Spin Events
Scottish Printmakers Summer Show 2007
Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow
18 July 2007, 6.30pm
For the next SPIN:Glasgow event we will visit Glasgow Print Studio (GPS) to view not only the annual Scottish Printmakers Summer Show 2007, but also to be given a tour of the facilities and provisions they provide to artists based in Glasgow.
Located in the heart of the city, Glasgow Print Studio is a unique organisation with charitable status which exists to encourage and promote the art of printmaking in the West of Scotland. Founded in 1972, it has grown in both reputation and size to offer world class facilities and a wide range of services for artists and the public alike. These include a custom-built printmaker’s workshop, a gallery exhibiting local and international artists and a retail outlet, Gallery III.
GSP is also one of the largest publishers of original prints in the UK. Every year, leading artists are invited to collaborate with the Studio’s master printmakers to produce original prints of the highest quality.
Printmaking describes the process of making artists’ original prints, as opposed to signed limited-edition prints, which are, in fact, merely reproductions of existing artworks made using commercial print processes. Traditionally, an original print involves the artist making blocks, plates, stones or stencils which are then hand-printed onto hand-made paper using non-mechanical methods.
Scotland has a proud history of printmaking and GPS has worked with a large number of established and emerging artists. Artists from all over the country have submitted new work for the annual Summer Show, which goes to demonstrate the quality and variety of contemporary Scottish printmaking.