Current News at the CFPR

02/2012
journal article

'Computational colour, the visual artist and the printed artefact'
author: stephen hoskins
publication: Journal of the International Colour Association
issue: vol 6, january 2012

Stephen Hoskins' paper has been published in the prestigous AIC International Colour Journal. "This paper proposes that there is now available an opportunity for artists and colour scientists to work together to innovate new multi-head printers that could render the ‘tactile surface qualities and opaque ink set’ of the painter."

Dates 02/2012 | Download the full paper at aic-colour-journal.org

02/2012
industry prize

The Wallpaper Project wins Roland Creative Award
project lead: carinna parraman
award: people's choice award, roland creative
issue: vol 6, january 2012

The Wallpaper Project has won the People’s Choice award for its innovative print designs for wallpaper and textiles in the first stage of the international Roland Creative Awards. It will be now entered into the regional competition with a prize to Japan on offer to the winning entry, fourteen winners will then compete for a Worldwide Grand Prize of a choice of a Roland machine.

Dates 02/2012 | Read more on the project pages

01/2012
symposium

Towards a New Ceramic Future: CFPR Symposium at the V&A
venue:victoria and albert museum, london
date: 17 january 2012
funded by: The arts and humanities research council

Listen to audio recordings and download presentations from the recent CFPR 3D Print symposium 'Towards a New Ceramic Future'.
The event presented results of the AHRC funded project Solid Free-Form Fabrication in Fired Ceramic.

Dates 01/2012 | Read more in the full release

01/2012
government report

The Impact of UK Research 2011 - CFPR cited as example of KE
publication: The Impact of ahrc research 2010/11
published by: The arts and humanities research council
links: download the report .pdf

The Arts and Humanities Research Council report 'The Impact of AHRC Research 2010/11' highlights its contribution to world-class research over the past year. The report in turn cites the CFPR and Denby collaboration as an example of excellence in 'Impact through Knowledge Exchange'.

Dates 01/2012 | Read more in the full release

01/2012
journal article

Paul Laidler's 'Human Automation' in Printmaking Today
publication: printmaking today
issue: winter 2011
url: www.cellopress.co.uk/

The Winter 2011 edition of Printmaking Today includes an article by CFPR Research Fellow Paul Laidler, entitled Human Automation. The article was developed from a practice based section of Paul's PhD that explores the boundaries of print related methods as a means to question the mutability of print practice in the digital age.  You can order a copy of the journal using the URL link above.

Dates 01/2012 | Read more in the full release

01/2012
journal article

Stephen Hoskins interview in Imprint Journal
publication: imprint: journal of the print council of australia
issue: summer 2011 issue
url: http://www.printcouncil.org.au/imprint/imprint-summer-2011-1

The Imprint Summer 2011 issue included an extensive look at the IMPACT 7 conference hosted by Monash University, Melbourne, in September 2011. This included an interview with CFPR Director Stephen Hoskins, by IMPRINT Editor Sue Forster. You can order a copy of the journal using the URL link above.

Dates 01/2012 | Read more in the full release

01/2012
symposium

2nd European Lithography Day 2012
event: Litho Printmaking Beyond The Borders, september 2012
venue: Munchner Kunstlerhaus-Stiftung Foundation, Munich, Germany
url: http://www.lithotage.de/english_lithotage/

Prof. Stephen Hoskins has been invited to talk at the 2md European Lithography Day symposium. The event will include talks from internationally renowned printmaking experts from Europe and the USA. As well as exhibitions, excursions and a print art fair...

Dates 01/2012 | Read more at http://www.lithotage.de/english_lithotage/

12. 2011
eu training network

Apply Now - Early Stage Researcher post in Colour Printing
title: colour printing 7.0: 'applications in fine art'
funded by: marie curie actions: initial training network: fp7 'people'
apply here: https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk

Apply now for a 3-year research post at the CFPR, £25,000 per annum plus Marie Curie mobility allowance. Deadline for applications is 19 February 2012.
"This is a research position to study the application of multi-channel printing in fine art and to create a range of printed samples that address and demonstrates the different requirements of the fine art user. The postholder will benefit from both working in an environment that has high quality equipment and resources. The postholder will also benefit from the opportunity to exchange research ideas with the other researchers and experts in the ITN network through the exchange, secondment and training events."

