| The
Big News
The
big news at World Printmakers this month is the publication of the first in a
series of interviews with printmaking workshops round the world. This one is with
Clive Barstow, coordinator of Open Bite Australia, the wildly successful workshop
inaugurated just three years ago by the West Australian School of Art at Perth.
Barstow's comments, full of mordant sincerity and seasoned-pro criteria, both
surprised and delighted us and I suspect they may do the same for you. Best of
all for us was Barstow's categorical, one-word reply to the question: "What is
your principal source of printmaking information?" "Internet," he said.
What Else Is New?
What else is new in
this month's World Printmakers? We're running the sixth and last chapter of Andy
MacDougall's Virtual Screen Print Course, this one devoted to Prepress and Make-ready.
Andy's detailed, (virtual) hands-on treatment of screen printing techniques and
materials (Who would have ever guessed that a squeegee had so many nuts and bolts?!)
has opened a lot of eyes among artist screen printers as to the wealth of information
lurking out there in commercial workshops. Our sincere thanks to Andy MacDougall
and to Parapress (http://www.parapress.com)
for letting us in on their professional secrets. We'll miss them and look forward
to Andy's next project, even if it's a rhythm 'n blues record. New
Permanent Sections
We've also added a few more permanent sections.
Yvonne Leonard wrote asking us to post a job offer from the Savannah College of
Art and Design, and it seemed that we might be able to do an ongoing service for
printmakers with a permanent "Get a Job" section. So, there you have it. If anyone
knows of other jobs available in printmaking, please send them along and we'll
be happy to post them. Likewise for your other new section, "World Printmakers
Artists Exhibit," where we will be announcing the shows, courses and other activities
of our participating printmakers. We've also placed on the homepage (right beneath
the signup box) links to past issues of this newsletter, in case anyone wants
to follow the fits and starts of this little printmaking website project. This
month we promise to dedicate some time to updating and enlarging our links section.
We've already added a few new international print competitions in the "Prizes
/ Competitions" section. Don't
Forget to Refresh!
A parting technical note: Next time you connect
to the World Printmakers site (http://www.worldprintmakers.com)
don't forget to hit the "Refresh" button on your browser. Otherwise you're apt
to be looking at an outdated version of the site which is stored in your browser's
disk cache. (This applies to all sites you visit frequently, not just World Printmakers…)
See you next month. Till then, to quote Swiss World Printmaker Georges Thiébaud,
"Vive la gravure!" See
you next month.
Mike Booth
Coordinator
World Printmakers
miguel@worldprintmakers.com
P.S. Good
grief, I nearly forgot. We're proud to announce that World Printmakers has broken
another page-view record, up from 13,500 in March to more than 20,000 in April.
That's a 48% increase in one month. Is it possible that we're starting to snowball?
Time will tell. Meanwhile, thanks for your unflinching support! |
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