All Outputs (21)

Pay Close Attention. CFPR, Bristol (2013)
Journal Article

Research at the Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR) is based on the production of the physical artefact, primarily predicated in print. All aspects of technology that relate to the core philosophy of making are central to this ethos.

In recent y... Read More about Pay Close Attention. CFPR, Bristol.

Multiplied: contemporary art in editions fair (2012)
Exhibition / Performance

Dr Paul Laidler has curated an exhibition of CFPR Editions based on his research into what constitutes a print today for visual artists and how has digital technology diluted the medium so much that print is becoming a redundant term in creative prac... Read More about Multiplied: contemporary art in editions fair.

Just press print (2012)
Exhibition / Performance

The exhibition Just Press Print explores the specialist field of digital print editioning and publishing for artists and designers. The emphasis on digital technology within a practice that is predicated in printmaking provides a dialogue for the exh... Read More about Just press print.

Collaborative digital and wide format printing: Methods and considerations for the artist and master printer (2011)
Thesis

This thesis investigates the collaborative production of fine art digital prints for artists,a process which is used by many contemporary practitioners including Richard
Hamilton and Damien Hirst. Digital print as a fine art process has emerged over... Read More about Collaborative digital and wide format printing: Methods and considerations for the artist and master printer.

The printed reality exhibition (2009)
Exhibition / Performance

Curated by Paul Laidler The Printed Reality Exhibition was a curated show of photographic works by seven artists presented as a gallery instillation. The exhibition was conceived as a way to bring together the physical exhibition space and the digita... Read More about The printed reality exhibition.

Is it a game, or is it real? (2009)
Physical Artefact

This artists book work is a reinterpretation of David Bischoff's War Games. In this instance a 'remake' of the Penguin book that uses the film adaptation of Bischoff's novel as the cover image. Here the novels text is proceeded by its cinematic cover... Read More about Is it a game, or is it real?.

Stretch out with your feelings (2009)
Physical Artefact

Image laser cut into a black heavy weight cotton based paper, included in the 7th RWA Open Print Exhibition curated by Peter Ford.

The Royal West of England Academy has two open exhibitions a year. The first is an exhibition rotating the disciplin... Read More about Stretch out with your feelings.

Pixel perfect - working with CMYK & RGB - A comparison of printed samples (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This workshop compared different pre-printed samples on a range of fine art materials, which range from Japanese papers to fine art canvas. These samples demonstrate a very broad range of surface qualities and differences in the gamut of the printed... Read More about Pixel perfect - working with CMYK & RGB - A comparison of printed samples.

'Roombeek Series' and 'Here and There' (2008)
Physical Artefact

Two works selected for Bristol Contemporary Open, an artist-led initiative and annual exhibition, showcasing emerging contemporary artists from the Bristol and South West region. The exhibition has been organised and curated by practicing artists to... Read More about 'Roombeek Series' and 'Here and There'.

Sublime structure featuring romantic deadpan (2008)
Physical Artefact

Artwork selected for 'Through the Lens', RWA 1st Open Photography Exhibition, 8th June – 20th July 2008.

Exhibition selectors:
Derek Balmer, President RWA, Simon Quadrat RWA, Chairman of Exhibitions Committee, Gina Glover, Co-founder Photo Fusion... Read More about Sublime structure featuring romantic deadpan.

The production of archivally stable fine art prints: The role of the master printer in the digital age (2006)
Book Chapter

From a conference paper given at the Third International Conference: Preservation and Conservation Issues Related to Digital Printing and Digital Photography, 25th April 2006, Institute of Physics, London. For many blue chip artists the master printe... Read More about The production of archivally stable fine art prints: The role of the master printer in the digital age.

A perpetual portfolio (2005)
Exhibition / Performance

The Catalogue for the Perpetual Portfolio Exhibition was released at the Museo Nacional Del Grabado, Buenos Aires, Argentina in June 2005. The publication includes all twenty-three prints produce during the CFPR digital residency programme of which e... Read More about A perpetual portfolio.

Recording landscape
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A conference workshop on producing and stitching panoramic photographs of the landscape for digital print and books.

Murmurs from earth and stretch out with your feelings
Physical Artefact

Sympathetic transcriptions
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The technical prowess of the traditional master printer within collaborative printmaking has enabled the artist to produce technically proficient artwork without having to spend years acquiring the necessary skills to realise their ideas in print. Th... Read More about Sympathetic transcriptions.

The collaborative print studio within a Higher Educational Institution and its relationship to the art marketplace
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The British Pop-artist Richard Hamilton has described the benefits of working collaboratively with printers: “Gaining the wide range of technical skills required in many different print media would be absurdly time-consuming, if not impossible. My ha... Read More about The collaborative print studio within a Higher Educational Institution and its relationship to the art marketplace.

The photographic in digital printmaking
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The paper describes the initial felt need to begin investigating the impact of digital technology within the field of fine art printmaking as a practice led PhD study. Then moving beyond the felt need the presentation pinpoints a series of seminal te... Read More about The photographic in digital printmaking.

Facilitating the fine art digital print
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Industrial Revolution of the late 18th – 19th C coincided with art’s Romantic period and its depiction of the ‘great person’ theory. Here, the Romanticists’ solitary creator and autographic distinction were the highest forms of originality in art... Read More about Facilitating the fine art digital print.

Customising digital printing for fine art practice
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The presentation will demonstrate how through alternative methods of digital print production the Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR) is developing methodologies for digital printing that attempt to move beyond standard reproductive print methods.... Read More about Customising digital printing for fine art practice.

84th annual international competition: Photography
Physical Artefact

International Exhibition: 84th annual international competition: Photography,
Juror Ingrid Schaffner, The Print Center, Philadelphia, USA
Dates: May 1 - July 24, 2010

The Print Center’s Annual International Competition is one of the most presti... Read More about 84th annual international competition: Photography.