Dates 10.2011 | Read more in the full release

11. 2011
citation

Peter Walters' research cited in The Telegraph
publication: The Telegraph
date: 7 december 2011

Dr Peter Walters' research into printing 3D edible objects in the CFPR 3D Printing Research Lab has been cited by The Telegraph in an article considering current and future 3D printing technology: "Hardly a week goes by without headlines about 3D printing, a technology that’s going to change the way you live. Welcome to the next industrial revolution."

Dates 11.2011 | Read the article at www.telegraph.co.uk

11. 2011
seminar

Craft + STEM in the 21st Century
venue: house of commons, london
date: 29 November 2011

Professor Stephen Hoskins attended a seminar at the House of Commons this morning hosted by the Crafts Council, in association with the Associate Parliamentary Design and Innovation Group. The seminar sought to discuss and explore the future contribution of contemporary craft to science and technology. "Craft makers today work in a far greater range of contexts than many realise, contributing to important innovations in science and technology, as well as other creative industry sectors."

Dates 11.2011 | Read more in the full release

10. 2011
event review

A review of the CFPR 'Open Doors' event 2011
event: cfpr open doors 2011
venue: cfpr studios, uwe bower ashton campus
dates: friday 18 november

The Autumn 2011 'Open Doors' afternoon was an opportunity for industry professionals, artists and those working in education to learn more about the CFPR. We had a great turn out with visitors from Cameron Balloons, Hewlett Packard, Burgess-Salmon, Bristol City Council, London Printmakers, Forum for the Future, Bristol University, Bath Spa, and a variety of independant artists. Visitors were given a guided tour of our studios...

Dates 10.2011 | Read more in the full release

11. 2011
publication

The Printed Reality Exhibition Published in The California Printmaker
journal article: the journal of the california society of printmakers
date: November 2011
guest edited by printeresting

Paul Laidler's curated exhibition entitled The Printed Reality has recently been published in The California Printmaker Journal guest-edited by Printeresting.
The Printed Reality exhibition was part of the Impact 6 Printmaking Conference and was conceived as a curatorial project that engaged with social media and the distribution of the digital image between the virtual and physical exhibition space. (Read the extract in the full press release).

Dates 11.2011 | Read more in the full release

11. 2011
publication

'Drawing with Fire' at Northern Print Biennale 2011
exhibition: the journal of the california society of printmakers
date: November 2011
guest edited by printeresting

'Drawing with Fire: laser cutting by book and paper artists', curated by Tom Sowden, was on show as part of Northern Print's 2011 International Print Biennale. Tom's exhibition contains work produced during his AHRC funded research project 'Paper Models: investigating laser cutting technology to develop new artists’ books and paper-based creative practice for arts, crafts and design'. Follow the link below to see photos from the show.

Dates 11.2011 | Read more in the full release.

11. 2011
conference paper

'Colour print workflow and methods for multi-layering of colour'
conference: IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging Color Imaging XVII:
date: 24-26 january 2012
venue: san jose, california, USA

Carinna Parraman will be presenting recent research findings at the prestigious IS&T's 2012 conference: Color Imaging XVII: Displaying, Processing, Hardcopy, and Applications. The paper is 'Colour print workflow and methods for multi-layering of colour and decorative inks using UV inkjet for fine-art printing'. The conference explores the state of the art in imaging technologies, with contributions from the world's leading researchers and scientists.

Dates 11.2011 | Read more in the full release.

11. 2011
symposium

'The History of Blue in Chemistry, Printing, Art, Technology & Culture'
organised by: the colour group of great britain
date: 30 November 2011
venue: The textile institute, city university, london.

