In celebration of their 10^th Anniversary, Cowprint invites you to explore the exciting diversity of modern printmaking through the varied work of twenty local artists.

All the work on display has been printed by hand, with our artists taking advantage of the rich variety of different printmaking techniques to express their ideas, some of which will be demonstrated during the exhibition. Within this exhibition you will find examples of relief methods, such as woodcut, wood engraving and linocut, intaglio methods such as etching, mezzotint, solar plate and collagraph and finally planographic methods such as monoprint and screenprint.

Cowprint members and exhibiting artists: Ashley Ailes, Sian Appleyard, Linda Bennett, Kay Brown, Amanda Burnie, Jo Cheer, Margot Eardley, Celia Ford, Barbara Hamilton, Zoe Hemsley, Eleanor Horne, Sue Howard, Tori McLean, Gillian Owen, Jo Price, Irene Smith, Mandy Smith, Angie Versey and Carole Westbrooke. There will also be a special tribute to long term Cowprint member and exhibitor Sheila Lockyer, who tragically passed away unexpectedly in December 2021.

‘Cutting a Fine Line: The Art of Printmaking’ is on display from Friday 29^th April to Sunday 8^th May and entry is free.

Live demonstration schedule:

Friday 29th April

Morning – Wood engraving.

Afternoon – Card cuts.

Saturday 30th April

Morning – Mezzotints, artist books.

Afternoon – Card cuts, reduction linocut.

Sunday 1st May

Morning – Mezzotints, stamp pad printing.

Afternoon – Drypoint, relief printing.

Friday 6th May

Morning – Monoprints.

Afternoon – Relief printing / embossing.

Saturday 7th May

Morning – Wood engraving, collagraphs.

Afternoon – Linocuts.

Sunday 8th May

Morning – Etching, collagraphs.

Afternoon – Etching, linocuts.

About Cowprint

Cowprint Artists’ Group are a group of artist printmakers based in and around the city of Southampton who meet to share, support and collaborate in their creative practice. As well as holding occasional exhibitions of their work, the group enjoys collaborating on printmaking projects, artist talks and sketching on location, and welcomes new members of all abilities.