image by Cynthia Eraut
Lewes Printmakers Printmaking Demonstration Event and Book Launch
3pm - Sunday 27th
November - Linklater Pavilion , Railway Lane, Lewes
refreshments available – teas, coffee, cakes
We will be exhibiting the
original hand-made and printed copy of our book, made up of all the original
prints, alongside launching our limited edition copies of the new publication,
available for sale at £12.
The Spaces In Between is a communal project, the
work of eighteen local artists. It comprises a set of twenty-six individual
print reproductions in a folder, and an integral sixteen-page booklet with
description and notes for each print. It’s the ninth in our series of
publications about Lewes – the last three including Railway Land and Ouse:
the Sussex River and The Battle of Lewes.
Left is Charlotte Matthews
St John sub castro churchyard - very suitable for hallowe'en
right is Simon Wood's view down a twitten
below Miki Brightmore's
Woodruffe's Yard
The book is available now in the Tom Paine Printing Press shop
151 High Street, Lewes....
This book celebrates wild spaces and unexpected vistas around Lewes as
it changes, increasingly rapidly. Change can be exciting; it can jolt us out of
well-worn ruts and
encourage a spirit of optimism, but it is not reactionary to make a
positive case for the importance of some wild and fallow space to be left in
the centre of the busy towns
for the unexpected to happen - for an impromptu event, a sudden
encounter with wildlife, for a space to take a minute to relax and recover
equilibrium, and just enjoy the wonderful glimpses of the countryside. This is
a book about our less well-considered and ever-changing gaps,
and a celebration of our beautiful twittens*.
*It was Peter Linklater of course who wrote the forward to the
Friends of Lewes survey of Lewes twittens in 1991.
We will talk briefly about the subject and why we chose it, and show the
printing blocks – wood, lino, collograph and drypoint plates, and demonstrate
how we make and print the images.
Lewes Printmakers’ Books are a not-for-profit enterprise, supported by
seed money from the Town Council, and our home has been for the last few years
the exciting space of the Linklater Pavilion. Free entry or small voluntary
donation to this event, in support of the Linklater’s future projects.