Carinna has been invited to give a presentation at the symposium ‘History of BLUE in Chemistry, Printing, Art, Technology and Culture’  by The Colour Group of Great Britain in partnership withThe Textile Institution 30th November 2011 at City University, Northampton Square, London EC1V

Dates 11.2011 | Read more at http://www.colour.org.uk/meetingNovemberB11.html

11. 2011
exhibition / networking event

A New Ceramics - 2011
venue: britannia stadium, stoke-on-trent
dates: 10 november, 10am - 4pm

Stephen Hoskins and David Huson have an exhibition stand at Ceramics 2011, 10th November in Stoke-on-Trent. They will be presenting research from their current AHRC funded project. Drop by and talk to the CFPR 3D Printing team. Ceramics 2011 will feature exhibitions showcasing some of the industry’s most successful brands and products and provides a great opportunity to meet new contacts.

Dates 11.2011 | Read more at http://www.a-new-era.org.uk/

11. 2011
public talk

'Analogue after Digital and the Graphic Art' - by Paul Laidler
venue: pratt institute, school of art & design, brooklyn, NY
date: 3 november 2011

Paul Laidler has been invited to give a talk 'Analogue after Digital and the Graphic Art' at the Pratt Institute, School of Art and Design, Brooklyn, New York, on 3 November. Paul is in New York undertaking research relating to his current SPUR3 Early Career Researcher Grant, 'Investigating the expanding field of production and interpretation of the digital printed artefact in a visual arts context'.

Dates 11.2011 | Read more about Paul on his Current Research page

10. 2011
conference

Creativity in design - the CFPR at Desire 2011
event: desire 2011 - creativity in design
venue: eindhoven university of technology, the netherlands
dates: 19-21 october 2011

The DESIRE Network's Second International Conference on Creativity and Innovation in Design, is being held in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, on 19-21 October 2011. The conference theme is theory and practice of creative processes in design. Carinna Parraman and Renishaw KTP Associate Sophie Adams-Foster will be presenting their paper 'Traditional Approaches using New Technologies: Case studies of printed wallpaper using UV inkjet printing' at the conference.

Dates 10.2011 | Read more in the full release.

10. 2011
conference

The CFPR 3D Team at Digital Fabrication / NIP 2011 Conference
event: nip 27 conference / digital fabrication 2011
venue: minneapolis, minnesota, usa
dates: 2-6 october 2011

Researchers from the 3D Printing research team at the CFPR presented recent research findings at the prestigious IS&T hosted NIP and Digital Fabrication 2011 conference in Minnesota this month. The conferences represent a comprehensive industry-wide conference for researchers and academia presenting the latest scientific and technical advances in their fields.

Dates 10.2011 | Read more in the full release.

09. 2011
eu training network

Colour Printing 7.0 - New European training network
title: colour printing 7.0: next generation multi-channel printing
funded by: marie curie actions: initial training network: fp7 'people'
project lead: norwegian colour research lab, gjovik norway

The CFPR are partners in an exciting new European funded research project, 'Colour Printing 7.0', which will address a significant need for research, training, and innovation in the European printing industry. The team will not only take the colour printing field to its next generation of technological advancement, by fully exploring the possibilities of using more than the conventional four colorants cyan, magenta, yellow and black, focusing particularly on spectral properties, but will also train a significant new generation of printing scientists who will be able to assume science and technology leadership in this traditional technological sector.

Dates 10.2011 | Read more in the full release

09. 2011
book publication

IMPACT 6 Conference Proceedings - Now Available at Lulu.com
title: impact 6 multi-disciplinary printmaking conference
edited by: Stephen hoskins
price: print: £36.00, download: o.99p

The proceedings from the IMPACT 6 Multi-disciplinary Printmaking Conference, hosted by the CFPR at UWE in September 2009, are now available to purchase online. You can order your copy from Lulu.com - £36.00 for a printed copy or £0.99 for a download.

The publication includes a collection of peer-reviewed academic papers, celebrating the international diversity of the printmaking discipline; from its roots in industrial communication through traditional, fine-art based processes, to current cutting-edge technology and theoretical debates.

