a ha! finally!
we were wondering, theorising and fantasising at the time when we would actually start to print images directly drawn onto the lithographic plate.
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Late in 2010, Big Fag Press developed a print in collaboration with artist Agatha Gothe-Snape.
The print is a limited edition fundraiser with the proceeds to go to First Draft gallery. You can buy one from the First Draft website.
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Since last October, Louise Anderson has been working with Big Fag Lucas as an “intern”, helping out with print and design related tasks on whatever project happens to be on the go.
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The following is an article written by our Canberra colleague Caren Florance, aka Ampersand Duck. It was commissioned by Big Fag Press co-director Lucas Ihlein for his UNDERGROUND edition of Artlink Magazine, launched in June 2010. Since it relates directly to the seizing of obselete printing technology by ratbags, we thought it germane to reprint here on the Big Fag website.
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We recently had the pleasure of working with eminent Sydney artist Paul Saint to print the above piece. Paul was a real pleasure to work with – he spent time getting his head around the process in advance, even carrying out the colour separations himself.
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A great short film by the aptly-named Printing Ink Company on how their inks are made. It gives a great feel for how sticky and viscous the inks we use are, and a fair amount of insight into the complicated business of designing and making printable colour!
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For fans of Kate Sweetapple’s work, recently shown at UTS DABLab, the wait is almost over. We’ve been rolling out her Map of Sydney: Avian Surnames and Map of Sydney: Fish Surnames prints to those who pre-ordered copies. Above you can see Kate signing and numbering them in our workshop.
Those of you who ordered the Map of Sydney: Celestial Surnames or the set of all three prints will have to wait a little longer. Ever the perfectionist, Kate has decided to do a reprint on this one after noticing a way to improve the line quality in the final image. We’re planning to do this reprint next week, and we’ll be in touch when they’re done to let you know they’re on their way to you.
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We had an exciting week at BFP as we printed up some wonderful maps for an exhibition at UTS. The show is called Mapping Sydney. We printed maps by Jane Shadbolt, Kate Sweetapple, and Naomi Stead+Katrina Schlunke+Trina Day – all on nice archival paper – and we were delighted with the results.
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DAB LAB research gallery invites you to celebrate Dr Kate Sweetapple’s exhibition opening:
Mr Salmon and Mrs Sparrow
An exposition comprising three brand new prints designed for, and lithographically stamped on the Big Fag Press, shewing a trio of cartographic representations of the fine metropolis of Sydney: the city as shaped by those inhabitants who are named by fish; those named by birds; and those whose names are celestially inspired, as printed by Dr Sweetapple herself in creative collaboration with the young gentlemen of the Big Fag Press, lately of Woolloomooloo.
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If you’ve ever been curious about the press and wanted to get a closer look or see it in action, this Saturday is your chance! Firstdraft are officially launching their Firstdraft Depot studio/residency complex, and as part of the day we’ll have the roller door up and be printing from midday till 2pm.
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Maricor, a designer who found us through our website, commissioned the Big Fag Press to print a beautiful drawing. It’s a very fine lined pen and ink drawing, and will be displayed in the glass case outside the Kinokuniya bookshop in Sydney city.
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Over the last two weeks we ran a workshop with 3rd and 4th year UTS Visual Communication students, introducing them to the offset printing process and giving them some hands-on experience with our press. The project grew out of a workshop UK designer Jonathan Barnbrook held with the students at UTS when he was in town earlier this year for the opening of this year’s Biennale of Sydney. The subject was co-ordinated by Kate Sweetapple, a UTS lecturer who is no stranger to the press.
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Well well, there is a lot of big names, big galleries and big projects around here.
We manage to take turns to be able to see the rest of this art-economy kermesse, Mick going to listen to a talk by Paul McCarthy, introducing himself as the guy who graffitied his work, but i’ll let him brag about that on his own blog.
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update!
We arrived in Basel and realised we didnt organize ourselves for packaging the prints we’d like to sell and subsidise our Swiss venture with.
Big Fag Press is off to Switzerland for the Basel Art Fair.
Yes, it’s (strange but) true!