The Quarterly NATIONAL NEWSLETTER
Dec 24–February 25
Information and Resources for the Printmaking Community of Aotearoa, New Zealand
Greetings to you all. Kia ora, Talofa lava, Taloha ni, Mālō e lelei, Bula vinaka, Kia orana, Faka’alofa lahi atu.
I do hope all is well in your different regions of the motu. The countdown towards Christmas, the New Year and Summer School has begun. I am so looking forward to a fun filled week of learning new techniques and processes and the camaraderie that is PCANZ Summer School. Waikato Diocesan School for Girls, Hamilton, here we come!!! 2024 has been action packed with the PCANZ exhibition ‘The Expanded Field of Print’, Small Print, various members exhibitions, workshops, projects and get-togethers. There has been plenty to keep us motivated and energised. I wish you all a safe and enjoyable Festive Season and a relaxing summer break.
We would encourage people to go to the PCANZ website for all current information; https://www.printcouncil.nz/
PCANZ has a public Facebook page and Instagram;
FB https://www.facebook.com/printcouncilanz Insta https://www.instagram.com/printcouncilnz/ Info on regional reps and executive members https://www.printcouncil.nz/our-people PCANZ loan presses available - For further information: https://www.printcouncil.nz/press-hire The hire fee is $25.00 per week.
Notice of PCANZ AGM & GM 2025
GM Tuesday 14 January 7.15pm
AGM Thursday 16 January 7.15pm
Both held at Holland House lounge, Waikato Diocesan School for Girls, 660 River Road, Chartwell, Hamilton.
We welcome as many members as possible to attend these important meetings at Summer School.
At the GM - the general business part of the AGM - hear about where PCANZ is at, Committee positions and members' announcements
At the AGM - we need your vote on acceptance of the draft Constitution and vote on Executive Committee nominations
Join us all for a social meal at the hostel before the meetings. For more details go back to the main email or watch your inbox.
Summer Scool 2025
13 - 17 January at Waikato School for Girls, Hamilton will again be an event not to be missed with amazing overseas and NZ tutors offering us new skills and processes to extend our own practices. It's also a wonderful opportunity to engage with other printmakers from around the motu.
LAST PLACES - email Carolyn at info@printcouncil.nz for more details.
Small Print:
The Small Print E xhibition is now in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, after a very successful two weeks at Tennyson Gallery in Napier, which sold 44 prints this year, almost doubling its sales of 23 prints last year. Successful artists have been notified. It’s now time to start wo rk on your Small Prints (A4) for the 2025 - 2026 series. All PCANZ members are invited to send in up to six prints before the deadline on 7 March.
Check out the website for details. https://www.prin tcouncil.nz/small - print - 2025
Cheers Gretchen and Ali
Print Rebound Project 2024 – This project has been competed with approximately 68 printmakers sharing their ideas with each other. It has been a successful collaborative printmaking exercise encouraging PCANZ members to make contact with other printmakers. Facilitator Diane Harries. June – November. Completed prints will be shown at; https://www.printcouncil.nz/print-rebound-project-2024 later in December.
2025 major exhibition – We have secured the Ashburton Gallery for a selected members exhibition towards the end of 2025. Further information coming.
Following on from the notification in the last newsletter the next Australasian conference will be held at the Auckland University of Technology from 12-14 September, 2025. The list of speakers has been announced. They are;
Chris Woods, UK; Angela Sutton, UK; Nasim Koohkesh, Aus; Anthony Tedeschi, NZ; Dr Caren Florance, Aus; Dr George Hajian, NZ; Clint Harvey, Aus; Dzintra Menesis, Aus; Erika Mordek, Aus; Margaret Woollett, NZ. Ben Elbel, France; Coleen Curry, USA; Makyla Curtis, NZ; Fiona Dempster, Aus; Meighan Ellis, NZ; Louise James, NZ; Monica Oppen, Aus.