Dates 08.2011 | Go to www.lulu.com to order your copy

09. 2011
blog

PS Go Away - the CFPR in Australia! via Blogspot
url: http://psgoaway.blogspot.com/

Keep up to date with Sarah Bodman and Paul Laidler's activities and adventures whilst in Australia - from the IMPACT 7 Printmaking Conference in Melbourne, hosted by Monash University, to Tim Mosely's Codex 8 event in Brisbane.

Dates 10.2011 | Visit the blog at http://psgoaway.blogspot.com/

08. 2011
phd award

Congratulations to Paul Laidler for passing his PhD viva!
event: phd thesis defence
date: monday 1 august 2011

We are delighted to announce that Paul Laidler successfully defended his PhD thesis ‘Collaborative Digital and Wide Format Printing: Methods and Considerations for the Artist and Master Printer’ on Monday, and passed with minor corrections.
Congratulations Paul!

Dates 08.2011 |

08. 2011
artist in residence

Steve Hoskins to be Artist in Residence at ZSA Archaeological dig
venue: vrbanja forest, croatia
date: monday 1 august 2011

CFPR Director Stephen Hoskins will be in artist-in-residence between 24 -30 August 2011 at the ZSAProject - a joint venture between the University of Southampton and the Zupanja Museum to excavate a Tumuli cemetery in the forest of Vrbanja which contains 104 tumuli, the majority of which are thought to date to the Late Bronze Age.

Dates 08.2011 | For more information visit http://zsap.wordpress.com

08. 2011
exhibition announcement

The Paper Co-operative: Now On at Spacex, Exeter
venue: Spacex, 45 Preston Street, Exeter, EX1 1DF
date: 6 august - 3 september

This exhibition includes a collection of artists’ books, selected primarily from the University of West of England’s Centre for Fine Print Research archive and Permanent Gallery, Brighton, explore the variety of techniques employed in artist book making today. Displayed in a manner that invites varying degrees of interaction, some are to be observed while others are to be handled. The contributions come from a number of artists including Tom Sowden, Emily Speed and Georgia Russell.

Dates 08.2011 | Read more at http://www.spacex.co.uk/pl103gallerys444.html

08. 2011
conference announcement

'Colour in Print, Art & Design' at CGIV 2012
event: IS&T Colour conference
venue: amsterdam, the netherlands
dates: 6-9 may 2012
session chair: dr. carinna parraman, cfpr uwe

Dr. Carinna Parraman has been invited to chair a session on 'Colour in Print, Art, and Design' at CGIV 2012. This is the Sixth European Conference on Colour in Graphics, Imaging, and Vision (CGIV), from the Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T). This prestigious event provides a forum for leading colour scientists worldwide to share the latest research and innovations across a broad range of digital and analogue imaging disciplines...

Dates 08.2011 | Read more in the full release.

08. 2011
international conference

IMPACT 7 International Printmaking Conference
venue: Caulfield campus, monash university, melbourne, australia
dates: 27-30 September 2011
url:impact7.org.au

IMPACT 7: Intersections & Counterpoints will focus on the multiple identity of the print, exploring the cross-disciplinary nature of printmedia internationally and in the context of the Asia-Pacific region. Sarah Bodman and Paul Laidler will be travelling to Impact 7 late September to present papers and install exhibitions for the conference, and afterwards will be travelling on to Queensland College of Art in Brisbane for a two-week artists’ residency with Master Pulp Printer Tim Mosely. They will be setting up a blog to share the events and work produced, which we will launch next month.

Dates 08.2011 | Read more in the full release.

08. 2011
artist in residence

Stephen Fowler is CFPR Artist in Residence for August 2011
url: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk

Stephen Fowler will be the Centre for Fine Print Research’s Summer 2011 Book Artist in Residence over August. Using a selection of Paul Thek’s instructive requests devised for art students under Thek’s tutorship during the late 1970s and early 1980s, Stephen will be working with woodcut, rubber stamps and etched lino.

