It was such a privilege to see Presenting History: Testing Translation at the opening of The British Pavilion and to be with so many friends as we celebrated this special moment.
Massive congratulations to @lubainapics for your beautiful and poetic exhibition full of resonance and conversations, love and hope, and a list of questions that we all need to carry with us. And @magda_stawarska for your fabulous soundscape which carried us through the pavilion and into the paintings.
What a truly beautiful day, beautiful women and beautiful artworks. Thank you to everyone who joined us at Allan Bank for our panel discussion and PV of #womeninprinteditionexhibition. #allyship #womeninprintcaravanpress #notesonrest
Thank you to our powerhouse panel @jackiehaynes123456@karendaviesartist@marionbarter and @heather_mullender_ross for your sharing your expertise, insights and creative passion.
Thank you to all our fabulous #womeninprint artists for creating the unique artworks on show but especially @jennycsteele@aliciapazstudio@lucymayschofield@hils_o@kathrynpooleart who joined us.
And of course thank you @heather_mullender_ross , it has been an absolute joy to work with you and share Gwyneth's story.
Exhibitions continue until the end of June.
I’m delighted to have one of my works currently on display alongside notable women printmakers in the Women in Print edition at Allan Bank, Grasmere.
The exhibition brings together artists connected with ArtLab Contemporary Print Studio and supports the Women in Print Residency Programme.
All works in the exhibition are available for purchase, with proceeds helping to support future residency opportunities for artists.
If you're in the Lake District, do stop by Allan Bank to see the show. The show continues till 01st, July 2026.
More information about the event can be found via the link in bio, and details about the residency programme are available on the ArtLab Contemporary Print Studio website.
#AllanBank #Grasmere #Printmaking #WomenInPrint #ContemporaryPrint #LakeDistrictArt
Highlights
1. Raintree I, 2026 by Cassy Oliphant @cassyoliphant
(For Kung Kung)
Cyanotype on cotton.
2. Kaji, 2025 - 2026 by Tracy Hill @tchill80
Kaji is a large woodblock print installation of a resonance pattern between lake stones and water.
Lake water and tusche were mixed on the lake side and placed in a dish with a lake stone. The wind and weather then combined to move the drawing ink until the pigment settled into a rhythmic trace of the day's conditions. These drawings were recorded as photographs each day and later reinterpreted as laser cut woodblock prints.
Using a QR code provided in the gallery, you are able to activate the printed panels with your phone or tablet.
The image is animated with the rhythms created. Captured from a sound recording of the wind on top of Malla overlooking Lake Kilpisjärvi.
3. Mis-interpretation - there are other Narratives... 2025 by Tony Humbleyard
The overuse of signage and interpretation boards limits our understanding and experience of place.
The fierce urgency of imagination in an increasingly corporate world.
Scripted places: places which exclude, direct, interpret, police, construct and organise our responses.
'Dissident voices echo in the wind, an invocation of the sacred places, where Ocean touches Land'
Further reading: Society of the Spectacle - Guy Debord
4. Winter Blues, 2025 by Richard Nicholls @richardnicholls.uk
Winter trees reimagined on Polaroid instant film. Monochrome files have been split-toned blue in the shadow areas and then printed on colour iType film using a Polaroid Lab.
It was an absolute pleasure to welcome @anitataylor_ to the studios to begin her #womeninprintresidency
We had a fabulous day exploring dynamic mark making and Screenprint.
Can't wait to see where this leads.
#carbonsynthesis
@birleystudios
'First came the wind, then Reindeer, then Humans'
Leena Valkeapaa
Informed by ecology, geology, culture, and politics, this exhibition brings together new works by three artists, created through entangled approaches to research undertaken in Kilpisjarvi, Northern Finland in 2024.
The gallery is open 11-4 on Thursday, Friday absolutely Saturday until April 12th.
Carbon Synthesis: Spatial Dissonance
Donna Franklin | @tchill80 | @sarahrobinsonprint | @realblixa
Open Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays
11am - 4pm
Until the 12th April
📍 Birley St, Preston, PR1 2QE
Thank you to everyone who showed up to celebrate the Private View with us tonight ❤️
#Preston #Lancashire
Next up: Carbon Synthesis: Spatial Dissonance
Donna Franklin | @tchill80 | @sarahrobinsonprint@realblixa
Private View on Friday 20th March 6-8pm (to celebrate the Vernal Equinox which is a traditional celebration for the beginning of Spring in Finland)
🗓️ We'll be open 14th March - 12th April, 11am - 4pm every Thursday, Friday and Saturday
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“First came the Wind, then Reindeer, then Humans” Leena Valkeapää (2024)
The Carbon Synthesis project evolved during 2020, three artists Dr Donna Franklin (AU), Tracy Hill (UK), Dr Sarah Robinson (AU) shared collaborative conversations exploring how creative arts practice can reveal invisible narratives and innovative ways of witnessing climate change.
SOLU / Bioart Society | Carbon Synthesis
SOLU / Bioart Society | Ars Bioarctica open call for 2025–2026
Carbon Synthesis: Spatial Dissonance
THE BIRLEY
14 March - 11 April 2026
@artlabcps@bioartsociety@universityofhelsinki (KILPISJÄRVI BIOLOGICAL STATION) @unilancashire_arts
Join me and @tchill80 on March 5th ‘in conversation’ @harris_museum . This completely free event will see us talk about our work and processes with @jaynesimpsonstudio booking details follow /Harris-Events-2026/In-Conversation-Artists-from-the-Birley-Studios-Tracy-and-Norman