For information, please contact:
Terrie Reddish, Communications officer, Association of Book Crafts (NZ) Inc. phone: 06 877 8040 or 021 182 3440
email: secretary@abc-nz.org.nz
Website: Association of Book Crafts (NZ) Inc https://abc-nz.org.nz/bind25/
Research tour to South East Asia – Ina Arraoui
Apologies for the quality of the information image in the previous newsletter. As it was difficult to read, we are including Ina's research trip summary again in a more readable form.
Kia ora print whanau,
I’d like to share with you some great opportunities in South East Asia that I discovered on a twoweek research tour of printmaking and papermaking studios, galleries and museums in Bali, Manila, and Chiang Mai.
Bali
Devfto Printmaking Institute, located behind Sika Gallery on a busy street of Ubud, is run by Devy Ferdianto, master printer, founder and director. Established in 2021, it offers regular workshops in stone and waterless lithography, soft and hard-ground etching, screen-printing, relief printing, cyanotype and photo-intaglio techniques including gum oil printing. You can also apply to do a 1 – 2 week residency, where you can use the facilities with assistance from Devy and his two studio technicians. You’ll need to organise your own food and accommodation. @devfto
Usaha Daluang Kreatif, is a papermaking studio in Ubud run by Devy Ferdianto’s son Aryatama Nugraha. He offers one-day workshops on handmade paper with Abaca and Daluang (a species of the Japanese Mulberry paper). You can also order his beautiful paper, or even dried pulp @usaha_daluang_kreatif
Greenman Banana Paper Studio in Ubud was established in 1998 by Naruse Kiyoshi Although he doesn’t offer workshops, it’s worth booking a visit to see the spectacle of this team of 8 studio assistants pull a 2 x 3 meter sheet of paper from banana stalk fibre.
@greenman_bananapaper_studio
Arta Derau Studios is a 40-minute drive north of Ubud in Tegallalang. The beautiful, architecturally designed studio is purpose built for artists in residence by husband and wife duo Agugn and Puti. Although there is an etching press and Riso machine, the residency would likely be more used for research and inspiration from the local culture. Accommodation provided on site @artaderau
Manila
Association of Pinoyprintmakers (AP) in Metro Manila is sadly temporarily closed for renovation. MARS Center for Printmaking are in the early stages of developing an international residency at their facility. They are happy to offer the facility in exchange for workshops and materials, which are hard to come by in the Philippines.
If you wanted to visit one of the more picturesque islands, there are a few newly established studios such as Rolling Paper Press in Negros and Pasilyo Press in Zambales that are open to international artists coming to offer workshops for the community.
Chiang Mai
Hello Print Friend Studio is a collaborative printing lithography studio, that is currently being set up by printfluencer and podcaster Miranda Metcalf and her husband, master lithographer, Tim Pauszek. They will specialise in offering 1 – 2 week residencies for international artists who would like to make an edition, learn about or experiment with lithography. Accommodation provided in the apartment behind the studio. @helloprintfriend
There are also many print studios with great boutique coffee roasters everywhere to visit and get inspired by, including Mezzpress, Jojo Kobe Gallery and Chiang Mai Art on Paper (C.A.P) Studios which has a stunning collection of prints by Thai and International artists, including Marc Chagall and Kathe Kollwitz.
My research was made possible through the Arts Practitioners Fund which provides support for experiential opportunities for individual New Zealand-based arts practitioners to deepen artistic and professional connections with Asia, including residencies, work placements, research tours and exchanges.
