Art on the Railings in Didsbury

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This weekend sees ‘Art on the Railings’ in Didsbury’s Fletcher Moss Gardens as part of the Didsbury Guitar Trail.

The art and music event takes place on Sunday 22 July from 12.30pm. Everyone is very welcome! You’ll find original artwork, including linocuts by local artists Carolyn Murphy and Cate Gibson, and many others, alongside live music in the great setting of Fletcher Moss Gardens. See you there!

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NEW cards go live

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Carolyn Murphy’s cards are launched on the Love From The Artist website. The ‘Serenity’ cards and digital print, which raise money for Macmillan, go live today, as well as Carolyn’s range of special occasion cards, for birthdays and anniversaries.

The ‘Serenity’ cards and A3 print are reproductions from the original A1 linocut commissioned by Macmillan. ‘Serenity’ is now on the wall of the newly completed extension of the Macmillan Centre at Wythenshawe Hospital. All profits from ‘Serenity’ products go directly to the Centre. To buy online click here.

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‘Serenity’ greetings cards

Carolyn Murphy’s Occasions card range are colourful, textured and bold. “I created them using stencils. It’s a fun ‘monoprint’ technique, where the image builds up in layers,” explained Carolyn.

There are designs in the range with candle, heart, flower and star motifs. They’re ideal for sending birthdays, good luck, anniversary and thank you wishes. You can see Carolyn’s full range, available from the not-for-profit organisation Love From The Artist, by visiting her page.

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New range by Carolyn Murphy

All cards cost £2.50 plus postage and packing. On the site you can review work by a wide range of artists and select a mix. Love From The Artist print on demand and will send directly to you. You can also personalise the inside with messages and photos, at no additional charge.

On BBC Radio Lancashire

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Prospect Printmakers joined Sally & Brett on BBC Radio Lancashire today to talk about printmaking.

Carolyn Murphy joined Alan Birch (left) of Prospect Studio and fellow printmaker Peter Cave (right) in the BBC Radio Lancashire studio in Blackburn to talk about their new Pennine exhibition. The printmaking exhibition runs until 17 June at The Whitaker Art Gallery & Museum in Rawtenstall.

It was also a great chance to talk about the therapeutic benefits of printmaking. The team shared information on Alan’s regular workshops with listeners to Radio Lancashire. Alan Birch runs printmaking classes from his studio in Waterfoot, Rossendale.

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New ‘The Pennines’ printmaking exhibition

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A new exhibition of Pennines-inspired work from Alan Birch’s Prospect Printmakers opened on Saturday 21 April in Rawtenstall’s Whitaker Art Gallery and Museum. This group exhibition includes Carolyn Murphy’s latest linocut ‘ Halo’.

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‘Halo’ linocut by Carolyn Murphy

The Pennines exhibition runs from 21 April until 17 June 2018. It includes new work by 20 artists in a wide range of printmaking media. All work is for sale. For further details see information on the Whitaker’s website

The Opening on Saturday 21 April was well attended, on a glorious sunny day.

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Visitors to the exhibition

The show runs alongside artist Liam Spencer’s new exhibition ‘Home and Away’ in the main gallery.

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Linocut commission on Macmillan Centre wall

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Carolyn Murphy delivered ‘Serenity’, her A1 linocut commission, today, on time, to the Macmillan Centre at Wythenshawe Hospital. It didn’t take long for the building contractors to fix it to the wall in the new extension, which will open soon. The official opening will be in a few months’ time.

The original linocut was created by hand using a reduction process from one huge piece of A1 lino. It went through the etching press five times and the full process is captured in Carolyn’s blog

Printing the Giant Linocut

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Carolyn Murphy is in the process of printing a giant A1 linocut commission for Macmillan. Currently at the half way stage, after 3 colours, there are spot colours to hand print, before it goes through the press twice more.

The scale of the linocut alone presents it’s own challenges. Take a look at the video to get a feel for the size!

The third colour transformed the print further today. Printed on the Polymetaal press at Hot Bed Press in Salford, it now looks a lot brighter.You can follow progress of this huge linocut print and learn more about the commission on Carolyn’s blog

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Large Linocut Commission

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Carolyn Murphy is now working on her first printmaking commission, for Macmillan. It’s going to be a large linocut to go on the wall of the new extension to the Macmillan Support Centre at Manchester’s Wythenshawe Hospital.

The large linocut is being prepared in time for the opening of the Centre’s new extension this Spring.

In preparing for this project, Carolyn has been developing a prototype design to resolve many of the technical challenges. She plans to share the progress of her A1 sized linocut via her blog. To follow this, please check out: http://carolynmurphyprintmaker.blogspot.com/

The image will be created by cutting and printing an A1 piece of lino in stages. It will pass through the press 5 times to build up colours, as well as incorporating spot colours applied by hand.

The linocut design will show hot air balloons over a landscape. The final image will incorporate learning from the prototype stage.

The huge linocut will be created by Carolyn, working at home and at Hot Bed Press in Salford.

Come along to our Chorlton Exhibition event

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On Sunday 18 February you are invited along to Chorlton’s Printmaking Exhibition at the World Peace Café from 5-7pm. Carolyn Murphy and Cate Gibson’s work is on show at the café until 28 February and this is a chance to meet the artists, see a wide range of their work and join them for refreshments and a chat.

All the work is for sale and there will be new cards available and new original work especially for the event.

You can see original linocuts, etchings and collagraphs by both artists, who are based in South Manchester.

World Peace Café is at 76 High Lane, Chorlton in Manchester, part of the Buddhist Centre, opposite St John’s Church. Everyone is very welcome.