07. 2011
medal award

The Saxby Medal - Awarded to David Huson
award: saxby medal - for achievement in the field of 3-d imaging
awarded by: the royal photographic society

David Huson, CFPR Research Fellow in 3D Rapid Prototyping, has been awarded the 2011 Saxby Medal by the Royal Photographic Society for achievement in the field of three-dimensional imaging. David has been awarded the medal for the body of work he has undertaken at the Centre for Fine Print Research since 2000...

Dates 07.2011 | Read more in the full release.

06. 2011
uk research report

'Big Ideas' - how research at the CFPR is shaping our Future
title: UK Research that will have a profound effect on our Future
publication date: june 2011
download the report: Bigideasforthefuturereport.pdf

The Universities UK and Research Councils UK (RCUK) have published a new report Big Ideas for the Future; UK Research that will have a profound effect on our Future, to mark Universities Week 2011. The report uncovers the top 100 pieces of research that will shape our future, and includes research activities at the Centre for Fine Print Research under the headings Commercialising Arts and Humanities Research (p.103) and Arts and Humanities Moving between Quadrants (p.108).

Dates 06.2011 | Read more in the full release.

06. 2011
public demonstration

Made in the Future: 3D Printing
venue: Antenna Gallery, Science Museum, london
dates: 1 - 3 june 2011
url: www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/events

Research Fellow in Rapid Prototyping Dr Peter Walters, and new KTP Associate Sophie Adams-Foster along with with KTP partner Renishaw Plc., took the RapMan 3D printer to participate in the event 'How will stuff be made in the future?', held at the Science Museum this June.
They were demonstrating recent research into Edible 3D Printing, by printing sugar icing using the RapMan 3D printer...

Dates 06.2011 | Read more in the full release.

06. 2011
project details

The Wallpaper Project
the use of printable UV, thermo and solar receptive pigments for wallpaper and textiles.

The objective of the Wallpaper Project, in collaboration with Roland DG (UK) Ltd and with support from European Research Development Funding (ERDF), was to develop a range of printed materials and surfaces that could be developed as print on paper, textiles and applied to walls, which could adapt to changes in the environment and be interactive with the user...

Dates 06.2011 | Read more on the project pages

05. 2011
conference announcement

Thingmakers - 3D Printing Conference
speakers: stephen hoskins, david huson, peter walters
dates: october 2011
url: http://thingmakers.org/

The CFPR 3D research team will be giving a presentation and exhibition at the Thingmakers conference this October - "Meet the future of 3D output, and a roster of world class speakers from all corners of the industry." Their talk will be disseminating research findings from their AHRC funded project 'Solid Free-form Fabrication in Fired Ceramic as a Design Aid for Concept Modelling the Ceramic Industry'.

Dates 10.2011 | Read more on the conference website

05. 2011
paper presentation

Artists and librarians: Making Art In and Out of Books
speakers: sarah bodman
dates: 3 june 2011
url: http://theartistinthelibrary.wordpress.com/

Sarah Bodman will be presenting this paper at a free half-day symposium - The Artist in the Library - organised by the Institute for Performing Arts Development (IPAD), and Library and Learning Services at the University of East London. The symposium reflects on the relationships between artists and libraries; how their spaces, systems and structures provide inspirational possibilities.

Dates 06.2011 | Read more at http://theartistinthelibrary.wordpress.com/

04. 2011
cfpr publication

Colour Coded - NEW book on colour research
editor: Carinna parraman
publisher: the society of dyers and colourists
isbn: 978-0-901956-93-4

Colour is a vast and complex subject that impacts many sectors in so many different ways. Yet, the majority of research into colour is usually undertaken in single subject areas, in for example, art, psychology, colour science, physics, chemistry, design, architecture and engineering. This book offers a selection of research and aims to address increasingly complex questions through an interdisciplinary perspective...

