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Pay Close Attention. CFPR, Bristol (2013)
Journal Article
Laidler, P. (2013). Pay Close Attention. CFPR, Bristol. Grabado Y Edición Print and Art Edition Magazine, 42-50

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.

Talking prints lecture (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Laidler, P. (2012, November). Talking prints lecture. Presented at Digital Aesthetic³ 2012, Harris Museum and Gallery, Preston

Dr Paul Laidler was invited to give a lecture at the Harris Museum and Gallery as part of the Digital Aesthetic³ 2012 international exhibition and conference. Artlab Contemporary Print programme - Talking Prints is a series of talks by artists explo... Read More about Talking prints lecture.

Multiplied: contemporary art in editions fair (2012)
Exhibition / Performance
Laidler, P. Multiplied: contemporary art in editions fair. 12 October 2012 - 15 October 2012. (Unpublished)

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)
Presentation / Conference
Laidler, P. (2012, September). Just press print. Presented at 2nd International Printmaking Symposium, Bentlage Rheine, Germany

Paul Laidler will talk about a recent exhibition that he curated entitled "just press print" this title was chosen to highlight that although digital printing has a 'print' button, the significant elements of the creation of the digital print are oft... Read More about Just press print.

Digital publications and technical innovations: The collaborative print studio in the digital age (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Laidler, P. (2012, September). Digital publications and technical innovations: The collaborative print studio in the digital age. Paper presented at Industry and genius in the printing trade - The Printing Historical Society, Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham, UK

The collaborative print studio has had profound impact upon the production and realisation of some of the most innovative prints within the discipline of fine art printmaking. Historically an artist with little understanding of the print process or a... Read More about Digital publications and technical innovations: The collaborative print studio in the digital age.

Just press print (2012)
Exhibition / Performance
Laidler, P. Just press print. 20 June 2012 - 10 August 2012. (Unpublished)

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.

Codex Event 8 (2012)
Exhibition / Performance
Laidler, P., Bodman, S. L., Sowden, T., & Mosely, T. Codex Event 8. 13 June 2012 - 31 August 2012. (Unpublished)

An Australian and British collaborative research project into pulp-printing, installation and artists’ books between Sarah Bodman, Paul Laidler, Tim Mosely, Monica Oppen and Tom Sowden. Codex Event 8 tackled the ‘urban jungle’, its physical mass... Read More about Codex Event 8.

Printmaking – new and old technologies – a conversation (2012)
Journal Article
Laidler, P., & Coldwell, P. (2012). Printmaking – new and old technologies – a conversation

This paper, through a conversation between Professor Coldwell and Dr Laidler, considers the ongoing relationship between old and new technologies within fine art printmaking. In particular it explores how ideas move between virtual and real, and the... Read More about Printmaking – new and old technologies – a conversation.

Colour print workflow and methods for multi-layering of colour and decorative inks using UV inkjet for fine-art printing (2012)
Book Chapter
Parraman, C., & Laidler, P. (2012). Colour print workflow and methods for multi-layering of colour and decorative inks using UV inkjet for fine-art printing. In R. Eschbach, G. G. Marcu, & A. Rizzi (Eds.), Color Imaging XVII: Displaying, Processing, Hardcopy (8292-38). USA: SPIE

The current inkjet market is mainly composed of two dimensional printers, paper and vinyl printing, 3D CAD, solvent wide-format and UV printing onto paper, plastics and board. Inkjet is ubiquitously used as a proofing or prototyping tool in preparati... Read More about Colour print workflow and methods for multi-layering of colour and decorative inks using UV inkjet for fine-art printing.

Codex Event 8: An Australian and British Collaboration of pulp-printing, installation and artists’ books with Sarah Bodman, Paul Laidler, Tim Mosely, Monica Oppen and Tom Sowden 2011-2012 (2012)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L., Sowden, T., Laidler, P., & Moseley, T. (2012). Codex Event 8: An Australian and British Collaboration of pulp-printing, installation and artists’ books with Sarah Bodman, Paul Laidler, Tim Mosely, Monica Oppen and Tom Sowden 2011-2012

A co-authored article by all the artists for Imprint journal, Australia, September 2012. Sarah Bodman and Paul Laidler from the Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR) at UWE, Bristol, UK joined Tim Mosely in Brisbane at Queensland College of Art (Q... Read More about Codex Event 8: An Australian and British Collaboration of pulp-printing, installation and artists’ books with Sarah Bodman, Paul Laidler, Tim Mosely, Monica Oppen and Tom Sowden 2011-2012.

Collaborative digital and wide format printing: Methods and considerations for the artist and master printer (2011)
Thesis
Laidler, P. Collaborative digital and wide format printing: Methods and considerations for the artist and master printer. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/964903

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.

Human automation (2011)
Journal Article
Laidler, P. (2011). Human automation. Printmaking Today, 20(4), 28

Defining Print Paul Laidler's PhD focuses on the production process rather than the artefact itself. In his exploration of a means that is not quite print, he questions the boundaries of printmaking in the digital age in this article for Printmaking... Read More about Human automation.

Sympathetic transcriptions (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Laidler, P. (2010, June). Sympathetic transcriptions. Paper presented at CREATE conference, Gjovik University College, Gjovik, Norway

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 (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Hoskins, S., & Laidler, P. (2010, March). The collaborative print studio within a Higher Educational Institution and its relationship to the art marketplace. Paper presented at Higher Education and the Creative Economy Conference, University of Southampton

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 printed reality exhibition (2009)
Exhibition / Performance
Laidler, P. The printed reality exhibition. 16 September 2009 - 19 September 2009. (Unpublished)

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.

Stretch out with your feelings (2009)
Physical Artefact
Laidler, P. Stretch out with your feelings

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.

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

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?.

Facilitating the fine art digital print (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Laidler, P. (2008, October). Facilitating the fine art digital print. Paper presented at 'New Ways to use Print Technology ...On Paper', University of the West of England, Bristol

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.

Pixel perfect - working with CMYK & RGB - A comparison of printed samples (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Parraman, C., Laidler, P., & Wang, Y. (2008, October). Pixel perfect - working with CMYK & RGB - A comparison of printed samples. Presented at 'New Ways to use Print Technology ...On Paper', University of the West of England, Bristol

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.