Carolyn Murphy - Printmaker

Manchester-based Artist Printmaker Carolyn Murphy's blog about printmaking, with tips, work in progress images and sources of inspiration.

Sunday, 11 October 2020

20:20 Print Exchange 2020

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I love taking part in the 20:20 Print Exchange! It's that sense of community amongst printmakers in the UK and, increasingly, around the...
Wednesday, 30 September 2020

'That Window' at Towneley Hall

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Printmakers from Alan Birch's Prospect Studio workshops were asked to create new work inspired by Towneley Hall in Burnley an exhibition...
Saturday, 27 June 2020

Repeat printing

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There seems to me to be something quite magical about repeat printing, whether on paper or on fabric. I first had a go many years ago on a c...
Saturday, 20 June 2020

Labels for home-made ginger beer?

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Have you ever thought of using linocut to create product labels? It had been on my mind for a while. I had home-made ginger beer in the frid...
Saturday, 23 May 2020

Experiments with embossing

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I've been planning to experiment with embossing ever since I got my Hawthorn printing press - but have not had the time. At last, Covid-...
Friday, 24 April 2020

Drypoint exploration

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Drypoint is an intaglio printmaking process, which means the ink is printed from the depths of the plate - the areas cut away, rather than t...
Wednesday, 11 December 2019

A visit to Durer's House

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While visiting good friends in Nuremberg, I was lucky enough to visit the house of Albrecht Durer in the atmospheric old town.  There is no ...
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Carolyn Murphy
I'm an artist and printmaker based in Manchester, UK - www.carolynmurphy.co.uk Currently a part-time MA Fine Art Printmaking student at Middlesex University. I'm a member of the Printmakers Council and Hot Bed Press print workshop, in Salford. I regularly print at Prospect Studios in Rossendale.
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