Swansea Print Workshop Building Fund

Fine Arts
Swansea, GB

We’ll soon be 15 but our building is feeling its age. Please help us get our premises looking its best to celebrate our 15th Anniversary next year.

Swansea Print Workshop is a vibrant, not-for-profit Print Workshop in the heart of Swansea. We believe printmaking is an accessible art form for everyone, an exciting discipline for artists to work in and engaging and affordable for supporters of the visual arts.

Although we’re small, we’re ambitious! Not only do we offer studio facilities to printmakers, we run Outreach workshops for schools and community groups, have an active annual workshop and exhibiting programme and enjoy challenging our members creatively with regular art projects. Please read more about us on our website.

In 2015 we celebrate our 15th anniversary as an organisation open to the public with our SPW|15 Years project. We have planned a packed year-long programme of events and activities which will demonstrate, celebrate and engage all the dimensions which make up the unique organisation that is Swansea Print Workshop. We are delighted that the Arts Council of Wales is supporting our project activities with a funding grant next year.

We’re proud of the journey we’ve come on over these years. From the altruistic vision of a small group of printmakers in 1998, we now have premises which support a wide range of traditional and contemporary printmaking equipment and creative activity.

Our building though is really feeling its age and requires some essential maintenance and upgrading to get us looking fantastic in time to welcome everyone for our anniversary next year.

As we don’t receive any core funding, such additional costs have to be found through fundraising and we hope we can raise some of the costs with your help.

We are offering lots of lovely rewards to anyone who is able to donate to our building fund.  Our artist members and supporters have generously gifted prints and other hand-crafted items for our fundraising efforts and we are also offering packs of postcards and lots of energetic children’s work from past projects.

A few practicalities: We have numbered our rewards and images from 1 to 28 so you can easily find the one which appeals to you. All amounts include cost of postage and packing for mainland UK.  We know we have a lot of supporters and fellow printmakers across the world so if you would like to contribute to our building fund, please email for details of postage outside the UK. |  The sizes given for the prints are the sizes of the image unless stated otherwise.  |  For those rewards which we are allocating at random we are happy to receive an email from you stating your preferred choice which we will do our best to fulfil.

We hope you find something in our rewards to tempt you. Our heartfelt thanks for any support you offer us. We welcome you all to join us next year in our celebrations.

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1. Tiny Handmade Notebooks

£1.50 or more : Supporters of SPW help us make our ‘Green Spot’ Handmade products using scrap and off-cuts of paper and card, ‘old’ mixed inks which would otherwise be discarded and turn mis-printed or unwanted artwork into fresh and attractive items. The covers of these small notebooks have been made using discarded prints. Made and donated by Sue Douglas. These will be allocated at random. 10.5 x 8.5 cms

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2. Six Black and White Postcards

£2.00 or more : Images by Ros Ford, Aoife Layton and Fiona Kelly from our Drawn to Print project in 2012/13 These three artists led the drawing and printmaking activities for our project which set out to explore the breadth of the relationship between drawing and printmaking. These images are 19 x 10.5 cms and you will receive 2 each of the three images.

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3. Small Handmade Notebooks

£2.00 or more : Supporters of SPW help us make our ‘Green Spot’ Handmade products using scrap and off-cuts of paper and card, ‘old’ mixed inks which would otherwise be discarded and turn mis-printed or unwanted artwork into fresh and attractive items. The covers of these small notebooks have been made using discarded prints. Made and donated by Sue Douglas. These will be allocated at random. 14 x 9.5 cms.

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4. Ten Colour Postcards with Envelopes

£4.50 or more : These postcards have been produced from a selection of children’s artwork created through our Changing Swansea project (2008-9). Responding in a personal way to the ‘Changing Swansea’ theme, children from infant, primary and secondary schools created these fantastic prints. Standard postcard size. You will receive one of each ten images with envelopes.

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6. Collagraph Prints by Children

£10.00 or more : There prints were created by children in response to the theme, Changing Swansea. The children went out to draw in their environment around Swansea. The drawings were used to create these attractive collagraph prints. Each print is from a small edition by an individual child, all are signed and approximate size if 20 x 20 cms. The prints will be allocated at random.

20 Available

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7. Engaging Prints by Children

£10.00 or more : These screenprints are wonderfully spontaneous and engaging. Printmaking is an art form which can be enjoyed by everyone as these lovely prints by Infant school children shows! The children went out to draw in their local environment, their drawings were then transferred to screens and printed over background colour. Each print is from a small edition by an individual child, all are signed and approximate 20 x20 cms. The prints will be allocated at random.

