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The recent past and future of printmaking in the post print age with reference to its context in contemporary art, industry and society (2015)
Book Chapter
Hoskins, S. (2015). The recent past and future of printmaking in the post print age with reference to its context in contemporary art, industry and society. In L. Ballantyne, C. Andrei, A. McInnes, & A. Tsekova (Eds.), IMPACT 9 International Printmaking Conference (22). China: China Academy of Art Press

Printmaking globally is a thriving and very diverse discipline that currently encompasses practice from traditional woodcutting and engraving through to laser cutting and 3D printing. Sixteen years ago I started the first IMPACT conference because i... Read More about The recent past and future of printmaking in the post print age with reference to its context in contemporary art, industry and society.

3D printing of self-glazing ceramics: An investigation into Egyptian faience (2014)
Book Chapter
Huson, D., & Hoskins, S. (2014). 3D printing of self-glazing ceramics: An investigation into Egyptian faience. In E. Shemilt, A. Watson, & P. L. Harrison (Eds.), Borders and Crossings: The Artist as Explorer (134-137). Dundee: Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee

The Centre for Fine Print Research at the University of the West of England has recently been awarded funding from the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council for a three year research project entitled “Can Egyptian Paste Techniques (Faience) be used... Read More about 3D printing of self-glazing ceramics: An investigation into Egyptian faience.

3D printing for the visual arts an overview of current practice and its historical context (2014)
Book Chapter
Hoskins, S. (2014). 3D printing for the visual arts an overview of current practice and its historical context. In P. L. Harrison, E. Shemilt, & A. Watson (Eds.), Borders and Crossings: The Artist as Explorer (246). Dundee: Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee

Rapidly gaining popular attention, 3D printing is viewed as the next life changing technology. This talk explains how the creative industries are directly interfacing with this new technology and how it is changing the practices of many artists and... Read More about 3D printing for the visual arts an overview of current practice and its historical context.

‘A very English process’ Underglaze tissue printing for ceramics - a collaboration to retain 19th century printing skills in a commercial environment (2014)
Book Chapter
Hoskins, S., & Huson, D. (2014). ‘A very English process’ Underglaze tissue printing for ceramics - a collaboration to retain 19th century printing skills in a commercial environment. In P. L. Harrison, E. Shemilt, & A. Watson (Eds.), Borders and Crossings: The Artist as Explorer (122-127). Dundee: Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee

The standard text ‘Penny Plain and Twopence coloured’ regarding Blue and White underglaze ceramic transfer printing begins: ‘Transfer printing is a particularly English form of ceramic decoration’ (Halfpenny, Pat. 1994). Underglaze tissue ceramic tr... Read More about ‘A very English process’ Underglaze tissue printing for ceramics - a collaboration to retain 19th century printing skills in a commercial environment.

Continuous tone colour printing in two and a half dimensions through a combination of 19th century analogue methodologies and 3D printing (2013)
Book Chapter
Hoskins, S., & Mccallion, P. (2013). Continuous tone colour printing in two and a half dimensions through a combination of 19th century analogue methodologies and 3D printing. In F. Masahiko, & B. Lozo (Eds.), NIP29 29th International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies Digital Fabrication 2013 Technical Programme and Proceedings (244-248). USA: Society for Imaging Science and Technology

This paper proposes a contemporary method of continuous tone colour printing based upon the Nineteenth Century printing process of Woodburytype as developed by Walter Bentley Woodbury in 1865. Woodburytype was the only truly continuous tone printing... Read More about Continuous tone colour printing in two and a half dimensions through a combination of 19th century analogue methodologies and 3D printing.

A model for the collaborative studio in the 21st Century: What it might be! (2013)
Book Chapter
Hoskins, S. (2013). A model for the collaborative studio in the 21st Century: What it might be!. In L. Morgan (Ed.), Intersections and Counterpoints: Proceedings of Impact 7, an International Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking Conference (238-242). Australia: Monash University Publishing

Chair of the panel 'A model for the collaborative studio in the 21st Century and the changing role of the Master Printer' Professor Stephen Hoskins will present a paper at IMPACT 7 International Multi-disciplinary Printmaking Conference, Monash Unive... Read More about A model for the collaborative studio in the 21st Century: What it might be!.

Foreword (2012)
Book Chapter
Hoskins, S. (2012). Foreword. In A. Marshall, B. Moglia, J. Mosley, & A. Savoie (Eds.), Type in Europe (5). Lyon: EMCC

Professor Stephen Hoskins was invited to write the foreword to Type in Europe (La lettre en Europe), published to coincide with the Congrès des Musées Européens de l’Imprimerie in Lyon. The European typographical heritage is extremely rich and varie... Read More about Foreword.

3D printing of self-glazing ceramics: An investigation into Egyptian Faience (2012)
Book Chapter
Hoskins, S., & Huson, D. (2012). 3D printing of self-glazing ceramics: An investigation into Egyptian Faience. In P. Benning, S. Silence, S. Simske, & W. Zapka (Eds.), NIP 28/Digital Fabrication 2012 Technical Program and Proceedings (341-343). Springfield, VA: IS&T: The Society for Imaging Science and Technology

Peer reviewed paper given at Digital Fabrication 2012/NIP 28 28th International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies. Stephen Hoskins and David Huson at the Centre for Fine Print Research at the University of the West of England are continui... Read More about 3D printing of self-glazing ceramics: An investigation into Egyptian Faience.

