Hot Bed Press
Hot Bed Press Printmakers' Studio | The Casket Works, Cow Lane, Salford. M5 4NB | Tel: 0161 743 3111 | Email: info@hotbedpress.org
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  • November4th

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    Masterclass demonstrations at Hot Bed Press

    Posted in: Announcements, Events

    Hot Bed Press is introducing artists’ demonstrations to show exciting methods and new approaches to printmaking. Get a taste for something new and open your eyes to a different way of working. The artists will demonstrate their methods of working and inspire you with examples of work. These will undoubtedly be lively and intriguing evenings.

    These demonstrations are ‘Pay on the Door’ events.
    They cannot be booked in advance.

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    Devoré Print

    (masterclass demo)

    Artist: Kiran Williams

    Tuesday 8th November
    7.00pm – 8.30pm

    This is a process where part of a fabric is burned away (or devoured). A design can be screen-printed or paste can be applied freehand. Once dry it is then ironed or baked. The paste burns the fibres and when they are rubbed out of the fabric it leaves thin areas, creating a different tonal effect. It may be thought of almost as etching on fabric.

    Cost £10.00 to non-members / £5.00 to Hot Bed Press members 

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    Vaseline Etch

    (masterclass demo)

    Artist: Martin Kochany

    Tuesday 6th December
    7.00pm – 8.30pm

    This process has been developed by Martin as a unique method of achieving a subtle soft ground aquatint, giving expressive painterly tone in a simple and immediate manner. You will also be shown how to screen the Vaseline to get a photographic quality, experiment with lift grounds and layer up the image.

    Cost £10.00 to non-members / £5.00 to Hot Bed Press members

  • October11th

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    Workshops booking well. Places still available on Mezzotint

    Posted in: Announcements

    The first 3 workshops are already full, but we do still have places available on some of our forthcoming workshops.

    Places are still up for grabs on Mezzotint, End Papers and The Art of Etching & we are pleased to announce a 2nd Poster Printing workshop running on Wednesday evenings from the 9th – 30th November.

    If you are into tonal drawing or like the idea of working images out from a velvety black background then mezzotint is the workshop for you. A centuries old technique and beautiful way of producing images of high chiaroscuro suggesting the drama and light of Caravaggio it’s an rare opportunity to learn this inspiring technique.  For contemporary ‘mezzotinting’ at it’s highest level look at the work of Chuck Close.

    Please call or email the studio as soon as possible to secure your place.

  • October11th

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    6th Annual Manchester Artists’ Book Fair – 22nd Oct

    Posted in: Events, News

    Saturday 22nd October 11am – 6pm
    The Holden Gallery, Cavendish Street, All Saints, Manchester

    Held in the beautiful hall of The Holden Gallery at Manchester School of Art Hot Bed Press are proud to be running the 6th Manchester Artists’ Book Fair book fair in association with Manchester Metropolitan University. We are keen to build on last year’s endeavours and to hold another fair filled with fantastic bookarts and associated events. We have 40 stands booked, and are also running special demonstrations on marbling, printing on an Adana press, plus a talk by Benedict Phillips on his new ‘Benedictionary’. There’s simple lots to do and see, and more importantly wonderful artists’ books to buy direct from the artists themselves:

     Exhibitors include…

    • A P Books
    • Two Wood Press
    • Cambridge School of Art
    • Benedict Phillips
    • We Have Beaks
    • Scriven and Kruse
    • Catriona Stamp
    • Charlotte Vallance and Jat Bains
    • Claire Batt and Jane Hughes
    • Café Royal Books
    • David Barton
    • Pagination
    • Gemma Lacey and Sue Shaw
    • Incline Press
    • WEPRODUCTIONS
    • Hot Bed Bookstars
    • James Sharp
    • Jane Simon
    • Are we nearly there yet?
    • Lucy Roscoe (The Book Tree Press)
    • MMU Special Collections
    • Oliver Flude
    • Pat Hodson
    • Paul Johnson
    • Impact Press, UWE Bristol
    • Signature
    • Trudy Roe
    • Vicki J Wheeler
    • Ratchford Ltd
    • D3 Editions
    • Elizabeth Willow
    • Kate Bufton – Book Transformations
    • BA Hons Graphic Design Leeds College of Art
    • Wirral Met College – BA Fine Art
    • Common Books
    • Other Way Up Press and Friends
    • Angela Davies and Oh Golly Gosh

     

    We are also working in collaboration with Salford School of Art & Design and Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collectionsto offer a Symposium: Photography and the Artist’s Book which complements the book fair and will run on Friday 21st October. (For more information, please contact Theresa Wilkie.

    Click here for travel directions.

    Hope to see you there.

    Sean Rorke
    Artistic Director

     

  • August6th

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    The Annual Hot Bed Press 20:20 Print Exchange 2011

    Posted in: Events, News

    It’s time for our annual 20:20 print exchange and we’re hoping that you’ll get involved in this great opportunity to make and exchange prints with other artists and print studios.

    It’s easy to get involved. In fact it’s as easy as 1,2,3…

    1. First, drop us an email or give us a call to let us know that you want to take part and what print technique you plan to use.
    2. Next time you’re in the workshop, pay the £10 submission fee.
    3. Get cracking to produce your edition of prints on paper cut to 20cm x 20cm.

    It’s as easy as that.

    In return you’ll get a lovely box of prints from other artists.

    We have 11 people signed up so far, meaning just 9 places for Hot Bed Press members remaining. So don’t hesitate! Drop us a line and get involved.

    Not a Hot Bed Press member? Do you work from a different printmakers’ studio and think they’d like to take part in the 20:20? Please ask your studio manager to get in touch with Sean or Andy on 0161 743 3111 about joining the ever growing list of workshops nationwide who take part in this great event.

