All Things Considered

Curwen Studio & Paula Rego
Posted by Angie Lewin

I'm off to the Curwen Studio tomorrow to work on a couple of new lithographs so called in to see the studio's 50th Anniversary Exhibition at Tate Britain to absorb some inspiration from the selection of artists' lithographs on show there.

If I'm ever asked to explain how I create a linocut or a wood engraving at my home studio, it's no problem - but the lithographs that I create at the Curwen are another matter. As part of the exhibition you can watch a short video which shows Paula Rego working on a print created for the anniversary alongside Tom Martin, studio manager, and Stanley Jones, who along with Robert Erskine, founded the Curwen Studio in 1958.

As well as demonstrating the entire process from drawing to finished print (pictured here) the video shows the close interaction between the artist and the printers (who are practising artists themselves). This collaboration is also evident in a display of letters between the Curwen and artists including Piper, Sutherland and Hepworth. Also on display is Mark Hearld's commemorative lithograph 'Printing with Spirit'.

Posted by Angie Lewin on October 26th, 2008