20 Available

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5. Children's 'Creature' Prints

£10.00 or more : Endangered Species in Wales was the theme of this children’s project designed and run by Young Volunteers (18 to 25 year olds) at SPW. The children responded with imaginative pencil-sketches which were used to create the charming, fun collagraph prints offered here. Each print is from a small edition by an individual child, all are signed and approximate size of 15 x 15 cms. The prints will be allocated at random.

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8. Decorative Wall Plaques

£12.00 or more : These decorative pieces have been created from old collagraph plates which would otherwise be destroyed once an artist has printed the number of elected editions of their prints. The plates themselves often have a beauty and charm themselves which is brought out by rubbing on a little bit of ink. These will be allocated at random. 29 x 28 cms mounted size.

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9. Large Decorative Notebooks

£15.00 or more : The covers of these beautiful handmade notebooks have been made using recycled textiles. Made and donated by textile artist, Sue Douglas. These will be allocated at random. 20 x 29 cms

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10. 'Pup', Print by Kara Seaman

£15.00 or more : Kara Seaman is a freelance artist and printmaker who exhibits regularly in Wales, Scotland and internationally. Kara’s lively prints often feature animals and birds. ‘Pup’ are screenprints. Kara has donated two prints, both Artist Proofs which may vary slightly. The prints will be allocated at random. 13 x 10 cms

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11. 'Satsumas', Print by Michael Goode

£20.00 or more : Michael Goode’s work often feature plants, flowers and fruit. His screen prints are deceptively simple but explore the colours, shapes and patterns of the natural world. 27.5 x 18 cms

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12. 'Lilies', Print by Michael Goode

£20.00 or more : Michael Goode’s work often feature plants, flowers and fruit. His screen prints are deceptively simple but explore the colours, shapes and patterns of the natural world. 27.5 x 18 cms

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13. Humorous Seagull prints by Lynne Bebb

£25.00 or more : These humorous seagull original prints have been donated by the sculptor and printmaker Lynne Bebb. The prints are photopolymer etchings. There are three prints, all artist proofs. (All hand printed so each varies slightly). The prints will be allocated at random. 9 x 9.5 cms

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14. Etching by artist Alan Figg

£25.00 or more : These two etchings are by Alan Figg. Alan Figg has been printmaking since 1960 and taught art including printmaking for thirty-five years. Both original prints are Artist Proofs so may differ slightly from each other. Both images are 23 X 16 cms and will be allocated at random.

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15. Screenprints by Doug Wellyn

£25.00 or more : These attractive screenprints are by Doug Wellyn and have been generously donated by John Pinker. There are three prints available and the text on each image varies: “A friend overlooks your broken fence and admires your garden flowers”, “A beautiful garden is a work of art.”, “GARDENERS don’t grow old. They just go to pot.” The prints will be allocated at random or please email with your preferred choice and we will do our best to fulfil this. 19 x 25 cms

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16. Set of 4 Children's Prints

£30.00 or more : We think these children’s prints look really effective displayed as a group so we are offering four prints for the same value as three. The infant school aged children went out to draw in their local environment, their drawings were then transferred to screens and printed over background colour. These screenprints are wonderfully spontaneous and engaging. Each print is from a small edition by an individual child, all are signed and approximate 20 x 20 cms. The set of four prints will feature four different prints. Each set will be allocated at random.

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17. Beautiful Owl Prints by Alan Figg

£30.00 or more : These beautiful, mezzotint prints by Alan Figg have an ethereal quality of light playing against dark. Alan has donated three of these original prints. They are all Artist Proofs so may vary slightly but images are approximate 7 x 8 cms. The prints will be allocated at random.

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18. 'Little Fish', Print by David Barron

£30.00 or more : Little Fish is a popular print by David Barron and we’re lucky to have been donated an Artist Proof by the artist. The print is a mezzotint etching & drypoint. 8 X 12 cms

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19. 'Moon over Mumbles', Print by David Barron

£30.00 or more : This atmospheric print is by popular Swansea based artist, David Barron. The print is an Etching & Aquatint 10 X 15 cms

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20. Etching by David Barron

£30.00 or more : A lovely etching & aquatint by popular Swansea- based artist David Barron. A perfect print for anyone who loves a cuppa! Edition 2/3 10 X 20 cms

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22. Striking Christmas Scenes

£35.00 or more : Alan Figg is an experienced printmaker and has established a tradition of producing a Christmas design every year. This is a chance to own one of the original Linocuts. We’re offering these striking different Christmas scenes as a lucky dip. Which will you get?! All are Artist Proofs.

