London Design Festival comes to Gabriel's Wharf

This is an exciting time for our gallery!

The Southbank Printmakers' participation in the London Design Festival will be marked by our Louise Hayward who will be demonstrating how she achieves her archetypal images.  Louise is a member of the Society of Wood Engravers (SWE) and a fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE).  Her work is held at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and in many private collections.

She uses engraving and lino-cutting tools on relief surfaces including plastic plates, wood and lino. 

Look at what she achieves!  

The detail is incredible  and very satisfying.

I don't want to distract you from our gallery but to be fair I will share that Gabriel's Wharf will be buzzing this weekend.  However I will also share that we are open (Mon to Fri and Sunday: 11.30 to 6.30pm) but on 

 

you can come in anytime between 10am to 8pm and we hope you will come by and browse our great selection of handmade prints from 40 printmakers and admire Louise's considerable prowess.

Goings-on at Whitsuntide

A three day weekend is coming up and we hope it will be sunny and bright so that you will come down to the South Bank and visit us in the Gallery.  Louise Hayward (our current Artist in Focus) and Theresa Pateman will be there on Saturday, Eileen St Julian Bown on Sunday and Martin Langford is sitting on Monday.  All will welcome you warmly and will be on hand to talk to you about the prints and processes.

Talking of processes, Ann Burnham has photographed the stages involved in the making of a rather gorgeous print.

 Rolling out the ink for the second colour of my new reduction linocut

The inked up lino in the register on the bed of the press

The second colour editions hanging up to dry.

And the finished print called 'A Woodland Song'.

Amazing isn't it?  Below are two more of Ann's very popular prints

 Here's a reminder of where we are and our opening times:

Mon to Fri and Sunday: 11.30 to 6.30pm

Saturdays 10.00 to 8.00pm

.....................and that's not all folks!  We are currently looking for new members, so if you live in the London area and would be interested in joining our cooperative please email us.  Similarly, if you are looking for somewhere central to exhibit prints or works on paper, we rent out a wall and the use of a window for two weeks for £300

Louise Hayward at Southbank Printmakers

We welcome Louise Hayward's exhibition, 'Blocks, Slabs and Towers', prints of London housing  which can be seen at the Gallery from Monday 8th December for 2 weeks.

The Kipling Estate

Louise Hayward is a London-based printmaker.  She studied BA (Hons) Fine Art/ Painting at Wimbledon School of Art, followed by MA Printmaking at Camberwell College of Arts.  Louise is a member of Southbank Printmakers, the Society of Wood Engravers (SWE) and a fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE).  Louise creates her prints by using engraving and lino-cutting tools on relief surfaces including plastic plates, wood and lino.

On Sultan Street

Louise has exhibited widely in group exhibitions including the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, the Society of Wood Engravers Annual Exhibition and the London Original Print Fair.   Her work is held at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and in many private collections.  Earlier this year, Louise and her work appeared briefly in the BBC4 programme ‘Bunkers, Brutalism and Bloodymindedness: Concrete Poetry with Jonathan Meades’.

                                                              "My work features types of post-war housing which are very much part of the texture of inner London, where I have always lived.  I am interested in the individuality of these buildings in terms of their design, structure and sculptural qualities.  This kind of architecture has become negatively associated with the welfare state and social decay while the buildings themselves often have a powerful, enigmatic presence in the city. They also have a strong connection to my memories of growing up in London in the1960s and 70s."                                                                                                                       

Scaffolding on Thomas North Terrace

We feel incredibly lucky to be hosting this meaningful work and  would love to share it with you.  Any one of Louise's works would make a thoughtful gift this Christmas.  Every print is produced by hand and is therefore unique.

Visit us Monday to Friday and Sunday: 11.30 – 5pm.  Saturdays 10.00 – 7.00pm