New for Volume 4: Chalkboards

Screen-printer Carys Ink has been busy dreaming up all sorts of innovative, 'upcycled' items for this round of The Print Shop.  These super chalkboards, made from reclaimed scaffolding planks from the Bristol Wood Project, have been hand screen-printed, finished and assembled with a cord ready for you to hang it up and record important memos or friendly greetings!

The boards are available in two bold designs, pictured above, which we're sure will be incredibly popular, so drop in and see them for yourself.

1. Sandwich board character £20  | 2. Little bird £16

New for Volume 4: Calendars

Let's kick start our calendar round-up with this gorgeous original textile calendar by Elena Ortiz.  This illustrated wall chart has been beautifully printed onto brightly coloured reams of fabric, and finished with string so that you can hang it up as a vibrant addition to your home, office or studio, or give it to a loved one as a unique Christmas gift.

It's available in lots of lovely colours at only £12, so snap one up while stocks last (it's been a very popular addition to Volume 4, and we can see why!).

To find out more about Elena and her diverse range of working processes, have a read of her Meet the Printmaker interview here.

Workshop spotlight: Botanical Monoprinting

Katharina Nyilas is running a very exciting new workshop next week, giving you the chance to experiment with her Botanical Monoprinting technique. Katharina's work is hugely inspired by environmental concerns, and using recycled or unusual reclaimed materials to produce her artwork and teach workshops with.  This class is no exception! You'll be using all sorts of wonderful natural foraged things, such as fallen leaves, winter berries, and plants sourced by Katharina.

To give you a taste of what to expect, Katharina ran a bit of a demo of her workshop last week, with some beautiful results, and took some pictures to share with us.  I don't know about you, but I really want to give this a go!

Katharina's printmaking inductees produced some really beautiful prints, and were thrilled to walk away with a set of monoprinted gift-tags, cards and envelopes.

You don't have to be an artist or a printmaker to do this workshop.  You'll have a lot of fun learning new techniques, and Katharina's confident you'll get a lot out of the experience, alongside some lovely paper goods!

The workshop takes place on Tuesday 26 November, at The Print Shop in Quakers Friars from 6-9pm.

You can visit the workshop page here for more information.

Christmas Cards Round-Up #2

We've picked out some more of our favourite Christmas cards from The Print Shop this week.  Have you sent yours yet?

Here we go:

1. Kate Ingham's stylised patterned stag card  | 2. Sophie Rae's colourful trio of stockings

3. 'You, me, mistletoe' by Pirrip Press | 4. A sprig of mistletoe by Dawn Cooper, to continue the theme

5. A super geometric tree from Jill Spence | 6. Hannah McVicar's screen-printed botanical bauble

Watch this space for more hot picks from Volume 4 of The Print Shop!

Workshop: Papercutting with Sarah Dennis

Sarah Dennis returns to The Print Shop this Thursday with her popular papercutting workshop.

In the workshop, you will learn the fundamental techniques and tricks for creating artwork with only a craft knife and paper, whilst experiencing the calming process of paper cutting and the dramatic aesthetic effect that the medium offers.

To give you a taste of what the class will be like, Sarah has taken some wonderful photographs of her October workshop, which we thought we'd share with you.

Sarah is offering an introductory workshop to papercutting on Thursday 14 November, and a class for slightly more experienced papercutters on Wednesday 20 November.  For more information, click here.