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21. Swansea landscapes by Judith Stroud

£35.00 or more : A popular Swansea-based artist-printmaker. Judith is an experienced and innovative printmaker celebrating the energies and forms of the natural world. ‘Lighthouse Mumbles’ and ‘Arthur’s Stone’ prints were created in response to SPW’s Changing Swansea Project in 2008-9. The two prints are lino & mixed media and are slightly different sizes. (approximately A4) They will be allocated at random or please email us for your preferred choice and we will do our best to fulfil this.

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23. Black and White Print by Hilary Stanworth

£40.00 or more : This striking black and white lino cut has been generously donated by artist Hilary Stanworth. The print is linocut and an Artists Proof which means it is absolutely unique! 29 X 23 cms

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24. Collaborative Print by Artists including Nick Holly, Glenys Cour, Keith Bayliss and James Donavan

£70.00 or more : We very much enjoy working with other artists and the Workshop hosts a range of collaborative events. In 2009 we held a one-day printing session which involved 9 established and popular locally-based printmakers and artists: James Donavan, Sarah Hopkins, Keith Bayliss, Jackie Ford, Nick Holly, Glenys Cour, Robert Macdonald, Judith Stroud and Sameera Khan, Each artist made a printing block using relief and collagraph techniques. These were inked up separately and then placed in a block and printed on a single sheet of paper. A small edition was produced so that all participants could keep a print and the Workshop retained two for archive and fundraising purposes.

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25. 'Sketch Book Leaf', Monoprint by Atif Khan

£90.00 or more : This print is generously donated by the artist following his successful exhibition in September 2013 at the Ceri Richards Gallery in Swansea. Muhammad Atif Khan graduated in Fine Art from the National College of Arts in Lahore, Pakistan and in 1998 was awarded the UNESCO-ASHBURG Bursary, completing a residency at Darat-al-Funun in Amman, Jordan. He received a Commonwealth Arts & Crafts Award in 2007, and during 2005 – 2008, was also appointed artist in residence at the Swansea Print Workshop, London Print Studio and Glasgow Print Studio. Khan says: “My work is inspired by the great tradition of storytelling. Its poetic symbolism can be clearly observed. My work has a decorative quality, which is also a significant element of the subcontinent’s traditional arts. I observe that nature is always beautiful even at its most ferocious moments. I try to present my political or social comments in a decorative way which balances the bitterness of the subject matter.” Sketch Book Leaf (v) | Monoprint | 18 X 30 cms

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26. Pair of Paolozzi Posters

£100.00 or more : This pair of Paolozzi Posters have been generously donated to us by one of our members, Rosie Ind. One is an original screen print which we believe was a poster advertising the 1965 exhibition, As Is When. The exhibition details have been cut off from the top and bottom of the screen print. The second is not an original screen print but one of the original commercially printed posters for Paolozzi’s 1967 Universal Electronic Vacuum exhibition. Sizes: 90 x 56.5 (poster) 71 x 51 (screenprint image size)

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27. Departure of the Highland Bride by Robert Macdonald

£175.00 or more : This powerful etching by Robert Macdonald was inspired by his family history which has been one of emigration and upheaval. His Irish-born paternal grandfather proudly traced his descent from rebel Macdonalds who fled Scotland after the Battle of Culloden, while his wife was a Gaelic speaker from the Outer Hebrides. Macdonald emigrated to New Zealand as a young boy and grew up in the North. He returned to the UK to live and has now settled near Brecon in Wales. He studied painting at the Royal College of Art, and printmaking at the London Central School, after an earlier career in New Zealand and in Fleet Street as a journalist. His etchings are in the V & A Museum print collection and other public galleries. He is past chair of the Welsh Group, Wales’s leading association of professional artists. Etching, Edition 8/50, 43 X 61 cms

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28. 'Black Jar', Lithograph by Bernard Leach

£180.00 or more : A chance to own a piece of printmaking history. Black Jar by Bernard Leach is a lithograph combining hand-drawn and photographic imagery. It is part of a series resulting from a collaboration between Bernard Leach (1887 1979) and Stanley Jones, encouraged by Leach’s wife and Barbara Hepworth. The print is in excellent condition, having been stored in gallery archives. Kindly donated by Bill Garnett of Pomegranate Fine Art, Cardiff this print was published by Curwen in 1974.The lithograph is accompanied by a copy of the Curwen Gallery catalogue ‘Forty Years At Curwen Studio 1958-1998’ in which it appears. (ISBN: 0 9530343 1 3) and is referenced in the Tate Collection P06327. Image size: 48.3 x 4 | Paper size: 78 x 57 cm

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