It was written for the Edge local magazine and focuses on our 3 printmakers who live in Netheredge.
A group of printmakers came together in 2014 to create a collaboration of fine art printmakers with the aim of exchanging ideas and exhibiting work together. Sheffield Printmakers was born, and 2024 marks their 10th anniversary. Sheffield Printmakers was inspired to set up a print group by and exhibition, held in Sheffield, of the work of Leonard Beaumont (1891-1986). He was a Sheffield born illustrator, printmaker and graphic designer. He had been involved in two significant art movements, the Etching revival of the 1920s and the rise of linocut printin the early 1930s. Together with his friend, Stanley Royle (1881-1961) and Henry George Hoyland (1896- 1947), Leonard Beaumont founded the Sheffield Print Club. They sought to establish a print society that would ‘enrich the Sheffield Municipal Collections.’ He gifted to Sheffield Galleries a substantial number of his works. These were added to the collection as a permanent record of his work as a printmaker and designer.
Sheffield Printmakers are an eclectic group, from Sheffield and beyond, some experienced and some new to printmaking. Members use a wide range of printmaking techniques to produce original, handmade prints.
Three members of the group live in Nether Edge.
Jo Pye. Jo uses many types of printing methods, including lino, collagraph, dry point and etching. She mostly prints on paper but also on fabrics which she then embellishes with stitch.
Janet Beautyman. Janet’s work focuses on etching, aquatint and drypoint. She tends to work in monochrome, concentrating on tone, texture and form.
Sally Brooks. Lino-printing dominates Sally’s work. The natural world inspires her, especially birds, trees and animals.
Sheffield Printmakers are an open organisation, welcoming anyone who has an interest in printmaking and shares their aims:–
To promote printmaking in Sheffield and beyond.
To encourage artists in their development of their skills and knowledge.
To enable members of the group to exhibit regularly.
To provide a forum where printmakers can exchange ideas, support and encourage each other.
To introduce new artists to the potential of print as a means of producing art work.
To create a membership that is broad, open, inclusive developing and growing.
