An exhibition celebrating the work of 60 UK Printmakers with more than 1000 original hand pulled artworks is coming to Cumbria.  

Free to enter, the exhibition at Rheged near Penrith begins on Friday, December 8 and will run until Sunday, March 3, sharing the broad spectrum of print making, from wood block to linocut, etching to screen print, cyanotype to collagraph.

This year’s exhibition includes a number of specially curated areas to explore in more detail, different approaches to Printmaking. There is an area dedicated to how collage is increasingly being used as a base for more experimental printmakers’  with examples of printing onto fabrics, paper, ceramics and even mirror shard. 

The exhibition also features numerous Cumbrian printmakers, with many having the Lake District landscape at the heart of their work, including Sarah Cemmick (Milburn) Jo Clayton (Ulverston), David Lush (Carlisle), Katie Edwards (Ulverston), Kirsten Gilder (Carlisle) Liz Jones (Brampton) Polly Marix-Evans (Armathwaite), Mark A Pearce (Ravenglass) Sue Rowlands (Kentmere) and Geraldine  Walkington (Kendal),

Gallery Manager Claire Harrison, who curated the exhibition, said “We are excited to have 20 new artists exhibiting this year, many of which have not exhibited in Cumbria before.

"This exhibition gives emerging artists a platform to be exhibited alongside some of the best UK printmakers and with such a diverse variety of original prints to choose from in a whole range of styles and techniques, there is truly something for everyone.”

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As well as the exhibition, Rheged have a range of creative classes hosted by some of their exhibiting artists, including Sue Rowland, Liz Jones, David Lush and Hester Cox, teaching participants a range of different print-making techniques from linocut and cyanotype to collagraph printmaking.

The exhibition is free entry, with no need to book and is open daily 10am till 5pm.