    Here’s a selection of the prints exchange in last year’s 20:20. You can see the whole collection from various workshops across the UK on our Flickr page.

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  • August5th

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    MMU Students at Hot Bed Press

    Posted in: News

    The studio may seem a little busier over the next couple of months as we welcome 20 students from Manchester Met who have taken membership over the summer months whilst building work is going on at the University.

    The majority of them will be focusing on letterpress and book arts so if you are planning to use the letterpress equipment, it’s worth letting us know.

    They have also expressed an interest in screenprinting, so please book your beds in advance and we’ll make sure that your bed is saved for you.

    It may be that it doesn’t have a great impact on usage, but I thought it better to give you the heads up on the off chance. We’re really happy to be building links and invite new students and their ideas into the workshop.

  • August4th

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    Workshop Closed for Summer School

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    The workshop will be closed to members for our annual Summer School during the week Mon 15th – Mon 22nd August.

    So please don’t turn up that week as we won’t be open for you to use the workshop.

    Keyholder’s are welcome, although mainly out of hours as most of the workshops will be running between 10am and 5pm every day Mon-Fri.

    We will reopen on the 22nd for business as usual.

  • June9th

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    The 6th Manchester Artists’ Book Fair

    Posted in: Events, Exhibitions

    Hot Bed Press are proud to announce that we will once again be organizing the Manchester Artists’ Book Fair to be held at the Holden Gallery, Manchester on Saturday 22nd October 2011, from 11am – 6pm.

    Last years event saw 43 stands showing artists’ books, zines and the works of small publishers from all around the UK all mingling alongside each other and the many visitors were able to see a performance by Carson & Miller as well as buying beautiful works direct from the artists and makers.

    This year, the second year Hot Bed Press will be working with MMU to run the event, we aim to make it bigger and better with up to 50 stands including a zine annex off the main hall. There will also be workshops and demonstrations for all to enjoy and participate in. We are keen to build on last year’s endeavours and to hold another fair filled with fantastic book arts and associated events.

    New in 2011 we are pleased to announce that (MMU) Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collections and The University of Salford School of Art & Design and have teamed up to run a special symposium to coincide with the book fair: Photography & the Artists’ Book will take place on Friday 21st October at Special Collections Gallery at MMU, (across the way from the Holden Gallery), with papers and talks on many aspects of this fascinating genre. Open to all to attend. For more information, please contact Theresa Wilkie.

    The gallery can accommodate between 40 and 50 tables, available on a first come first served basis. The tables will measure 6’ x 2’3” and be provided with two chairs and a tablecloth. Fixing to the walls is not allowed; it is therefore recommended that if you need extra display systems these are situated on the table tops.

    If you would like to take part in this year’s fair, the fee is £60, payable in advance. Please download a booking form and send with your remittance to Manchester Artists’ Book Fair, Hot Bed Press, 1st floor Casket Works, Cow Lane, Salford M5 4NB.

    If you have any further questions then please contact Sean Rorke or Karen Mercer on 0161 743 3111 (from Wednesday afternoon to Friday), or e-mail info@hotbedpress.org with the Subject: Manchester Artists Book Fair.

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    Best wishes,
    Sean Rorke
    Artistic Director

     

     

  • June7th

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    Latest Courses Out Now

    Posted in: Events, News

    The latest course programme is out now. The first courses start on 2nd July and the programme of 14 courses run until mid-September.

    Once again we have added to our repertoir, bringing in the Complete Screenprinter and Complete Letterpress courses which give a more comprehensive a broader experience over 8 evenings. We have also brought back old favourites of Gum Arabic Transfer Printing and Caustic Lino, as well as Bite-sized Books, End Papers, Etching and Hard-backed Books. 

    We are also pleased to announce for the first time Life Printing; life drawing with a print emphasis, and have brought back Plein Air Printing for a second time, taking printing out into the inspiring industrial landscape nearby and looking at new approaches to image-making.

    Courses book up very fast so get in quick. The hotlines are open now!

    All the best

    Sean Rorke – Artistic Director

  • June7th

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    Site Specific

    Posted in: News

    Welcome to our new website. We are adding to it daily and updating all new information to the new look site. We hope you like it.

    Thanks to Duncan Rynehart of 30two who has set up and is running the site for us, we now have more changing images, have incorporated our new logo, (also designed by Duncan), and have links to Twitter and Facebook for regular updates and lots of information and feedback.

    We will be adding a gallery of members’ work in the coming weeks and expanding all the information about the exciting things happening at Hot Bed Press.

    Please add comments, link to us and let us know how you think the new site looks and runs. We hope it’s as successful as the last website which was developed by Gary Herman of Keyword Associates and achieved between 200 and 300 hits a week. Thanks to Gary for his sterling work over the last 5 years!

    Enjoy browsing the site. Let us know your thoughts.

  • May11th

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    Cycling 100 Miles For Charity – Christie Hospital

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    How could we resist promoting such a noble cause!

    On 4th September, HBP Studio Manager, Christine Evans will be taking part in the Christie Manchester 100 Bike Ride. This means 100 miles in 1 day! I’m exhausted just thinking about it. She reports that so far the training is going well and all the money raised will go to Christies who do such wonderful work in supporting people and their families affected by cancer.

    This message directly from Christine :

    If you’d like to, you can donate online with a credit or debit card – you can do this on my JustGiving page, here’s the link: http://www.justgiving.com/pedalpowerwithchristine

    JustGiving sends your donation straight to The Christie and automatically reclaims Gift Aid if you’re a UK taxpayer, so your donation is worth even more. I hope you’ll join me in supporting The Christie.

    Thanks very much and lots of love,
    Christine

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