Dates 05.2011 | Read more on the publications page

05. 2011
case study

Knowledge Exchange AHRC funded Report - Hidden Connections
title: university industry knowledge exchange
full report: hiddenconnectionscbr report.pdf

The CFPR feature as a case study in this AHRC funded report entitled "University
Industry Knowledge Exchange: Demand Pull, Supply Push and the Public Space Role of Higher Education Institutions in the UK Regions". The report was carried out in the Centre for Business Research (CBR) at the University of Cambridge. (See pages 13 + 16 for specific CFPR case study info).

Dates 05.2011 | Read more in the full project report.pdf

04. 2011
artists' book event

BABE - Bristol Artists' Book Event
venue: arnolfini, 16 NARROW QUAY, BRISTOL BS1 4QA, uk
dates: 30 april - 1may 2011
url: www.arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/events

Bristol Artists Book Event (BABE) is back and bigger than ever for 2011. Spread over three floors, more than 80 artist bookmakers, dealers and small presses from Bristol and around the world will come together at Arnolfini to show and sell their work. BABE provides a relaxed and friendly space to meet and chat to artists about their work and buy works of art. Prices start from just a few pounds.

Dates 04.2011 | Read more in the full release

04. 2011
sandpit event

Bristol Institute of Creative Technologies - 2 day sandpit
venue: CFPR Labs, BRISTOL
dates: 5-6 april - 2011
url: www.pias.com/uk

Staff at the Centre for Fine Print Research hosted a two-day sandpit as part of the development of the Bristol Institute of Creative Technologies. 12 invited participants from the University of Bristol, Pervasive Media Studio and University of the West of England undertook an intensive collaborative 'live project' to create a ground-breaking tangible/physical object in the area of 'The future of the music industry".

Dates 04.2011 | Read more in the full release

05. 2011
video / 3D research

CFPR 3D Research Team make it big on Brazilian TV!
watch the video here: www.sbt.com.br/jornalismowww.sbt.com.
3d research team: david huson and peter walters

Brazilian TV channel SBT were drawn to Bristol by the research into creative rapid prototyping techniques currently taking place here. They visited the CFPR 3D print studios to find out more about the commercial viability of 3D printed ceramic models.

Dates 05.2011 |Read more on the 3D research page

05. 2011
conference paper

"After Albers" at Kaleidoscope - New perspectives on the humanities
speaker: Carinna parraman
venue: Millburn House, University of Warwick
dates: 28-29 may 2011

Carinna Parraman will be presenting her paper “After Albers” as part of the Perceiving – Colour and the Visual Arts panel, at Kaleidoscope. This panel seeks to answer several questions: What is the significance of colour for the visual arts? How do painterly perceptions of colour challenge and (re)conceptualise notions of colour?

Dates 05.2011 | Read more in the full release

04. 2011
invited public talk

An Arts History of Printing with Reference to Wotton-under-Edge
speaker: stephen hoskins
venue: the chipping hall, Wotton-u-Edge, Gloucestershire GL12 7DH
date: thursday 5 may 2011
url: www.wottonartsfestival.org.uk

Professor Stephen Hoskins will give an illustrated talk in the town which until recently had its own Fine Art Printing Press. This evening is presented by the Wotton U. Edge Historical Society in the Chipping Hall by kind permission of Under The Edge Arts. Tickets £3 Historical society members free.

Dates 05.2011 | Read more at www.wottonartsfestival.org.uk

04. 2011
academic paper

All this Useless Beauty: the Hidden Value of Research in Art and Design
author: mike press, university of dundee
publication: bloomsbury academic
url: bloomsburyacademic.com

Read an interesting paper on Art and Design research practices at Bloomsbury Academic online. "This chapter seeks to highlight notable and representative exemplars of research that demonstrate the new, vibrant and highly relevant directions that art and design research is exploring."

