Press Release

 

Studio Expansion and Launch Party

East London Printmakers (ELP) would like to invite you to the official launch of their expanded studio in Hackney. The exciting additions include more robust etching facilities and an upgrade of the existing screen-printing facilities. The Launch Party will be on 28 January 2006, 5.00pm, at SPACE, 129 Mare Street (Warburton Road entrance).

 

ELP is a group of contemporary artist-printmakers. The group was established to develop a resource for artists and the public in East London. The aims outlined in the constitution include organising group shows and business opportunities for members, setting up an open access print studio for members and as an educational centre (now established at SPACE Triangle, Hackney), acting as a forum for debate amongst artist-printmakers, and promoting printmaking as an art form. The main aims of ELP are to retain ownership, in its widest sense, and to do this ELP should be a service run by artists for artists and the community. It is an organisation based on democratic principles, with decisions taken collectively, and most importantly it is self-financing .

 

Working in conjunction with SPACE, who have been invaluable in making this expansion happen over the past few months, ELP are now in the final stages of completing the expansion that has been months in the planning.

 

The expansion will  enable ELP to increase the number of open access users and keyholders, offer more space for workshops and an area for clean working and socializing.

 

Not only will the expansion increase the size of the studio, it will also include important additions to the existing screen-printing and etching facilities. Since moving into the current studio at SPACE, the etching facilities have had to remain non-toxic due to insufficient extraction and health and safety equipment. This has been limiting for users wanting to do photo-etching, aquatints and nitric etching. That is about to change with the new additions of a fume box, acid room and rosin room.  The extra space and workbenches means an increase in the number of open access places, and we are able to offer better facilities for our users.

 

Other additions to the studio will be sound-proofing for the screen-printing washout unit, another screen-printing bed and a brand new exposure unit for photo-etching.

 

Please come along to the Launch Party and see for yourself. Information about how to become an ELP member or use the studio as an open access user can be found on our website: www.eastlondonprintmakers.co.uk.

 

For more information about SPACE, please see their website: www.spacestudios.org.uk

 

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EAST LONDON PRINTMAKERS

The Triangle, 129 – 131 Mare Street, London E8 3RH

www.eastlondonprintmakers.co.uk

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East London Printmakers is an independent, artist-run printmaking studio in Hackney.  On Thursdays and Saturdays we run open access sessions for people with printmaking experience.  If you wish to book an induction you can call Vic at SPACE on 020 8525 4330. For more details about open access, workshops and membership please visit www.eastlondonprintmakers.co.uk