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Artist Wanting to Buy a Printing Press with Teeth

January 22, 2026 by Ro Murray Leave a Comment


Allen Larkin would like to purchase a Poco or an Asbern Proof press – they have teeth on the bed plate and roller which moves the bed plate, similar to how Eickhoff works.

Please contact: Allen Larkin M 0409460378 allen@gr8.com.au

Filed Under: Equipment for sale, Of interest to members. Tagged With: poco press, wanted proof press

Hildav Etching Press for Sale

January 14, 2026 by Ro Murray Leave a Comment

Hildav Professional Etching Press

With double Gear Reduction Drive, Heavy Duty Shaft and Bearings.

Can be used for Etching, Wood Block, Lino Printing, Monoprinting and Embossing.

Model 28-54
Bed Size 711 x 1,370 mm
Steel bed thickness 707mm
Appox. Weight 400 kg
A beautiful press in great condition

$7000. Negotiable

Comes with blankets
The press is housed at Leichhardt. I can provide details of someone to transport it if needed.

Contact: Janet – 0468822562

Filed Under: Equipment for sale, News, Of interest to members. Tagged With: Hildav press for sale

Antique Etching Press To Give Away

November 3, 2025 by Ro Murray Leave a Comment

Cast iron wheel and frame (converted from English 1890s mangle), hasn’t been used for years. 60cm roller, steel bed

ETCHING PRESS TO GIVE AWAY, PICK UP FROM FROM KOGARAH

TO VIEW CONTACT COLLEN 02 9546 6558 OR SIMON 0432 917 398

Filed Under: Equipment for sale, Of interest to members., Opportunities, Print Commission Tagged With: free, printingpress

Proofs and Processes:The Kenneth E Tyler Collection, NGA Canberra

November 3, 2025 by Ro Murray Leave a Comment

Proofs and Processes exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia Canberra, features works on paper by six icons of Abstraction and Pop art. Helen Frankenthaler, Roy Liechtenstein, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, James Rosenquist and Frank Stella worked with the Tyler Graphics print workshop from 1986-2001 at the mount Kisco premises in New York State.

HELEN FRANKENTHALER Matrices for Madam Butterfly 2000, woodblocks with ink. Frankenthaler produced a preliminary painting on a wood panel. Yasuyuki Shibata (born 1968 Japan, USA since 1991)traced its mark and divided them into separate printing layers. He then carved 46 woodblocks using a variety of woods. Each woodblock was hand-printed with coloured pigment, and repeated 58 times for each print.

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Open Studio: Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger

August 31, 2025 by Ro Murray Leave a Comment

Sydney Printmaker member, Lea Kannar-Lichtenberger will be opening her studio with fellow artists at https://www.oneplus2.com.au/

next weekend, 10am-4pm 6-7 September, 483 Balmain Rd Liliyfield.

Filed Under: News, Open Day, Open Studio, Uncategorized Tagged With: #leakannarlichtenberger, #oneplus2, #openstudio

WOOLLONGONG ART PRIZE ENTERIES NOW OPEN

August 27, 2025 by Ro Murray Leave a Comment

Wollongong Art Prize (Acquisitive) is a national prize, open to all Australian artists. Now reimagined for a new generation, the competition invites submissions from artists working across all mediums.

The Wollongong Art Prize is a biennial art competition. Entries close Sunday 14 September.

https://wap.awardsplatform.com

Filed Under: Art Prize, Call for Entries, Of interest to members., Prizes, Uncategorized Tagged With: #acquisitive, #woollongongartprize

FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR FISHERS GHOST ART AWARD

August 27, 2025 by Ro Murray Leave a Comment

DANIELLE CREENAUNE, Quietude II, 2024
Watercolour on Saunders Waterford, 101 x 66cm

Congratulations to Sydney Printmakers Carolyn Craig, Danielle Creenaune and Jacqui Driver for being selected to the Fishers Ghost Art Award. The exhibition is open to the public Saturday 27 September – Friday 21 November at Campbelltown Arts Centre .

