If print is not dead, who’s keeping it alive? To find out, we shifted our focus from designers and artists to the printmakers and presses behind their projects.
We spoke to printmakers about the next generation of printmaking and its potential future. The work of printmakers is rooted in rich crafts and traditions, often carried out in collaboration with the art and design world, yet it largely goes unseen.
A visit to London-based studio Make-Ready, founded by Thomas Murphy, reveals the laborious process of screen print production. Since its humble beginnings in Murphy's South London garage in 2016, Make-Ready has become the world's largest silkscreen print studio dedicated to fine-art.
The craft of printmaking is pretty much unparalleled at this scale.
Author's summary: Exploring the world of printmaking and its future.