If you’re interested in applying for this annual fund, the next round closes 13 January 2025. http://www.asianz.org.nz/arts/grants -for-artists
Read more about my research on my website: http://www.inaarraoui.com/printcommunity/Please get in touch if you have any questions ina@printopia.nz
Defto Printmaking
A Members Exhibition
CAN Exhibition, Napier
January 2025
Archival digital inkjet prints by Dave McGeorge UK https://photomontage.pictures/CAN-views)
National Youth Art Awards (NYAA) As a PCANZ representative Vicki Jones recently had the pleasure of presenting the print award for the National Youth Awards that are offered by the Waikato Society of Arts each year. PCANZ has sponsored this award for some years as part of its aim to promote printmaking. This year’s winner was Penamino Tuia, a student at Dilworth School. His very proud parents accepted the award on his behalf. The exhibition will be held at Artspost galleries, 120 Victoria Street, Hamilton until 18 August. See all the winners here: https://wsa.org.nz/art/national-youth-art-awards-2024/ https://www.printcouncil.nz/latest-news/2024/08/06/national-youth-art-awards-2024
This information missed the last issue;
NZPPA2025
A reminder to members to get their entries in by 16th December Logo pic attached for NZPPA2025 NZPPA link - https://wsa.org.nz/art/2025-nzppa/
The NZPPA2025 entries are open and it’s time to think about entering this prestigious annual award for a chance to be in the finalist exhibition at Artspost galleries, Kirikiriroa, Hamilton and as an added bonus a chance to win one of two $12000 Main Prizes plus more. We can’t wait to see the entries and get ready for this exciting exhibition selected by Judges, Lynn Taylor and Mark Braunias. Visit was.org.nz for more details.
Julie Johnstone
Operations Manager, wsa.org.nz
Registered Charity No: CC24351
Account number: 03-0306-0217827-00
Devy Ferdianto,
Inst, Mars Centre for Printmaking, Miranda Metcalf & Tim Pauszek, Bali Manilla Chang Mai
Penamino’s winning print
Penamino’s parents and Vicki Jones
Regional Reports
Northland Report – Jo Fieldes and Mark Graver
We had a lovely exhibition opening of Spoken Unspoken at Hangar Gallery. A printmakers exhibition where the artists responded to poetry through their artwork. The exhibition included a number of artworks by PCANZ members. It was curated by PCANZ members Megan Corbett and Ginny Guy. The exhibition runs through to 2nd of December, so still time for people to see.
Mark Graver and Jacqueline Aust currently have prints on show at Mark’s gallery ‘Art at Wharepuke’.
Over the summer season Mark will be revolving works and will be featuring gallery artists - no fixed dates currently.
Auckland Report – Di Smallfield and Erinna Law
It has been a relatively quiet couple of months in Auckland. Various print groups have had exhibitions and workshops and regular meet ups.
The Rata group had their annual exhibition at the Lake House and follow up free workshops which were well patronised by the local community.
The Estuary Arts Centre had a successful exhibition ‘Printing in Focus’, a pop-up print lab and education programme throughout October and November.
PCANZ members attended a research workshop ‘Expanding the Field’ run by Steve Lovett in October followed by a reading group in November. The reading group was a further extension of the workshop. This group may continue into the New Year.
Waikato/Hamilton Report - Vicki Jones
We’ve had a further two successful social gatherings for Waikato printmakers; in September and again in November. The November gathering included a talk and slide show from Caroline Peacock who spoke about her recent experience of two print residencies in Tuscany and shared some of the initial work from that time. Sue Roots talked about her etching work and three dimensional pieces for her recent exhibition at the WSA Artspost gallery, Where the Wildflowers Are
While on a short holiday recently, I had the chance to join the Whanganui print group social gathering, where I first experienced a print social gathering back in April. I recommend checking
Megan Corbett, Prue MacDougall, Virginia Guy, Jo Fieldes
out other print groups if you’re travelling – fresh ideas and welcoming hospitality.
Here are the dates for the Waikato group for next year; March 8; May 10; July 12; Sept 13; Nov 8… we look forward to seeing you if you are travelling through Things to look out for in the Waikato over the summer include the PCANZ Summer School in January – local Waikato Society of Arts printmakers have put together some suggestions for what to do and see on the workshop-free Wednesday (January 15th), including a couple of open studios to visit. The Waikato Society of arts has also arranged to have the Artspost Gallery open for some of that day with two print related exhibitions – work by the Kawhia Art Group, and an exhibition of Intaglio work by WSA members – there will be morning tea and a tour of the print room available for visiting PCANZ members on that day also.
Waikato printmakers are also busy preparing entries for the New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards (NZPPA) run by WSA, with a PCANZ sponsored print award ($12000 main award, $2000 merit award). Entries close 16 December. Exhibition opens 21 February 2025.
