Friday 26 July 2013

OYSTER FESTIVAL WEEK
























Although Paul Bommer will not 
be making an appearance during 
the Oyster Festival a package 
of his beautiful prints arrived 
at the studio this morning 
which will take pride of place 
in the our print sale. We will 
also have selection of members 
and our editioning artists work 
for sale throughout the week

Daily screen printing demos 
by different artists, a screen 
printing workshop and a 'Come 
and print your own pirate flag' 
for £3 will also be held 
at the studio. Come and meet 
the artists. Everyone welcome.

Wednesday 24 July 2013

The Print Block Studio Sale


































Once again a very big thank you to everyone 
who contributed in making our studio sale 
such a resounding success. Our members and 
editioning artists work looked really lovely  
and we had record print sales this weekend! 
Lots of interest for workshops,courses and
future sales and many new faces through our 
doors. Well done everyone!


Saturday 20 July 2013

Oyster Festival Week





















Sadly due to ill health Norfolk 
based artist/illustrator Paul
Bommer will not be with us 
during the Oyster Festival 
although we will still have a 
selection of his screen prints 
for sale throughout the week
We are now hosting daily screen
printing demonstrations by 
different artists, a screen 
printing workshop and a 'Come 
and print your own pirate flag'
for £5. We will also have a 
selection of original prints 
for sale by our members and 
editioning artists. Come and 
visit our studio and meet the 
artists. Everyone welcome.

Wednesday 17 July 2013

PRINT BLOCK STUDIO SALE THIS WEEKEND





















Don't miss out! The Print Block 
Summer Studio Sale is here again 
promising lots of lovely screen 
printed goods by our members. 
There will also be a selection of 
prints for sale by Suki's editioning 
artists from around the country. 
Everything in the studio is original 
and hand printed and if you haven't 
visited us before and you are 
interested to see what we do, or 
you'd like some information about 
our courses and workshops or our 
editioning service come and speak 
to us and have a look around, 
everyone is welcome! 





Sunday 14 July 2013

Book Binding Part 2




These are some more lovely examples
from Tish Tunstall's 'follow up' 
book binding workshop at The Print 
Block studio on Saturday. This week 
the focus was on making a hard 
backed book and the results were 
very impressive! 

Wednesday 10 July 2013

The Print Block Summer Studio Sale





















Its that time of year again and 
the Print Block doors are open 
for our annual summer studio sale. 
There will be all manner of lovely 
screen printed goods for sale so 
don't miss out and come and see us. 
Sale runs from Saturday to Sunday 
20th & 21st July at The Print Block 
Studio, Whitstable, The East Quay
(near the Lobster Shack & Brewery 
Bar) Opening times are 10am to 5pm.
Everyone welcome!

Monday 8 July 2013

The Collier and Campbell Archives




A day trip to Rye to the archives of Collier
and Campbell, to meet the very lovely Sarah 
Campbell. Our task, to make selection of 
original textile designs for the upcoming 
Contemporary Open Print Fair at the Sidney 
Cooper Gallery in Canterbury this July.
Collier and Campbell are responsible for some 
of our most famous and iconic textile designs
and the archives were brimming with the most 
wonderful hand painted pictures and fabric 
samples. It was an overwhelming task as we 
only had room for a small selection but it 
made for the most fascinating and memorable 
day out. A big thank you to Sarah for her 
generosity, for making us feel so welcome 
and for giving us both such a special treat.



Karen Radford




This 'cotton drawing' screenprint was
produced by print block member Karen 
Radford, part of an ongoing series of 
spirals she has been working on in the 
studio.

Book Binding Workshop











On Sunday the Print Block held another 
book binding workshop with Tish Tunstall. 
Taking part in this class proved to be 
real eye opener. The possibilities are 
endless and the range of creativity was
inspiring...I can't recommend this enough!
There is a follow up class this coming 
Sunday 14th July which will focus on making 
a hardback book and is open to everyone. 
Tish supplies a wide range of decorative 
papers but if you have something special 
you want to use bring it along. For more 
details email info@theprintblock.com


Friday 5 July 2013

Thou Shalt Have a Fishy


















Print Block member Maria Clemen is on a 
roll and has been printing this beautiful 
series of fish today entitled 'Thou shalt 
have a fishy' exclusively for the Print 
Blocks Summer Studio Sale on the 20th & 
21st July.