A festive welcome awaits at Rabley throughout December with our annual Artmas Fair. We are celebrating another year of exhibiting our wonderful artists with specially selected portfolios of works prints, drawings, ceramics and jewellery for you to view around our large table in the gallery. Relax by a warm fire and enjoy our hospitality away from the crowds. Continue reading
SKETCH 2017 on Tour
22 JULY – 3 SEPTEMBER 2017
BLACK SWAN ARTS 2 Bridge Street, Frome, Somerset BA11 1BB
SKETCH 2017 – Sketchbook Drawing Prize includes 100 sketchbooks by 77 artists. It is selected from an international submission of over 500 Sketchbooks. This is the fourth SKETCH exhibition since 2005 and this year it will be touring UK venues.
Preview Friday 21 July 6- 8pm
OPENING TIMES – Black Swan Arts Mon- Sat: 10.00am- 4.00pm
EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
SKETCH 2017 EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
The SKETCH 2017 Catalogue is now available to purchase online through the RABLEY BOOK SHOP. Each of the 77 artists in the exhibition is represented in this fully illustrated catalogue with an image from a selected sketchbook. Introduction by Meryl Ainslie, Director of Rabley Drawing Centre.
http://www.rableydrawingcentre.com/rabley-publications.html
SKETCH 2017 – CATALOGUE Open Sketchbook Drawing Prize. Catalogue of the artists sketchbooks selected for the SKETCH 2017 Open Sketchbook Drawing Prize.102 Pages, laminated soft cover, fully illustrated. 17 x 17cm. Introduction text by Meryl Ainslie, Director of Rabley Drawing Centre
This book is currently only available to purchase online via http://www.blurb.com by following the buy now link below. PDF versions also available.
Publication Price £27 / PDF version £2.99 (plus VAT and P&P)
First edition published 20th May 2017 by Rabley Drawing Centre, Rabley Barn, Mildenhall, Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8 2LW, Email: info@rableydrawingcentre.com. Telephone: +44 (0)1672 511999 Website: http://www.rableydrawingcentre.com. ISBN 978 0 9926817 1 5
Printed in the UK by Blurb (www.blurb.co.uk)
REVIEW
..”the selections for Sketch 2017 continue to challenge what the concept of a sketchbook is and for. One searches for intimacy and authenticity, questioning the role that notebooks play in an artist’s practice. Anne Desmet’s people and places evidence a sketchbook as a constant companion..” Fiona Robinson, Evolver Magazine July/August 2017
Read Fiona Robinson’s full review of Sketch 2017 in Evolver Magazine http://www.evolver.org.uk
TOUR VENUES AND DATES
22 July – 3 September 2017
Black Swan Arts, Frome
2 Bridge Street
Frome, BA11 1BB
9 September – 6 October 2017
Plymouth College of Art
Tavistock Place
Plymouth PL4 8AT
20 November – 15 December 2017
Peter Scott Gallery
Lancaster Arts
Great Hall Complex
Lancaster University LA1 4YW
with thanks to our collaborators and sponsors
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New Publication from Rabley Editions by Jane Harris
JANE HARRIS
Gleamers, Bronze, Diptych 2016
Woodcut, Two Prints 35 x 35cm, Diptych size 35 x 73.5cm
Printed on 270gsm Somerset Velvet from 4 blocks.
Edition 30, Published by Rabley Editions May 2016
JANE HARRIS
Gleamers, Silver, Diptych 2016
Woodcut, Two Prints 35 x 35cm, Diptych size 35 x 73.5cm
Printed on 270gsm Somerset Velvet from 4 blocks.
Edition 30, Published by Rabley Editions May 2016
http://www.rableydrawingcentre.com/drawingsandprints/artist/gallery/432/jane-harris/print
The story of the prints
In Spring 2016 Rabley Drawing Centre welcomed Jane Harris for her first solo exhibition in the gallery. Her response was ‘Separate Arrangements’, a collection of new works on paper. This series of drawings included elliptical pools of intense watercolour with the burnished black of graphite.
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Following on from our Experimental Drawing Summer School week we launched into experimenting in print. All the methods we covered require minimal equipment but have maximum potential!
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The Experimental Drawing Summer School was an intensive 4-day course encouraging the exploration of drawing through new ‘ways of seeing’.
Over a week of experimenting both out and about and back at the studio, the group produced exciting multi-sensory drawings of varying scales that challenged the perceptions of object, place and space.
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Over just two days ideas and imagery metamorphosed from the iPad into rich, three plate intaglio prints.
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iPad drawing for multi-plate intaglio printing – Part Two
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iPad to intaglio combines the best of both worlds: The amazing creative power modern technology and the qualities and ink and surface realised with intaglio printmaking.
In part two we have continued to develop images in the iPad using different layers and opacities to make more complex multi plate intaglio prints. I hope you find these photo’s helpful to remind you of the print stages. Do add comments and we look forward to seeing how your iPad drawings develop!
Meryl and Amy-Jane
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Ipad drawing for multi-plate intaglio printing
http://www.rableydrawingcentre.com/courses/ipad-intaglio-printmaking-course.html
ipad to intaglio combines the best of both worlds: The amazing creative power modern technology and the qualities and ink and surface realised with intaglio printmaking.
Millions of us have iPads, but few have successfully harnessed their capacity as a drawing tool or found a way to use this little tablet of wonder as an integral part of their creative practice!
RABLEY NEWS June 2013 Summer Exhibitions, SKETCH 2013, Printmaking Today Articles and Special Offer.
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Rabley Summer Exhibition and Sculpture Opening
Tuesday 25 June from 6 – 8pm.
The Rabley Summer Exhibition Opening is on Tuesday 25 June from 6 – 8pm. We do hope you will join us to see the work of 27 artists who have been working with us at Rabley Drawing School this year. In the landscape we have two beautiful sculpture installations – Glass Sculpture by Richard Jackson & Sally Fawkes. Metal sculpture by Hans Van Bemmelen.
Link to Rabley Gallery http://www.rableydrawingcentre.com/drawingsandprints/artists
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