Tauranga - Jackie Knotts
Tauranga PCANZ members have been busy. Nicol Sanders-O’Shea was guest artist at the Artistry Huddle - an appraisal group which meet at Toi Ohomai. She also gave a presentation on her research project ‘SUSS: Gendered Social Constructs’ at the Creative Practice Symposium at Wintec recently. Nicol will be presenting a group exhibition at the Unitec Symposium in Auckland on 2 December, titled ‘SUSS: Reimaging Gendered Social Constructs’. Nicol's work is the only print in the show.
Jackie is making small one off mixed media prints combining monoprints and collage with lino cuts on mulberry paper which she adheres to MDF blocks with gel medium then apply layers of mod podge which she then sands to a smooth matt finish. Working small allows for lots of experimenting and "what if's"
Janice Giles has also been pushing the boundaries using existing linocuts, occasionally adding other materials then working over them with encaustics. This method gives a new lease of life to old linocuts. Another more complex method fuses ink and wax on a prepared encaustic substrate.
Imprint Gallery is having an exhibition of small "affordable" prints in December in the lead up to Christmas.
Warren and Vicki Jones at Waikato Printmakers do a great job of bringing together printmakers. PCANZ members have given workshops at The Creative Campus at the Historic Village – there is a really good press and great facilities
I am looking forward to being at the Summer School and refreshing my distant memory of the waterless lithography technique
Sue Roots talks about
Caroline Peacock with one of her pieces one of her pieces for her exhibition of work from her residency. Where the wild flowers are
Whanganui/Palmerston North Report - Julia
Ellery
and
Rachel Stockley
We are finishing this year on a print high. The last couple of months have seen increased numbers of members attending our meetings, and we have welcomed new members Vivienne Aitken and Lynette Statton-Williams to the Print Council.
Vivienne has been award the Gary Tricker Scholarship at Summer School so we are looking forward to seeing the outcomes from this in the New Year.
Our monthly print challenges are proving popular and the discussion generated from learning how each print has been made are providing a great sharing of print knowledge within the group. More of our members have started to give demos or workshops to the group, which have really enriched our meetings. Shared print knowledge is what our group is about!
During the September meeting we printed the carborundum plates that we had made with Kathy Boyle the previous month, shared our orange/black print challenges and Brenda brought and shared the prints she had received back as part of being involved in Sally Caston’s Print Exchange + global print palooza.
At the October meeting Brenda led a workshop ‘Monoprinting the Anita Reynold way’ which sparked a large turnout of members and inspired many. We also shared our green/black challenges and Robyn and Brenda brought and shared the prints of their IPE (International Print Exchange).
Rachel was also part of the Manawatu Arts Trail during October, promoting print within the region.
November saw our final meeting for the year as we head towards the silly season. We kick started the meeting by sharing our yellow/black challenge. Then Mike gave us a demo on a variety of transfer techniques. Our holiday print challenge of incorporating a recycled element was set, and we look forward to seeing these in the New Year. We concluded the meeting with a group push to the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua, which has reopened after its redevelopment/earthquake strengthening. The gallery was buzzing with the energy of all the visitors. It was a thrill to see a variety of PCANZ members work on display. If you are in our region add it to your places to visit list – you won’t be disappointed!
Gisborne Report – Jean Johnston
Focus in the Group over the last two months has been the construction of a frieze in our studio to honour Norman Maclean one of our founding members. He passed away a year ago. We used small prints in two sizes made by group members and Norman’s friends and family under the direction of Lynn Taylor on 1 September. This will be a lasting and inspiring memorial for present and future printmakers.
Frieze in honour of Norman MacLean
Earlier in November, Wellington printmaking tutor, Emma Kitson taught us over two days to construct small screens and showed us how to make a printing paste using whenua and other fine pigments. It was a fun couple of days of experimenting under Emma’s encouraging guidance.
