Carolyn Murphy - Printmaker

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

Friday, 29 September 2023

Making 'Below the Pike', my RA Summer Exhibition 2023 print

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Since August 2022, I've been experimenting with textured, colourful collagraph techniques to create semi-abstracted landscapes. One of t...
Monday, 4 April 2022

The Making of 'Staying Local' for TAE22

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This year I have been a volunteer blogger for Twitter Art Exhibit (TAE), writing about other artists and their work whenever I've had th...
Thursday, 24 March 2022

Becoming a Middlesex University MA student

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As of January 2022, I'm a student again! I hadn't really expected that, at this stage in my life, but it feels just right and I am a...
Friday, 15 October 2021

Behind the Scenes on 'September Evening'

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For this year's 20:20 print exchange I decided to capture a familiar and favourite view. It's one I've seen a lot of during rece...
Saturday, 2 October 2021

Making 'Crosby Beach' linocut

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This linocut started a while ago with a visit to Crosby Beach to see Antony Gormley's 'Another Place' sculpture installation, 10...
Thursday, 5 August 2021

Grayson Perry's Art Club exhibition

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Grayson Perry's Art Club exhibition eventually opened, after various lockdown delays, at Manchester Art Gallery - and it was great to ge...
Wednesday, 28 July 2021

Playing with Chine Colle

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Some days are just made for playing! On Sunday 25 July I spent the day at Prospect Studio and explored lino and chine colle, something I...
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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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