Filed Under: Art Prize, Exhibitions, Finalists, News, Of interest to members., SydneyPrintmakers, Uncategorized, Works on Paper Tagged With: #carolyncraig, #daniellecreenaune, #fishersghostartaward, #jacquidriver

Northern Beaches Environmental Art Design Prize

August 27, 2025 by Ro Murray Leave a Comment

DANIELLE CREENAUNE, Resounding Vale 2024, woodcut edition 10, 101×80

Big congratulations to Sydney Printmakers Danielle Creenaune, Lea Kannar Lichtenberger and Gary Shinfield for being selected finalists for Northern Beaches Environmental Art and Design Prize. The annual Environmental Art & Design Prize showcases innovative and thought-provoking works that explore the theme of the environment, with an aim to inspire action toward a sustainable future.

The Art Category will be on exhibition 10am-5pm Tues-Sun 1 Aug – 14 Sept 2025 at Manly Art Gallery & Museum

GARY SHINFIELD, Remnants Hill End, 2024, woodcut using found wood, unique state_100 x 60 cm
LEA KANNAR LICHTENBERGER, FootprintConvergencePenguin Highway(detail), Thermal Imaging Antarctica and defunct slides from university glacier lectures

Filed Under: Art Prize, Finalists, News, Of interest to members., SydneyPrintmakers, Uncategorized, Works on Paper Tagged With: #daniellecreenaune, #finalists, #garyshinfield, #leekannarlichtenberger, #northenbeachesenvironmentalartanddesignprize, Sydney Printmakers

Sydney Contemporary Carriageworks 2025

August 27, 2025 by Ro Murray Leave a Comment

Many members of Sydney Printmakers will be showing in the

Paper section at Sydney Contemporary 11-14 September

this is just some of the work

Booth B02 Tiliqua Tiliqua Print Studio and Gallery: representing Ro Murray and Lois Waters

RO MURRAY Dreaming in the Moonlight III 2025, multiple lino prints, unique state, 60×45

Booth B10 Up Space : representing Therese Kenyon and Seraphina Martin

THERESE KENYON Lake St Claire 1, 2025
Ink, watercolour and screen print on Arches Rives BFK
76 cm x 56 cm

Booth B17 Sydney Printmakers: representing Tina Barahanos, Anthea Boesenberg, Angela Hayson and Andrew Totman. They will be giving artist talks Saturday 1.30pm in the Paper section.

TINA BARAHANOS, The Trees Carried Another Place With Them 2025, multiple etching

Booth B12 Gary Shinfield Studio and Collection: Gary Shinfield, Seong Cho, Nathalie Gautier-Hartog.

All three artists will be giving an artists talk on Saturday 13th September at 3pm in the Paper section.

SEONG CHO Contemplating the Void XV 2025, woodcut print 1/10, 40 x 40 cm

Booth B23 Jenny Robinson Studio: Jenny Robinson, Angela Hayson, Janet Parker Smith

JENNY ROBINSON

Filed Under: Art Fair, Artist's Talk, News, Of interest to members., SydneyPrintmakers, Uncategorized, Works on Paper Tagged With: #carriageworks, #membersnews, #paperroom, #SYDNEYCONTEMPORARY, Sydney Printmakers

Fremantle Print Award

August 23, 2025 by Ro Murray Leave a Comment

Sydney Printmakers was represented at the Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award by 

Studio 29B(Anthea Boesneberg, Anna Russell, Rhonda Nelson) Processes in Time, Rust on various supports, 270 x 300, 2025

Jacqui Driver, Dancing in the Thicket, Lithograph, 114 x 224cm, 2025
Angela Hayson, Looking Back Through the Window, carborundum, collagraph print and hand drawing, 97 x 140cm 2023


Lois Waters, Pleat 9, Etching Ink on Kozo, 48 x 34cm 2025

The exhibition runs until Sunday September 21 2025

https://www.google.com/search?q=fremantle+print+award+2025+dates&rlz=1C5CHFA_enAU894AU897&oq=sfremantle+print+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCQgDEAAYDRiABDIGCAAQRRg5MgkIARAAGA0YgAQyCQgCEAAYDRiABDIJCAMQABgNGIAEMgkIBBAAGA0YgAQyCQgFEAAYDRiABDIJCAYQABgNGIAEMggIBxAAGA0YHjIICAgQABgNGB4yCAgJEAAYDRge0gEIODcwNmowajeoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Filed Under: Art Prize, Exhibitions, Finalists, Of interest to members., SydneyPrintmakers, Uncategorized, Works on Paper Tagged With: #angelaheyson, #fremantleprintaward, #jacquidriver, #loiswaters, Anna Russell, Anthea Boesenberg, Sydney Printmakers

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