SOLD - Radial by Tom Martin - SOLD

'Radial'

TOM MARTIN Curwen Printmaker  

Pencil signed Lithograph Curwen 50th

Edition 17/50

Size x 25.5cm x 30.5cm on Somerset English Paper

Good condition

About

TOM MARTIN - Radial

Original lithograph from the Curwen 50th anniversary portfolio by senior printmaker Tom Martin who now works at the Cardiff School of Art and Design.  Tom worked at Curwen for 13 years as a master lithographer, taking over that role from Stanley Jones, and working with some of the greats including Paula Rego, Patrick Heron, John Hoyland, Peter Blake and RB Kitaj to create and edition their original prints.  During this time he worked as an artist also, exhibiting his own works.

The portfolio contained works by artists who Curwen Chilford Press had worked with, current and past, to commemorate their 50th anniversary in 2008

Signed in pencil by the artist , and denoted Curwen archive 2. Curwen Chilford blindstamp.

Unframed on paper measuring 25 x 30 cm and in great condition 

Will be posted gently rolled and suitable for combining with other small prints for additional £1 uk, £3 overseas each additional sheet..

About the artist: 

“My background has always been in printmaking. I did a degree in Anglia Ruskin University specialising in printmaking.  It’s always been part of what I’ve done even since I was a kid,” he says. “After University, I managed to get a placement at the Curwen Studio in Cambridgeshire, which is a fine art print makers, which specialise in working with artists to make limited edition prints, especially lithographic, but more specifically stone-litho and plate-litho (traditional processes).”

At Curwen, Martin’s role was to support artists, help them proof images and give suggestions about colour mixing. He also spent a long time working on editioning prints in small numbers of 50-75 that the artists would sign and sell.