Print Club News / 12th August 2025

There’s a philosophically interesting debate to be had around whether art needs to be made in a particular way, a debate that is getting shriller as AI moves ever further into our lives. Is the craft aspect of the making critical to the power of an artwork, or can an artwork rise above the technology of it’s own making, irrespective of it’s origination. Does a plate need to be inked by hand, or can it be inked digitally. Where is the line? I suspect that the dialogue will shift at both ends of the spectrum, simultaneously.

I think we’ll see a move towards more haptic making in the face of the AI revolution, and also a move towards more amazing, futuristic works that take ever more advantage of the latest toolsets. For the moment, it all seems fascinating to me, I’m trying to keep an open mind!

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Print Club News / 13th December 2024
Print Club, Works on Paper, Etching, Sennen, All Posts Chuck Elliott Print Club, Works on Paper, Etching, Sennen, All Posts Chuck Elliott

Print Club News / 13th December 2024

I spent a lovely day at Spike Print Studio on Wednesday and completed the next edition for the Print Club. It’s edition #29, a small photopolymer etching with chine collé.

It’s been brilliant to continue learning new techniques there this year, which have added to my arsenal of processes, and will allow me to make more hybridised works over the coming years. I’m planning new editions that will combine both digital and traditional techniques and blend them into something distinctly new.

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Print Club News / December 2022

Print Club News / December 2022

I hope this finds you well in the run up to the Winter solstice, Christmas and the New Year. I have to say I was hoping to be a little further on with the latest Print Club editions by now, but in fact, it has been pretty busy here, with a lot going on in the past couple of months, and the foil work I'm experimenting with hasn't been totally straightforward. It's an interesting challenge though.

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