Dates 04.2011 | Read more at bloomsburyacademic.com

04. 2011
knowledge transfer partnership

KTP awarded between Renishaw Plc and the CFPR
awarding body: Technology strategy board and ahrc
awarded to: carinna parraman and stephen hoskins
researcher participants: to be appointed
project duration: 2011 -2013

This project, led by Dr Carinna Parraman and Professor Stephen Hoskins, aims to enhance the Additive Layer Manufacturing capability of Renishaw, improving in-house utilisation and developing innovative new machines and processes, through embedding print related technology and arts expertise, and is funded jointly between the Technology Strategy Board and the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Dates 04.2011 | Read more on the KTP page

04. 2011
book arts publication

Artists' Book Yearbook 2012-13 : pre-order now
Editor: Bodman, Sarah
Art Editor: Sowden, Tom
Publisher: Impact Press, UWE Bristol
publication Date: Autumn 2011

Artists, publishers, bookshops, galleries, libraries, organisations, institutions, centres, studios, presses, etc. can list their relevant artworks, books or services in the next issue of the Artist’s Book Yearbook. Please download the form to fill in and return by email to Sarah.Bodman@uwe.ac.uk before 15th April 2011.
You can now pre-order the Artist’s Book Yearbook 2012 - 2013 online.
In the UK / International orders

Dates 04.2011 | Read more on the publications page

03. 2011
book launch and performance

Salad Dressing: A Cover of Crackers
Performance Re-enactment Society (PRS),
Tom Sowden & Michalis Pichler, Arnolfini Archive
live event: sat 30 april 2011, 6pm
http://www.arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/live/details/941

Cover-ed is a series of curatorial and creative interventions into and around Ed Ruscha and Mason Williams' iconic 1969 photo bookwork Crackers, a copy of which is held in Arnolfini's Archive. Arnolfini invites you to a sophisticated opening, complete with limo, elegantly dressed special guests and mysterious crudités.

Dates 03.2011 |Read more in the full release

04. 2011
book arts publication

The Blue Notebook Vol 5 No 2, April 2011 is now available

Author: Bodman, Sarah
cover design: sowden, tom
Publisher: Impact Press, UWE Bristol
ISsN: 1751-1712 (Online) ISSN 1751-1720
URL Links: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/bnotebk.htm
Essays and reviews in this issue:
READING versus WATCHING by Radoslaw Nowakowski.Dr Anne Hammond on artists making books in Hawai’i. James Merrick’s essay Words, explores the Book Works of CJ Robinson. Tom Sowden on his project Paper Models, to encourage more book artists to explore the amazingly creative tool of laser cutting. Artists’ pages by: Helen Allsebrook, Kevin Boniface, Mishka Henner, Barbara Tetenbaum and Agnes Wolkowicz.

Dates 04.2011 | Read more on the publications page

04. 2011
book arts event

Toast: A Night on Weevil Lake

date: world book night, 5th march 2011
buy the artists' book: www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2060123
watch the movie: www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/toast11.htm

An event held on World Book Night, Saturday 5th March 2011, in tribute to Douglas Coupland's novel The Gum Thief, an evening of nothing being cooked, Chinese food having to be ordered in and eaten off of paper plates from Staples. Collaborators were asked to send photos of toast, produce music, write 200 words from the perspective of a piece of toast, to make things on the night etc.

Contributors UK and USA: Helen Allsebrook, Christine Baeumler, Sarah Bodman, Angie Butler, Simon Butler, Nancy Campbell, Lilla Duignan, Jenny Gal Or, Paul Laidler, Natalie McGrorty, Kris Merola, Abbie Mills, Joe Mills, Tate Shaw, Simon Smith, Tom Sowden, EF Stevens.

Dates 04.2011 | Read more at http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/toast11.htm

04. 2011
3D printing technologies

UWE + Denby Pottery 3D Ceramic print project
awarding body: arts and humanities research council
researcher participants: huson, david and walters, peter
image (right): prototype design for 3d object, peter walters
url:http://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/uwenews

The CFPR at UWE has been awarded funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to further develop a technology which enables ceramic objects to be printed in 3D. The patented technology enables users to design, print, fire and glaze a ceramic item, allowing production of items that until now have not been possible to manufacture.

