With a bed size of 90cm by 150cm, printmakers can create larger handmade art pieces.<\/p>\n
These are achieved by an inked plate and paper pressing through the heavy rollers of an etching press.<\/p>\n
When she heard the group\u2019s much-used, 60-year-old Italian Bendini etching press needed attention, Robin Ormerod provided the Gisborne Printmakers with some funding to buy a new press.<\/p>\n
It was a gift in memory of her printmaker mother, the late Penny Ormerod.<\/p>\n
In 1976, the well-known national printmaker helped establish the Gisborne group after she taught a weekend zinc-etching workshop in the newly opened Lysnar House Studios.<\/p>\n
Her time-honoured statement after opening a flagon of sherry – \u201cWe can\u2019t stop now\u201d – spurred the establishment of the Gisborne printmaking group 50 years ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are incredibly grateful to Robin and have arranged a sign near the press to honour Penny Ormerod, who generously taught and inspired the new members for over 10 years prior to her leaving the district,\u201d Johnston said.<\/p>\n
This new etching press is affectionately known as \u201cRobin\u201d.<\/p>\n
During the 2026 celebration year, Gisborne Printmakers have planned a range of special events, including a 50 Year Celebration weekend beginning with the opening of their Celebration Exhibition in Tair\u0101whiti Museum on Friday, June 12.<\/p>\n
They have invited master printmakers, including Dr Carole Shepheard and Lynn Taylor, who will also exhibit their prints with the group.<\/p>\n
Johnston said Gisborne Printmakers appreciated the long relationship they had had with Jolene Douglas, kaiteki toi curator of art and exhibitions at Tair\u0101whiti Museum.<\/p>\n
Several printmaking workshops are planned throughout 2026, beginning with introductory levels in February.<\/p>\n
Members will have opportunities to extend their range of skills in other workshops with visiting master printmakers throughout the year.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is going to be a special year for the oldest printmaking group in New Zealand,\u201d Johnston said.<\/p>\n
For more information about printmaking, email printmakersgisborne@gmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With a bed size of 90cm by 150cm, printmakers can create larger handmade art pieces. These are achieved…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13212,27603,2851,6325,9632,6928,9063,8609,12506,45613,302,4486,117,111,16652,43,139,69,1118,2847,9769,49541,20221,150596,77752,21692,165,8229,1961,102,1530],"class_list":["post-263049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-13212","tag-50th","tag-also","tag-birthday","tag-celebrates","tag-celebrating","tag-celebration","tag-double","tag-gisborne","tag-imported","tag-its","tag-month","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-newly","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-only","tag-owners","tag-press","tag-printing","tag-printmakers","tag-printmaking","tag-proud","tag-their","tag-they","tag-this","tag-with","tag-years"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}