Prints from IPE Exchange
Brenda’s Workshop Monthly Challenge Prints
Emma Kitson and screenprints using whenua paste and chalk
Members have enjoyed participating in PCANZ organised events. We appreciate the sharing of design and technical skills by our members and plan to launch a new Gisborne Printmakers logo on our last session for the year.
Hawkes Bay Report - Pam Hastings and Cate Godwin
Hawkes Bay Inkers have had a great year, which ends early December for the year. We are winding up with an eco dyeing workshop and Christmas lunch at Rosalie Thompson's place.
Our group was involved in the Arts Trail early November with a pop-up shop in Lynne Wilburn's garage over the two weekends of the Arts Trail.
This was very successful with those involved selling their wares and rostered on over the four days. We have done this before thanks to the generosity of Lynne and Alan who opened up their garage in Ahuriri.
We continue to welcome new members and several have joined up this year. We usually have at least 12 members come along each month.
Kathy Boyle is busy experimenting and fine-tuning her skills in preparation for her workshop at Summer School in January.
Gretchen and Ali, who are the new Small Print organisers, will be sending the prints off to Dunedin early December following a successful exhibition at Tennyson Gallery in Napier.
Remember to restock if your prints are sold.
Have a great Christmas and New Year from your HB reps,
Taupo Report – Sally-Ann Davis and Maggie Dawson
Plateau Printmakers' exhibition "Perspectives - Diverse Voices In Print" at Taupo Museum was a huge success, with every artist selling work.
Maggie, Marion, and Sally-Ann are part of the Artful Minds Exhibition at Lava Glass this summer. If you're in Taupo, don't miss Lynden Over's stunning glass-blowing gallery and sculpture garden!
Right -Sally-Ann’s retreat
Sally-Ann's recent Taupo Printmaking Retreat was a hit, offering creative well-being with allinclusive accommodation, meals, and workshop. She looks forward to more retreats in 2025. Maggie is hosting Brigitte Potter-Mael's woodblock-intaglio workshop in her studio early January. We are looking forward to that weekend.
The Plateau Printmakers are planning for an exciting 2025 stay tuned!
Left -Plateau Printmakers
Taranaki Report – Dimphy de Vaan
Taranaki had only a couple of gatherings this year, and one group exhibition in the Eltham Village Gallery. We're grateful to be so close to Whanganui and that we are invited to their monthly meetings, which are always a pleasure to attend. In the New Year we hope to stay involved with the Whanganui team, as well as the occasional gathering here in Taranaki. We like to wish you all a lovely break and have lots of fun at Summer School! Can't wait to hear all about it!
Kapiti Report – Hamish Mcaulay
The Kāpiti group has been quietly working away this quarter, and it was a busy period for a number of those printmakers on the annual Kāpiti Coast Art Trail, which ran on the first two weekends of November. Hamish Macaulay had a particularly successful Art Trail with 500+ visitors over the two weekends, and a record number of print and mixed-media works going home with happy collectors.
Hamish has also just exhibited at the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, represented by Eames Fine Art, London. The Print Fair is the leading international art fair for original contemporary print, and presents a unique alternative model that is revolutionising the traditional art market, disrupting the elitist nature of art fairs, and pushing the boundaries of print. More o n the Fair here: https://woolwichprintfair.com/
Wellington Report – Margaret-Ann Barnett
The last quarter of 2024 has been a bit quieter for the Wellington printm akers as a group, due in part to The Learning Connexion print room being out of action for several weeks while work was underway to extend it. There have been pockets of activity. The Kāpiti art trail was a great success and the Hutt Art Society ran an exhibition in early November - Made to Impressfeaturing a number of PCANZ printmakers. Hamish Macaulay had a solo show in the Eames Fine Art Gallery in London and sold every piece he exhibited and more. (Imagine!) You can find a link to his show here: https://www.eamesfineart.com/viewing-room/239-hamish-macaulaychanging-light/
We were delighted and relieved that the sun shone for our last Sunday printmaking day on 17th November. After several false starts during the year we could finally experiment with cyanotype printing.
