The enigmatic works of painter and printmaker Jane Furst are visual explorations, linked by her preoccupation with natural form and her early passion for both art and science.
Plant! - Connor Arnold Plant! is a showcase of houseplant studies. From succulents and monsteras, to yuccas and cacti - houseplants have the power to make us happy. The work shown uses classic relief and screen printing techniques to convey the pure joy that comes from keeping plants.
Nick Morley: Linocuts Nick Morley (aka Linocutboy), owner of Hello Print Studio in Margate and author of the excellent book ‘Linocut For Artists’, exhibits a selection of his relief printed work in the INTRA windows gallery, including his large-scale, beautiful whale print, nearly two meters long!
Hazelnut Press Members Exhibition Our regular printmakers are showing works during the festival. There are original drawings and paintings as well as editioned and uneditioned experimental prints. Come and discuss the equipment, techniques and materials we use here. Open by arrangement for the duration of the festival, please contact us at info@hazelnut-press.com in advance and…
Medway Art Box Its MPF-takeover time again. We are delighted that Rochester’s phone box gallery will be sharing mini prints throughout the Festival.
True Grain Monoprinting – a two-day course On this course we explore a painterly approach to printmaking. Translucent layers of colours are painted onto this extraordinary material and transferred to paper through a press. It offers an immediate, gestural and subtle way to make a series of explorations. Specialist paper is available to buy for…
From Pastoral Tradition to Mystical Vision Joseph Webb A.R.E. 1908-62. Joseph Webb was a printmaker, muralist and teacher of etching and sculpture best known for his early 20th century etchings. Webb was inspired by visionary scenes of a lost pre-industrial England and the work of Blake, Palmer, Sutherland, Rembrandt and Turner. The Webb collection…
Reduction Linoprint Cards In the reduction method the same block is cut away for each colour necessary to print the design. We’ll provide appropriate materials equipment and expertise to ensure you make approximately 20 cards. You could use this workshop to make a head start on printing your Christmas cards! Workshop duration 5h with…
Mono Printing Learn the art of simple mono printing in our spacious Rochester Art Studio and learn how to use ‘Quickprint’ sheets to produce a selection of interesting prints. FREE but you must enrol in advance. All abilities including beginners. For more information or to enrol by phone call 01634 338400 or email enquiries@medway.gov.uk Please…
Gelli®Plate Printing Come along to our spacious Rochester Art Studio and learn how to use a Gelli Plate® to produce a selection of interesting prints. FREE but you must enrol in advance. All abilities including beginners. For more information or to enrol by phone call 01634 338400 or email enquiries@medway.gov.uk Please call us to discuss…
Medway in Print Medway Archives Centre is home to a wealth of collections containing examples of Medway printing, lettering, and graphic design. In this display we will show examples from the collections – including posters, flyers, advertisements, prints and engravings – featuring a variety of printing techniques.
Metal Plate Hardground and Softground Etching – a two-day course Etching is an engrossing and highly expressive printmaking technique. This course is designed to introduce or revive your process skills. A brief history of the evolution of this technique will be given as we work. The image is drawn through a wax ground on the…
From Pastoral Tradition to Mystical Vision - Gallery Talks with Curator Jane Furst. Artist and Curator of The Webb Collection, and current exhibition ‘From Pastoral Tradition to Mystical Vision’ Jane Furst will be in the gallery for informal guided walks around the exhibition sharing her historical insight and knowledge of the works on show. Adults…
Collograph – a two-day course ‘Collagraph’ prints are made with from a block on which collaged materials with varying textures have been glued. The blocks are sealed and dried before printing. As well as these textures, the application of the inks enables a wide range of expressive prints to be made. Specialist paper is available…
Pause Here, Pop In A selling show of prints by Kate Neame and Andy Ewan
Young at Art - Lino Cut with Kate Neame Join us at our FREE workshop for over 55s where we’ll be taking part in lino cut creative activities to celebrate Medway Print Festival 2022. You’ll get the opportunity to design and produce your own artwork to carve out and print! To book onto the session…
Relief Printing – a two-day course Various tools, linos and woods are available to discover what you like to use to make a relief print. Bring along several bold images to work with. Various inks and inking techniques will be demonstrated. We use Japanese techniques, papers and tools for some printmaking, and European papers,…
Mini Nucleus – Hand Printing Special Come along to our weekly creative, sensory and messy play workshops for babies and toddlers. To celebrate Medway Print Festival 2022, we’ll be creating some very special prints using our hands and fingers so come and get messy with us on a Thursday morning! To book onto the…
