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Ian’s Wallpaper selected for V&A !
Ian took part in a panel discussion at London Print Studio alongside Gill Saunders, the V&A curator of print, Matthew Meadows of the Wallpaper History Society, and wallpaper designer Lizzie Allen. Everyone’s talks were really interesting and Ian got a great reception from the audience when he spoke about his inspiration and techniques for producing […]
Open Studio !
We will be opening our studio to visitors on Saturday 27th September as part of the Essex Summer of Art Open Studios events. We will be open from 9am until 5pm and will be demonstrating both screen printing and etching processes throughout the day. Pop in and say hello, find out what we do and […]
Ian Bailey at ‘Interior Worlds’ wallpaper exhibition
Ian is exhibiting two of his hand screen printed wallpapers, alongside the Chapman Brothers, Linda Florence and Matthew Meadows, amongst others, at ‘Interior Worlds’ exhibition, London Print Studio, Harrow Road, London. London Print Studio will be hosting a discussion panel with the Wallpaper History Society on Wednesday 17th September at 3pm. Exhibition co-curator Matthew Meadows from […]
Views of the Studio
Printing Wallpaper
Wall and floor graphics at Discover
We produced these wall graphics that Ian installed at Discover Childrens Story Centre in Stratford, East London.
Etching the Plate
I did a drawing of one of the Avebury standing stones onto the coated aluminium plate using an etching needle. For this first stage I’m starting with a line drawing. Hopefully the drawing will develop as I go along ! To etch the aluminium I’ve decided to use the Copper Sulphate solution method. I got […]
Preparing the plate
Having done quite a lot of reading I have now purchased everything I need to make a start (hopefully !!). I bought everything from one place – Intaglio Printmaker. I already had some offcut pieces of aluminium so I’ve chosen to use Copper sulphate as the etching method. I also bought a magnesium carbonate block […]
I’ve got an etching press !!
So, this week we purchased this little beauty ! It’s a Polymetaal A2 etching press. We’ve had our eyes open for an etching press for a while now and when this one became available we snapped it up. It’s pre-owned and has been lovingly looked after and it came with the blankets and the stand […]