All Outputs (23)

"Flight of fancy" A retrospective of prints that fly (2021)
Exhibition / Performance

Stephen Hoskins has been making kite and aeroplane prints for the last forty years. Inspired by an Uncle who made model aeroplanes in the 1950’s. The prints are as much about the craft of making, as they are a gentle delight in challenging the notion... Read More about "Flight of fancy" A retrospective of prints that fly.

CFPR Showcase (2020)
Exhibition / Performance

Our shift towards the digital has provided us a new challenge: how can we offer an alternative experience that surpasses a physical visit to an exhibition? This showcase is a first response to this question. It includes a range of images, a video, an... Read More about CFPR Showcase.

Desire Lines (2019)
Physical Artefact

Large scale kites printed on paper commissioned as part of the AHRC funded Design, material culture and popular creativity in suburban faith communities. This project explores the ways in which suburban faith communities create space focusing on arc... Read More about Desire Lines.

Screen printing as a 20th Century graphic medium (2019)
Journal Article

Within the canon of twenty-first century printing history, screen printing is definitely the poor relation. By comparison a great deal of literature concerning the demise and continued existence of metal type and letterpress has been published and di... Read More about Screen printing as a 20th Century graphic medium.

Crafts in the Digital Age (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Professor Stephen Hoskins was an invited speaker on Crafts in the Digital Age at HomoFaber Conference presented by the Michelangelo Foundation, Venice in collaboration with Institut National des Métiers d'Art INMA, 29th September 2018. The Crafts... Read More about Crafts in the Digital Age.

3D Printing for Artists, Designers and Makers (2018)
Book

Fully revised and with a new chapter and international case studies, this second edition of the best-selling book traces how artists and designers continue to adapt and incorporate 3D printing technology into their work and explains how the creative... Read More about 3D Printing for Artists, Designers and Makers.

Printmaking an industrial continuum, technology looking back to go forward (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This talk was composed of two halves; the first in essence is a history lesson on how printmaking relates to industrial printing. The second half explained the development of the Centre for Fine Print Research including the historic context of print... Read More about Printmaking an industrial continuum, technology looking back to go forward.

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

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.

Academic research into printmaking (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Keynote given at the Guanlan Forum: Museum and Print Art Ecology.

Issues of tacit knowledge within 3D printing for artists, designers and makers (2014)
Journal Article

The creative industries are directly interfacing with 3D printing technology and how it is changing the practices of many artists and designers across the globe. However for the creative community it is not possible to take on a new manufacturing tec... Read More about Issues of tacit knowledge within 3D printing for artists, designers and makers.

Digital creation of hand engraved copper plates to secure a historic process (2014)
Journal Article

Underglaze tissue ceramic transfer printing was first developed circa 1750 and involved the use of engraved or etched copper plates, from which a wet strength tissue paper was printed with an oxide (commonly cobalt for blue colour) the famous ‘Will... Read More about Digital creation of hand engraved copper plates to secure a historic process.

Underglaze tissue printing for ceramic artists, a collaborative project to re-appraise 19th century printing skills (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Under-glaze tissue ceramic transfer printing first developed circa 1850 and involved engraved or etched copper plates, from which tissue was printed with cobalt blue oxides. Under-glaze tissue has a very distinctive, subtle quality – it is an integra... Read More about Underglaze tissue printing for ceramic artists, a collaborative project to re-appraise 19th century printing skills.

3D printed ceramics for tableware, artists/designers and specialist applications (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Centre for Fine Print Research at the University of the West of England has over five year’s experience in the 3D printing of ceramic materials. The first project undertaken was to investigate the use of 3D technologies for artists and resulted... Read More about 3D printed ceramics for tableware, artists/designers and specialist applications.

A very English process: Underglaze tissue printing for ceramic artists, a collaborative project to reappraise 19th century printing skills (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The standard text regarding Blue and White underglaze ceramic transfer printing ‘Penny Plain and Twopence coloured’ begins: ‘Transfer printing is a particularly English form of ceramic decoration’(1). Underglaze tissue ceramic transfer printing fir... Read More about A very English process: Underglaze tissue printing for ceramic artists, a collaborative project to reappraise 19th century printing skills.

Continuous tone printing in silicone from CNC milled matrices (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Current research at the Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR) at the University of the West of England, Bristol, is exploring the potential of creating coloured pictorial imagery from a continuous tone relief surface. To create the printing matrices... Read More about Continuous tone printing in silicone from CNC milled matrices.

Beyond Blue (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This symposium led by Professor Stephen Hoskins and David Huson brought together leading academic researchers, industry experts and artists to discuss underglaze tissue ceramic printing.

3D printing for the visual arts an overview of current practice and its historical context (2014)
Book Chapter

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.

3D printing of self-glazing ceramics: An investigation into Egyptian faience (2014)
Book Chapter

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.

‘A very English process’ Underglaze tissue printing for ceramics - a collaboration to retain 19th century printing skills in a commercial environment (2014)
Book Chapter

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.

A model for the collaborative studio in the 21st Century: What it might be! (2013)
Book Chapter

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!.