Blog Future

As I have not been keeping this up to date, I will no longer be using this blog to record my events.

I shall be using my website (www.samknightprint.co.uk), Twitter (@samknightdesign) and Instagram (@samkprint).

Thanks :)

Plasticine Printing

On Saturday, Book Face Book club ran a really interesting Plasticine Printing workshop. This is something I have never done before, a playful method of creating quick and experimental prints. Here are a few stamps made with a variety of textures.

Book club runs on the second Saturday of every month at Rising Sun Art Centre, Reading, from 10am-12pm. If you like Art, Books, Art Books & Book Art, do come along! For more photos and information, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/RSACbookface/ and http://www.risingsunartscentre.org.

Royal Berks

The Reading Guild of Artists are currently showing their 22nd Corridor Exhibition at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, running until 19th December 2015 in the Level 2 link corridor. Here is a close-up of 'Sunlight Through Blossom', my mixed ink drawing on show.

More information on http://www.rga-artists.org.uk/rga-whats-on.html for upcoming shows.

BookClub October

At BookClub this month, we looked at a wonderful selection of books, and I made a coptic bound notebook from mixed papers.

BookFace BookClub BookActivity

On Saturday, I ran a drawing activity at Bookclub. We made line drawings focusing on outline from objects, then we turned these into books. Here are the final books and a closeup of mine.

Crane Spotting

Today I went to the London Art Book fair at Whitechapel Gallery. So many wonderful books and prints! Time to do some of my own I think. Also, here are some cranes.

Books and Faces

Once again, I had a stall at Bookface on Sunday at the Rising Sun Arts Centre. It was a great day, there were prints, artists books and workshops (and much more) and I had lots of lovely feedback.

Thanks for N.W. for the photo!

Just a thing

This is a close up of a recent drawing. Glistening feet. Lovely.

A bit more Jelly

This is a group shot of the competition entrants, with our artwork, from the weekend: (clockwise from left) Mark Andrew Webber, Alistair Hood, Martin aka Nightmonkey, Sam Knight, Peter Lang and Julie Simmonds.

Thanks to R.K. for the photo!

A link to Jelly's Twitter post: https://twitter.com/thejellyReading/status/485785542156894208/photo/1

Open for Art 2014

Today I took part of an open air art competition, organised by Jelly Reading.

I am thrilled to say that I won, based on the public vote. Well done to all who entered, it was a good atmosphere and nice to draw outside with other artists. Here are some photos of the shenanigans, thanks to R.K. for the photos.

A link to the Jelly website: http://jelly.org.uk/

Ready to go WST

My stall is set up and ready to go! You can find me at Redlands school (Venue 18 on the map) between 11am and 6pm today and tomorrow. I have lino and screen prints, drawings, drawings, cards and handbound books for sale. Also, you can see my sketchbooks and original transparencies for the prints. 

I will be happy to answer any questions (art related of course), see you there!

Preparing for WST

I have been doing more printing for the trail, this time it is my business cards.

Reduction, a work in progress

At the moment, I have been working on some lino prints, more specifically reduction lino. It is still dreadfully confusing, even when I know what I'm doing. The first image (the magpie) is a small run of 3 colour prints which I have just finished, the second is the first 2 colours of another 3 colour image, in this case Fulvous Whistling Ducks.

These, and more, will be available at the Whiteknights Trail 2014.

WST

This Summer I will be taking part in the Whiteknights Studio Trail. Here is a five colour screenprint that I have been working on, depicting a Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8 as observed at IMW Duxford.

Spring Greens

Having recently upgraded to an 'Exhibiting Member' of Reading Guild of Artists, I shall be submitting work to the RGA's 84th Annual Exhibition "Spring Greens". It will be on from Sat 22nd March to Tue 1st April 2014 at the Old Fire Station Gallery, 66 Market Place, Henley RG9 2AG.

Alumni

It is 2014. How better to start off the year than with an Exhibition... From January 11th to 29th, I am part of Maiden Erlegh's Alumni Exhibition which features an eclectic mix of work from former Art students. For more details and opening times, check out the Community Arts page. On show is one of my screenprints: Red Kite I, edition of 30. For this and more, make sure to take a look!

Festival of Crafts 2013

I left my mark at the Big Draw at Farnham Maltings again, this time on the theme of travel. This is a model of a Renault 12.

Books, Faces and Lists

I had another good day at the Rising Sun Arts Centre. It was wonderful combination of books, bookarts, poetry, performance and music. Below are some of my original ink drawings which I was selling alongside handmade notebooks, zines, cards and prints. Hope to see you all at Bookface 2014!

The Boy Who Cried

Yesterday I visited The UK Wolf Conservation Trust in Beenham Reading for their bianuual open day.  It was somewhat fortuitous for the weather to be this good, and nice to be able to see wolves up close.

The more observant amongst you may notice that one of these is not a wolf, but a Harris Hawk, although I won't say which one.

Bookface 2013

This Sunday I will be selling my handmade wares at The Rising Sun Arts Centre, on Silver Street, Reading. More details on the flyer below... I hope to see loads of friendly faces (unfriendly faces also welcome).