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Research at the CFPR
Research at the Centre for Fine Print Research can be divided into the main areas listed on the right of this page. The information stored under each area includes: affiliated staff and contact details; current research projects, links with industry, academia, and artists; research facilities; and CPD courses on offer.
‘With over 60% of our research rated 'world-leading' and 'internationally excellent' in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, the Centre for Fine Print Research have a proven reputation in research excellence.’ (RAE 2008.pdf)
Visit each section to find out more about our key fields of research. You can now access all of our current staff research outputs on the new UWE research repository: https://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/
Current Research - Sustainability in Print Media
In an effort to examine current theories and issues of sustainability as they relate to printmaking and print media, Professor John Risseeuw of Arizona State University’s School of Art printmaking faculty came to the Centre for Fine Print Research in 2008 and spent four months working with Professor Stephen Hoskins, Director of the CFPR.A world-wide survey was recently taken of print studios, commercial print works, publishers, ink manufacturers, educational print shops, and other large graphic entities regarding sustainability practices and issues. The results will form part of a panel at the 2011 Southern Graphics International Conference which will include basic definitions of sustainability, the results of the poll, and suggestions for future printmakers.
This project has resulted in a number of published research papers:
“Sustainability seeks Equilibrium: What does it mean to printmakers?
Author/Co Author: Hoskins, S and Risseeuw, John
Name of conference: Southern Graphics Council Conference
Place: Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts,
University of Washington, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Date: March 16-19 2011
Paper Presented by: John Risseeuw & Stephen Hoskins
URL Links: http://sgci2011.samfoxschool.wustl.edu/node/4849
Abstract:
Stephen Hoskins and John Risseeuw examine current theories and issues of sustainability as they relate to printmaking and print media. In a study completed at the University of the West of England's Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR) in 2008, they investigated the literature and current thinking in sustainability, looking for applications of theory and practice that printmakers might consider for their practice.
An online survey was recently taken of print studios, commercial print works, publishers, ink manufacturers, educational print shops, and other large graphic entities regarding sustainability practices and issues. This presentation will include basic definitions of sustainability, the results of the poll, and suggestions for future printmakers. In addition, the panel will include experienced specialists from the graphic industries offering perspectives of interest to artist-printmakers. The panel will encourage printmakers to reconsider "toxic" and "non-toxic" biases, the contents of their inks, and sources of paper. The result will be a raised consciousness of sustainability and a series of questions to be undertaken in further research.
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Paper: Is Art Making Sustainable?
Authors: Hoskins, Stephen and Risseeuw, JohnConferences: 32nd annual Southwest Arts Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, August 2009,
panel: “Safety/Sustainability/The Future is No Accident”
Plus, IMPACT conference, Bristol, UK, September 2009,
panel: Print in the Social Sphere
Abstract:
Using their recent research study on Sustainability in Print Media, John Risseeuw and Stephen Hoskins provided a framework for understanding the basic science of sustainability, relating it to art materials and practice. Risseeuw and Hoskins began with definitions: sustainability and different understandings of the theory; associated terms like carbon footprint and environmental burden; as well as current practices by industry and government.
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