Dates 04.2011 | Read more in the UWE article

02. 2011
touring exhibition

Follow-ed (after Hokusai)
arnolfini gallery, bristol
3 march - 1 may 2011

Curated by Tom Sowden and Michalis Pichler. Previous re-makes of Ed Ruscha bookworks will be displayed in the set of the new cover version of Crackers. Sit or lounge on the bed in the hotel room relocated to Arnolfini's reading room and read from this collection of playful homages, rip-offs and re-creations. Supported by Premier Inn, King Street, Bristol

Dates 03.2011 | Read more in the full release

04. 2011
website launch

New CREATE Colour site Online
CREATE European colour network
url: www.uwe.ac.uk/sca/research/create

CREATE European Colour Group have launched a new networking site - soon to include information on conferences, events, research papers, exhibitions, funding and job opportunities, and more.

Dates 04.2011 | Read more at www.uwe.ac.uk/sca/research/create

04. 2011

Contemporary jeweller Sue Gregor profiled in Vogue
dates: Vogue, April 2011 issue
url: http://www.suegregor.co.uk

Congratulations to the contemporary jeweller Sue Gregor whose work is profiled in the April 2011 issue of Vogue. Sue was recently awarded Proof of Concept funding by UWE to explore the use of cutting edge laser equipment and techniques used by CFPR researchers and will be developing a new range of products working with Tom Sowden in our laser bureau during 2011.

Dates 04.2011 | See the CFPR Artists' case study

02. 2011
conference panel

Sustainability Seeks Equilibrium: What Does It Mean To Printmakers?
SGC International Conference,
Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Thursday 17 March 2011

Panel chairs Stephen Hoskins and John Risseeuw will examine current theories and issues of sustainability as they relate to printmaking and print media. This presentation will include basic definitions of sustainability, the results of a poll recently conducted at the CFPR, and suggestions for future printmakers...

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03. 2011
video / 3D research project

CFPR Potato Print Project
watch the you tube video here: bits from bytes
early career researcher starter grant, 2010/11
industry collaboration: deborah southerland/ cfpr /bits from bytes
read a review of the project here: http://fabbaloo.com/blog/2011

Deborah Southerland went to the Bits from Bytes HQ to test out some 3D printing with food as part of her early career researcher grant project on 3D edible printing. Here's a video of the first try with mash potato - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWDWuQPIx0I - watch out for more to come as we work to get 3D food printing perfected! This project is being carried out on a modified RapMan 3.1 3D printer and is a collaboration between Bits from Bytes and Deborah Southerland, along with colleagues, from the Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE Bristol.

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02. 2011
workshop

Donna Moran in New York exhibition
venue: new york academy of art, 111 franklin street, nyc
dates: 10 february - 6 march 2011
url: www.nyaa.edu

Prints made by Donna Moran whilst in residence at the CFPR wide format studio in the summer of 2009 are included in a prestigious exhibition at the New York Academy of Art. Donna worked with Paul Laidler to develop an edition of prints.

Put Up or Shut Up is a group exhibition featuring work by outstanding faculty of prestigious MFA programs in the greater New York City area.

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03. 2011
workshop

Dr Peter Walters on Novel 3D Printing
venue: university of bristol, uk
dates: 25 february 2011
co-ordinated by: uob Institute of Advanced Studies lecture series

Peter Walters has been invited to speak on novel 3D printing at the University of Bristol - Institute of Advanced Studies Workshop Series: Printing smart materials and machines on the 25th February 2011. This workshop series focuses on technologies for printing smart materials, flexible electronics and electroactive materials. The realisation of fast, efficient and cost-effective printing methods and printable materials will enable a wide variety of previously impractical technologies

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03. 2011
exhibition announcement

Poetry Beyond Text
dundee contemporary arts
5 march - 1 april 2011

Dinner and a Rose, a collaborative work by Sarah Bodman and Nancy Campbell for the Poetry Beyond Text project, will feature in the projects' exhibition. The exhibition launches at Dundee Contemporary Arts from 5th March - 1 April 2011, with a preview on Friday 4th March at 18:100. Visit the DCA at http://www.dca.org.uk/whats-on for more information.

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