Marlborough/Nelson Report - Jeff Lockhart
The Top of the South printmakers have had another productive workshop day, with 9 busy people working hard and sharing ideas and techniques!! The next get together is at NMIT, Nelson on the 7th December. Happy summer everyone!!
Hamish Macauley Experimenting with Cyanotype prints
Hard at work at the November monthly meeting at NMIT, Nelson.
West Coast (SI) Report - Ruth Vaega and Kate Buckley
A few things to look forward to in Buller as Summer approaches Reefton and Northern Buller are both having Open Studio events at the end of this month. These proved very successful last time and there are a few printmaking artists who will take part.
In Westport, we have secured a pop up premises to work and sell artists works from DecemberApril next year which is great having lost our last building as it is being demolished. 25 Artists have applied to work on the same roster system and contribute to rent/power etc.
After the winter lull, we are looking forward to having a productive summer where the coast is already experiencing increasing numbers of visitors.
Christchurch Report - Carolyn Currie and Vicki Mangan
The Canterbury PCANZ group met on Sunday 6th October to see the 131 Years of Women's Suffrage Printmaking Exhibition at Kate Sheppard House, Christchurch. This exhibition has only been shown in Auckland and here, which is a pity as it was a real showcase of the art of printmaking. Restricted to A4 and largely black and white, these personal responses to the anniversary of NZ Suffrage are well worth a visit. It is free entry and on until 9 Feb 2025.
Ōtautahi Prints 2024: A Celebration of Handmade Printmaking held in Christchurch at the Ara Institute on 3rd November.
This hugely successful event was the inaugural one-day print fair organised by Paulo Wellman and Kim Lowe. Designed for printmaking practitioners to connect, display, sell, and share their prints and techniques with the community. It was packed with artists from both here and further afield and busy all day. We had a successful table for PCANZ and featured work from members
131 Years of Woman’s Suffrage across the country.
Thank you so much to those who provided such a range of beautiful work.
Inspired by the success of Printopia in Auckland, Paulo and Kim pulled together an extremely well organised event which we hope to see happen again next year.
Otautahi Prints 2024
Dunedin Report - Lynn Taylor and Marion Mertens
A Featured Artist: Christine Hollamby, Portobello, Dunedin. 0274241509
My sister who is a printmaker first introduced me to printmaking using cereal boxes, she is an incredible printmaker and ceramic artist. I still love that work the most, it had a raw direct response that showed in the work. I came home and sold what I could to purchase my printing press, thinking I would pour my heart and soul into it. I am lucky as I have a little studio in the back of our home and it looks out onto a beautiful garden space.
I love abstract and imagined worlds and landscapes, I often get drawn into detail but my brain doesn’t allow me to stay there long, I work best when I allow it free range. It has been a slow love, nurtured over time, recognising different ways to do printmaking and developing my skills through dry point etching and mono prints and using a gel plate, I am still such a babe in the woods, but I love the surprise the difficulty the simplicity.
Monoprint
Drypoint
mixed media
The collage is a mono print on Japanese Tesuki handmade card from Kozo (mulberry paper), it was difficult as the paper at times stuck but I loved the bubbling and lifting and the textures its created, I did 100 of these and loved the raw edges and beauty of the paper, these are business card size. I was fascinated by the textures of bark and the many shapes of the natural world.
This print is also on Kozo and flax paper and stitched with silk thread. The silk represented for me the coming together of nature and her ability to heal.
I also tried my hand at Lino cutting, this is so much harder than it looks and the many who master it admire greatly their dedication and skill. This is one piece that felt like a representation of what I was trying to achieve.
Most of my work is done intuitively, I am mostly self-taught but have found that to be the most exciting way to create excitement and challenges. I continue to challenge myself and I have often included stitch in my art and printmaking it is my love, stitch for me is purposeful and I become conscious of the paper the rhythm of my work and time fades. It was so lovely last year to share pints with two other ladies in the print challenge and have now original works but two amazing printmakers. I also have entered the open press challenge and this encourages me to continue and pushes me to keep trying.
Kia pai tō rā, Di Smallfield Newsletter Coordinator
Wire print with Mono print
Lino print collage - Fabriano paper