Iris Priest

Over the past few weeks Iris Priest has been in the workshop. You may remember the ticket that she designed for our 5th Birthday Prize Draw. For helping us fund raise we have repaid her with some shop time to collaborate with us on some lithos.

We have been working hard and a currently under way with a second round of proofing (see below for a wee sneak peek of first image - 9 runs, 14 colours), while Iris draws a new stone.

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Ant Macari in Stuttgart last week.
Photo credit Michael Birchall



Nigel Easter in the not so abroad Bodega (Newcastle), but he is Welsh.


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Ant Macari - Webpage

Ant Macari's webpage has now been added to the website > Ant Macari. On it you can see all the proofs that were made while he was in the workshop in October. Editioning of these pieces is planned for early 2011. Edition sizes will be small so we suggest that you contact us to reserve impressions.

Ray Richardson

Editioning and curating of seven lithographs by Ray Richardson has been completed. Each measures 9 5/16” x 16” and are bleed printed in two colours on Somerset satin white in editions of 25, chopped and (soon to be) signed on the reverse.

A release date, images and prices will be available shortly.

New Artist: George Shaw

We are currently collaborating with George Shaw on a lithograph which is being published by the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Arts in Gateshead.

Keystone Editions - Berlin

Just returned from a wonderful week in Berlin visiting with Tamarind Master Printers Sarah Dudley & Uli Kühle at their lithography workshop Keystone Editions. It was good to get my hands dirty helping Uli install the electric motor on to one of their presses and assist Sarah at the press for one of the runs of a project. They were kind enough to let me draw on one of their stones.

Richard Wright

Turner Prize winning artist Richard Wright was in Newcastle to work on his edition for the Locus+ Print Portfolio in collaboration with Hole Editions.

The portfolio already comprises specially commissioned works by Mark Dion and Chris Burden.

The portfolio of five artists will be launched in the Autumn of 2011


Photo: Locus+

Ant Macari

Ant creating the perfect text.


Black on black on black


Stippling on a stone






Applying silver dust to the lightening bolts


Inspecting the proofs


Them bolts are so shiny.

T-shirts abroad

Maggie White Lomeli - LA


Pete Hindle - Berlin

New Artist: Ant Macari

October brings us the arrival of Ant Macari into the workshop. As you will no doubt remember Ant provided the image 'biker in Lido' for one of the tickets for our 5th Birthday Prize Draw. Money raised from the tickets sales is being used to fund projects with the artists who designed tickets.


Ant Macari - bikr in lido

Ben Jeans Houghton: Emerging Artist @ NG Art Fair

Here are a couple of pictures of Ben Jeans Houghton's exhibition stand in the Emerging Artist section of this years NewcastleGateshead Art Fair. Ben exhibition seven of the lithographs that were produced with us while in residence back in February courtesy of a commission from the Business Collectors Network, part of the Sponsors Club for Arts & Business.

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Aberdeen: Peacock Visual Arts

We have just returned from a week at Peacock Visual Arts in Aberdeen. At the invitation of their Tamarind trained printer Linsay Croall, we assisted on collaborative projects with John Byrne. Thankfully the temperature wasn't as cold as our last visit back in February.

Tamarind Institute: 50th Birthday Bash

Legacies in Lithography Awards Ceremony


Globetrotting: Tamarind Printers Abroard.
Sarah Dudley (Keystone Editions, Berlin)
Kalle Berg (Helsinki Litho, Finland)
Plinio Avila Marquez (Musegrabado, Mexico)
Mark Attwood (The Artists' Press, South Africa)


Life & Litho: June Wayne tells it like it is


Jim Dine in conversation with Ruth Fine


Ed Ruscha in conversation with Dave Hickey


Win Win Lottery - Hole Editions donated an impression of Narbi Price's - Untitled (Chain)


Big 50th cake with crayon candles for the birthday party.


Garo Antreasian talking about the early days on Sunday morning.


Mark Attwood demonstrates a monoprint transfer technique.


In the pro-shop with Master Printer Bill Lagatutta & Senior Printer Peter Haarz


The student shop

Colour photo credits: Tamarind Institute except for demo shot courtesy of Maggie White Lomeli

Matt Stokes: Dance Swine Dance

New Prints from Northern Print…
Catherine Bertola / Cullinan Richards / Rachel Gross / James Hutchinson / Matt Stokes
Contemporary prints on paper created at Northern Print over the last 12 months

Exhibition on show: 10 September until 6 November 2010

Northern Print, Stepney Bank, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 2NP
Open Wednesday to Saturday from 12 to 4. Or by appointment.
Free entry

Marcelle Hanselaar

We were delighted that Marcelle Hanselaar was able to come along to the workshop for a couple of days and begin work on a stone. She was in Newcastle for the opening of her exhibition "Sticks and Stones" at the University Gallery & Baring Wing. The show opened on the 26th August and runs until the 1st Oct.