PRINTOPIA - Festival of Original Print, 2023

 

LESS THAN A WEEK TO GO!!

You may remember I was involved with the 

FIRST EVER Printopia Festival last year.

Well, it's back, bigger and better!

This year it opens on Friday night and runs for the full weekend.

For FULL DETAILS and to book workshops 

and your ticket to the opening event

printopia.nz

A small selection of my limited edition, handmade prints 

will be available to purchase from the *PCANZ table at the PRINT FAIR. 

Some of my prints are down to the very last one or two!

Also, I'm offering 

SPECIAL PRICES

JUST DURING PRINTOPIA!

This year the Print Fair is on the ground floor 

and runs for the entire event.

I'll be looking after the table on Saturday 2 - 3pm 

so come say Hi!

CASH OR INTERNET SALES ONLY!

So, load that app today 

or be sure to bring plenty of moolah 

for all the goodies on hand.

Visit the website for a full rundown of the many amazing printmakers, 

galleries and art stockists that will be attending.

*Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand

Note: Mark Graver is no longer attending 

and the Angela Morton Room talk starts at 1pm

FREE TALK
"Tactile Verse"

Sunday May 7th, 1 - 1.45pm

When Toni Mosley and I set up @outofthecupboardnz in 2020, our intention was to get the many glorious artists' books out of cupboards, from under the beds, the backs of wardrobes and the bottom of drawers, and out into the light where they can be seen and appreciated by everyone.

I'll be joining writer, researcher and librarian Leanne Radojkovich and printmaker Toni Mosley to present some of the rare and unique artists’ books and prints that can be found in the Angela Morton Room at Takapuna Library.

What is the Angela Morton Room?

What are the amazing art resources you can find there?

What are artists' books?

What has printmaking got to do with artist's books?

How can printmaking be expanded to 3 dimensions and become a tactile immersive experience?



Come and discover what print treasures can be found in the Angela Morton Room at Takapuna Library and how you can access these and other inspirational material.

Judith Haswell's tools

See Beth Serjeant’s The Visionary, a pukapuka whose lithographs, printed from stones by Joan Taylor, won the 1989 BNZ Art Award; and PINE, a book of Bill Manhire’s poems and Ralph Hotere’s artworks which combines printing with wooden type, and hand-painted texts; and Judith Haswell’s POTSHERDS AND GERANIUMS, whose text was cut into erasers with tools made from razor blade slithers jammed into broken wooden chopsticks.

This is a unique opportunity to view twelve special hand printed books that demonstrate some of the ways makers have found to produce innovative, tactile, immersive books that are also works of art. 

The bound copy of the 

PCANZ Bestiary Book, North edition, 

will also be on display.

I plan to be roaming around for the whole weekend, 

taking in the talks and demos and generally just hanging out.

Hope to see you there!

Printopia Festival

Corban Estate Arts Centre

Henderson