Chris Orr: The Hoboken Weddings (Bums And Brides)

Chris Orr: The Hoboken Weddings (Bums And Brides)Chris Orr started making prints in his twenties, and discovered the power of the multiple to communicate. Lithography was a slow starter, but after a difficult apprenticeship he began to revel in its freedom. Printmaking is a way of taking his thoughts into a published public domain. The relationship between printmaking and books is very strong. The print is like a page and in much of his printed output there is a hidden text. He invites people to

5 x 100 cm

Edition Size: 25

and most often grey

This layering of meaning is mirrored by the physical layering of the printed separations

“Perhaps the arttist who has been most involved with Peacock Printmakers from the earliest Board of Management through chairing the organisation during a particularly difficult period

Medium: Screenprint with Monoprint and dye

6 cm Image Size: 85

This was more acute in the bas-reliefs you mentioned but I think the prints carry that in them too - they borrow from the pallet of road signs

published by the Scotttish Print Workshops in association with the Society of Scottish Artists in it's centenary year

5 cm Medium: Hand coloured screenprint with coffee Edition Size: 10

'A Posy For You' is the sister print of 'Happy

Mike Chang of Aberdeenshire electronic pop outfit IndianRedLopez is a passionate graphic design professional whose work focuses on conceptual graphics for record covers