Shiritori Press was a collaborative printmaking project between myself and Alina Tang that centred around a small and (relatively) mobile etching press we purchased together in 2012 while students at Curtin University. As Shiritori Press we co-ordinated exhibitions, conducted a tour of eastablished printmaking institutions, and facilitated sever public printmaking demonstrations and workshops around Perth.
Below is details of some of Shiritori Press' activities.
Alina Tang's current work can be seen on her website.
Midway
November 2012
A group exhibition of prints made on the Shiritori Press, held at John Curtin Gallery.
Artists: Liam Colgan, James Cooper, Bell Harding, Amy Hickman, Danni McGrath, Melissa McGrath, Anna Richardson, Frances Spence, Alina Tang and Nick Zafir.
Catalogue
List of works
Danni & Alina's Great Print Adventure
January 2013
A tour of printmaking studios and institutions in Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne.
Sydney: Big Fag Press, The Rizzeria and Cicada Press
Canberra: Ampersand Duck and Megalo
Melbourne: Firestation Print Studio, Sticky Institute, Australian Print Workshop and Melbourne Museum of Printing
Filmmaker Lincoln Russell followed us on the tour and made a video, here's a preview:
Shiritori Meets Perth
January-February 2013
A public printmaking project for Perth's Fringe World. Works by ten artists were printed live on the Shiritori press near Fringe venues.
Artists: James Cooper, Alina Tang, Amy Hickman, Anna Dunnill, Danni McGrath, Elizabeth Marpole, Renae Coles, Emma Jolley (nee McPike), Rachel Salmon-Lomas and Tanya Schultz
Full set of prints can be viewed here.
