Parkinson, A War Canoe of New Zealand, with a View of Gable End Foreland, 1773, Engraving
Unknown Engraver after Johann Georg Forster, Poe-bird, 1777, Engraving, 480 x 530 mm
James Basire I (possibly with William Blake) after William Hodges Man of the Island of Tanna, 1777, Engraving, 360 x 450 mm
Sam Cairncross, Christ Healing the Sick, 1942, Drypoint, 350 x 280 mm
Ernest Heber Thompson, Hace Frío (It's Cold), 1930s, Drypoint, 310 x 360 mm
Ernest Heber Thompson, Hace Frío (It's Cold), 1930s, Drypoint, 310 x 360 mm
Kathy Reilly, Fly Dragon Fly, 2016, Etching printed with maculature, 480 x 530 mm
John Drawbridge, "The Night Watch" – Detail (Rembrandt), 1983, Mezzotint, 885 x 700 mm
John Drawbridge, Bush Walk, 1966, Aquatint, 630 x 530 mm
Gretchen Albrecht, Colloquy 1, 1993, Lithograph, 560 x 470 mm
Marian Maguire, Renaissance Study, 1998, Lithograph, 840 x 530 mm
Ted Dutch, Flying Machine I, 1973, Screenprint, 930 x 710 mm
Christina Conrad, Sorrow, 1988, Lithograph, 715 x 410 mm
Simon Attwooll, Home Again, 2022, Refined charcoal collected from a burnt-out house and neutral pH adhesive on paper in Shou Sugi finished artist frame, 1025 x 795 mm