Social Art – Relief Printing Special Join us at our FREE weekly workshop for over 18s where we’ll be taking part in relief printing creative activities to celebrate Medway Print Festival 2022. You’ll get the opportunity to design and produce your own artwork to carve out and print! To book onto the session please…
Beginners Linocut Workshops Come and discover the basic principles of linocut in a friendly small group environment. You’ll work on a small black & white project that you can turn into greetings cards. There’ll be vintage books for inspiration, and plenty of guidance to take you from design and carving to inking and hand…
An Illustrated Talk - Joseph Webb; Influences & Contemporaries with Jane Furst An illustratively led presentation and discussion on the renowned Artist & Print Maker Joseph Webb A.R.E. Featuring works that inspired Webb on this path towards etching. By Artist and Curator of The Webb Collection, Jane Furst. No disabled access, Event situated in…
Letterpress – A Two-Day Course This two-day workshop includes typographic instruction and page layout design, with a short history of European word based printing. Using original C19 and C20 woodletter, metal type and picture blocks you can make small posters and greeting cards, printing them on two Albion presses made in 1822 and 1862. The…
Beginners Linocut Workshops Come and discover the basic principles of linocut in a friendly small group environment. You’ll work on a small black & white project that you can turn into greetings cards. There’ll be vintage books for inspiration, and plenty of guidance to take you from design and carving to inking and hand…
Linocut Class with Nick Morley Learn the fine detail of linocut printing from artist and illustrator Nick Morley, who is known internationally for his linocut art and book covers. Transfer an image to a block of lino, learn how to use tools safely to carve your block and how to sharpen them, ink up, choose…
Screen Print A Slogan T-Shirt Create a unique hand printed T-shirt design to get your message across to the world. Choose your letters to make a statement, then build up screen printed layers over the top with a range of patterns and textures. We use lightweight printing screens in this workshop, and they’re very easy…
Beautiful Botanicals A relaxed printmaking workshop where you’ll use Gelli plates to build layers of colour and add resists onto canvas, ending with final detailed botanical prints. Workshop delivered by Rachel Moore from iPrintedThat. For full details and how to book go to www.iprintedthat.com/mpf22. From £40 includes a glass of Prosecco.
Karazuri Blind Embossing This one day course focusses on the gestural and sensitive nature of cutting expressive marks to make inkless prints. Different surfaces, knives and papers will produce subtle prints through the cuts you make to your blocks. This technique combines well with other relief printing. Specialist paper is available to buy for…
Gelli®Plate Printing Come along to our spacious Rochester Art Studio and learn how to use a Gelli Plate® to produce a selection of interesting prints. FREE but you must enrol in advance. All abilities including beginners. For more information or to enrol by phone call 01634 338400 or email enquiries@medway.gov.uk Please call us to discuss…
Mono Printing Learn the art of simple mono printing in our spacious Rochester Art Studio and learn how to use ‘Quickprint’ sheets to produce a selection of interesting prints. FREE but you must enrol in advance. All abilities including beginners. For more information or to enrol by phone call 01634 338400 or email enquiries@medway.gov.uk Please…
Teen Art – Cyanotype Special Join us at our FREE weekly workshop for teens where we’ll be taking part in cyanotype creative activities to celebrate Medway Print Festival 2022. You’ll get the opportunity to be immersed in cyanotype prints using natural materials you can find at our ‘oasis’ off of the high street!…
Mini Nucleus – Hand Printing Special Come along to our weekly creative, sensory and messy play workshops for babies and toddlers. To celebrate Medway Print Festival 2022, we’ll be creating some very special prints using our hands and fingers so come and get messy with us on a Thursday morning! To book onto the…
Social Art – Relief Printing Special Join us at our FREE weekly workshop for over 18s where we’ll be taking part in relief printing creative activities to celebrate Medway Print Festival 2022. You’ll get the opportunity to design and produce your own artwork to carve out and print! To book onto the session please…
Landscape, Dry Point Etching Workshop with Jane Furst Create a landscape print using etching tools on an acetate or metal plate. You can transfer your images from a photograph you bring or be inspired by a Joseph Webb etching. You will learn how to ink up your plate, prepare paper and print using an etching…
Kitchen Lithography Class with Xtina Lamb Using tin foil, cola and vegetable oil, Xtina Lamb from Medway Fine Printmakers shows you how to create lo-fi lithographs with a miraculous fast and easy technique. Great for people who like drawing with soft sketchy lines, or are looking for an economical and non-toxic lithograph process. medwayfineprintmakers.co.uk/kitchen-litho £35pp.
Young at Art - Lino Cut with Kate Neame Join us at our FREE workshop for over 55s where we’ll be taking part in lino cut creative activities to celebrate Medway Print Festival 2022. You’ll get the opportunity to design and produce your own artwork to carve out and print! To book onto the session…