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Dover Open Studio

Dover Studio Collective artists welcome virtual visitors to their Open Studios this May. Due to necessary pandemic safety restrictions, we are presenting our event in an online format this year. Dover Printfest 2020 is a partnership project involving Future Foundry, Dover Studio Collective and Dover Arts Development and is part of the French printmaking festival Fete De L’Estampe.
Please also follow our Instagram page @doverstudio to discover a diverse range of work, from linocuts to mono prints, solar plate etchings to lumen prints.

Visit us here: www.doverstudio.co.uk/openstudio

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Adventures in frottage

Developing some ideas on paper following an inspiring frottage and monoprint workshop led by Amanda Thesiger for Dover Arts Development as part of the Doverprintfest 2020. Old carved woodcut blocks under newsprint provide texture to rub with conte pastel.

woodcut block/card/string frottage on newsprint
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Dover Print Fair

Dover Printfest 2020 Future Foundry Instagram Print Fair THIS WEEKEND
As part of Dover Printfest 2020 we’re having our first ever online Print Fair to show and sell the work of over 30 talented printmakers.


Dover Printfest 2020 is a partnership project involving Future Foundry, Dover Studio Collective and Dover Arts Development and is part of the French printmaking festival Fete De L’Estampe.
Drop in to our Instagram page @future_foundry from 11am to 4pm on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th May to discover a diverse range of work, from linocuts to mono prints, solar plate etchings to lumen prints.  


During the weekend we will have meet the maker live interviews with individual printmakers throughout each day to find our more about their work, their inspiration and their practice.
Just follow the links to printmakers pages from @future_foundry and DM artists or follow links to buy your new lockdown artworks. 
For more events please follow #doverprintfest2020 #doverbigprintday 

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art open studios printmaking

Three Monotypes

Three geometric experiments working towards a series of paper stencils for screen printing. Acrylic sheet monotype plates rolled with water-based inks and printed on A4 paper for Dover Printfest 2020 virtual Open Studios 30-31 May.

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Dover Printfest call

Due to pandemic safety restrictions, Dover Printfest events will be hosted in an online format for most of the activities planned in association with the Fête de l’estampe events taking place across Europe.

Join in and be part of doverprintfest2020…post/share your prints on Instagram…remember to include the #doverprintfest2020 hashtag with your post…we will then be selecting our favourite images to repost on @doverstudio, @future_foundry and @dover_arts Instagram accounts, building a mini online archive of the print festival.This is an invitation for both professionals and the public to show print works they have been making at home. Everyone welcome…

@dover_arts #doverprintfest2020 #opencall #printmaking @future_foundry @doverstudio @dover_arts #printmakers #dover #eastkent #kent

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Dover Print Fair call to printmakers

ATTENTION PRINTMAKERS! Dover print fair – online market event to buy prints and meet the makers. Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th of May. Anyone interested in taking part in this FREE online event please DM @future_foundry https://www.instagram.com/future_foundry/ with your email address. LIMITED SPACES! Applications close Saturday 16th of May.

doverprintfair is part of #doverprintfest2020 #opencallforartists #opencall #printmaking #virtualmarket #dover