3D printing of transparent glass (2012)
Book Chapter
Huson, D., Parraman, C., Klein, S., Simske, S., Walters, P., Adams, G., & Hoskins, S. (2012). 3D printing of transparent glass. In P. Benning, S. Silence, S. Simske, & W. Zapka (Eds.), NIP28/Digital Fabrication 2012 Technical Programme and Proceedings (336-337). Springfield, VA: IS&T: The Society for Imaging and Technology

Peer reviewed conference paper given at Digital Fabrication 2012/NIP28, 28th International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies, 3D Printing panel. Traditional assembly line manufacturing is speculative, costly and environmentally unsustainabl... Read More about 3D printing of transparent glass.

Sustainability in printmaking (2011)
Book Chapter
Hoskins, S., & Risseeuw, J. (2011). Sustainability in printmaking. In S. Hoskins (Ed.), Impact 6 Proceedings (70-76). Bristol: Impact Press/LULU

Using their research study on Sustainability in Print Media for this peer reviewed conference paper, John Risseeuw and Stephen Hoskins provided a framework for understanding the basic science of sustainability, relating it to art materials and practi... Read More about Sustainability in printmaking.

3D printing in colour: technical evaluation and creative applications (2011)
Book Chapter
Walters, P., Huson, D., Parraman, C., & Stanić, M. (2011). 3D printing in colour: technical evaluation and creative applications. In S. Hoskins (Ed.), Impact 6 Proceedings (31-39). Bristol: Impact Press, University of the West of England

In this paper we report on an ongoing interdisciplinary investigation into the capabilities of colour 3D printing technologies, and present examples of the application of these technologies within art and design practice. The paper demonstrates that... Read More about 3D printing in colour: technical evaluation and creative applications.

3D printing and colour: A multidisciplinary investigation (2011)
Book Chapter
Huson, D., Parraman, C., & Walters, P. (2011). 3D printing and colour: A multidisciplinary investigation. In S. Hoskins (Ed.), IMPACT 6 Multidisciplinary Printmaking Conference Proceedings (31-38). Bristol: Unviersity of the West of England

We present ongoing research undertaken within the Centre for Fine Print Research at the University of the West of England, which aims to investigate and exploit new 3D printing and fabrication technologies within the context of the Fine and Applied A... Read More about 3D printing and colour: A multidisciplinary investigation.

The margins of art practice bordering on industrial development (2010)
Book Chapter
Hoskins, S. (2010). The margins of art practice bordering on industrial development. In R. J. Howlett (Ed.), Innovation through Knowledge Transfer. Springer-Verlag

A conference paper challenging the popular view of artists, spread by the media over many years is of aesthetes with no commercial acumen and a distinct lack of time management. Examples of this go as far back as 1962 with Tony Hancock in the film th... Read More about The margins of art practice bordering on industrial development.

Developments in the digital production of high quality original art: A case study (2007)
Book Chapter
Hoskins, S. (2007). Developments in the digital production of high quality original art: A case study. In NIP23: International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies and Digital Fabrication (351-354). Anchorage, Alaska: Society for Imaging Science and Technology

Presented as a conference paper in NIP23: International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies and Digital Fabrication 2007, September 2007, Anchorage, Alaska. The Centre for Fine Print Research at the University of the West of England Bristol u... Read More about Developments in the digital production of high quality original art: A case study.

From Bash Street to Duchamp, reproduction and originality using digitally created content (2006)
Book Chapter
Hoskins, S., Fairclough, S., & Harrison, C. (2006). From Bash Street to Duchamp, reproduction and originality using digitally created content. In R. Thompson, A. Manning, & J. Townsend (Eds.), Preservation and Conservation Issues Related to Digital Printing and Digital Photography Conference. Institute of Physics

The digital printing of imagery has caused speculation in regard to originality of image both in conception and in conservation. It has recreated the old arguments constantly cited over the authenticity of the artist original print, because the subj... Read More about From Bash Street to Duchamp, reproduction and originality using digitally created content.

Photo ceramic relief imaging (2005)
Book Chapter
Huson, D., Hoskins, S., & Thirkell, P. (2005). Photo ceramic relief imaging. In Digital Fabrication 2005 (39-42). Baltimore, MD, USA: Society for Imaging and Technology

The Photo Relief technique, developed at the turn of the 20th century, is one of the few methods of ceramic decoration able to reproduce a permanent fully continuous tone image on a ceramic surface by combining the use of varying glaze depths with a... Read More about Photo ceramic relief imaging.

Continuous tone digital output using archivally proven printing methods and material (2003)
Book Chapter
Thirkell, P., & Hoskins, S. (2003). Continuous tone digital output using archivally proven printing methods and material. In R. Thompson, & A. Manning (Eds.), Conference Proceedings of the Second International Conference on: Preservation and Conservation Issues Related to Digital Printing and Digital Photography (24-29). London: Institute of Physics

Whilst the primary focus for the creation and preservation of digitally based artwork in hardcopy has relied in recent years on the gradual refinement of digital printing devices, reference points for their development often appear to follow a strict... Read More about Continuous tone digital output using archivally proven printing methods and material.

Artists’ books in the digital age
Book Chapter
Sowden, T. Artists’ books in the digital age. In S. Hoskins (Ed.), Impact 6 Proceedings (156-161). Bristol: Impact Press, University of the West of England

Within the last 15 years there has been a rapid growth in artist book production. In part this has been due to increased awareness of the book as an art object which in turn influences teaching practice in art schools, but I believe it is also largel... Read More about Artists’ books in the digital age.