This is the official website for Sheffield Print Fair. We organise fairs especially for printmakers and for those wanting to come and buy prints in Sheffield! All updates on events will be posted here for upcoming events.

Wednesday 27 November 2019

Thanks!

Well, SPF2019 has happened, and it was a great success! Visitor numbers were fantastic, we had an amazing selection of print work, fascinating demonstrations, plus very nice food and drink from the St Mary's crew!

Well done to Kathryn Desforges for winning the 'Printmakers Printmaker' prize, as voted for by all the printmakers taking part in the event. The prize is a £50 voucher to use with Hawthorn Print.




Thanks for coming along if you made it, and for supporting print!

Thanks also to Hawthorn Print, Folksy and Awesome Merch for supporting us too (the free totes went down very well), and St Mary's for being brilliant hosts.

We haven't yet done the draw for the print raffle yet, but if you are a winner we will contact you in the next couple of weeks. The best of luck!

If you'd like to see some photos from the event, you can go to our Facebook gallery:

2019 Sheffield Print Fair Gallery

We will be publishing the date for SPF2020 in April 2020, so keep an eye out. We will be putting out our call for applications at the end of June.

Cheers!

J & S

Sheffield Print Fair

Thursday 19 September 2019

Sheffield Print Fair 2019 - Introducing the artists...

Sheffield Print Fair returns for our celebration of all things print in our 7th year!

We have 42 artists, galleries and print people taking part with over half of them new to the event. There will be prints for sale, print demonstrations, kids workshops and now a print raffle and a printmaker's printmaker award! Screen-print, intaglio, linocut, wood engraving, collagraph, digital, woodcut and more.

Our official sponsors this year are Hawthorn Printmaker SuppliesFolksy and also Awesome Merchandise.

The event takes place between 10am and 4pm, on Sat 9th November 2019, and entry is £1 (free for under 16s). All profits go towards St Mary's TimeBuilders project which supports people to develop themselves and contribute to the local community.

The poster design for this year was created by printmaker James Bywood.






The artists taking part this year are:


Kateøina Lendacká

Angus Vasili
OR8 Design
Sarah Abbott
Sean Mort
The Lost Fox
Laura Knight
West Yorkshire Print Works
Jill Ray
Kate Thornton
Viv Howe
Liz Toole
Nancy Power
Emily Redfearn
Shirley Stevenson
Kate Desforges
Sheffield Hallam University - Illustration
Wald
Izzy Williamson
Lisa Stubbs
Dee Beale
Thomas Rotherham Arts Collective
Lucy Gell
Peter Knight
Gavin Holliday
Lisa Verrall
Richard Swan
Marko
Gillian Tyler
Kate Brooks
Higgs and Cowern - The Art of Raymond Higgs
Pop Press
Jamie Mills
Neil Woodall
B&B Gallery
Samantha Groom
Zoe Badger
The Owlery

James Bywood
Jo Rucklidge
James Green
Suzi Thompson


The following people will be giving demonstrations during the day:

Neil Woodall - etching/intaglio
Lisa Stubbs - monoprint
Gillian Tyler - wood engraving

We will also have a kids printing workshop run by Jo Rucklidge, and Hawthorns will be bringing their printing presses, inks and other equipment to show you.

Also, the first 50 people through the door will receive a free 'Sheffield Print Fair' tote bag!
The date of Sheffield Print Fair 2019 is Saturday 9th November 2019. Put it in your diary! 

The event is at St Mary's Church & Community Centre, Bramall Lane, Sheffield S2 4QZ. A map is here. There is also a great cafe on site, serving hot and cold drinks, and really tasty food too.

We also have a Facebook event page here, so let us know if you're coming and please share the event, if you can. 

We hope you can make it along!

James and Suzi x

Here are some images by artists/printmakers taking part:

Sean Mort
Jamie Mills
Gillian Tyler
Kate Desforges

Ding Ding
Marko






Friday 28 June 2019

Sheffield Print Fair 2019 - Call for artists!


We are proud to launch the 7th annual 'Sheffield Print Fair', which will take place on Saturday 9th November 2019, at St Mary's Church & Community Centre, Bramall Lane, Sheffield.

The event will run from 10am until 4pm, and will feature printmaker stalls as well as print demonstrations and kids print workshops throughout the day. This year, we will also be introducing a print raffle too! The event is a fundraiser for St Mary's and their projects helping homeless people and refugees.

We are being generously supported by online craft-selling hosts Folksy, and Hawthorn Printmaker Supplies, who will be at the fair with their presses and other printmaking goodies. We are also being newly supported by the amazing print superstars Awesome Merchandise!

We are offering 44 stalls at the event for artists/printmakers. We are now looking for applicants for the event, printmakers from Sheffield and beyond; woodcut, mezzotint, linocut, screen-print, wood-engravings, digital prints, monoprints and more! We are also for people who are interested in doing a demonstration of their print technique (to whom we will offer a free table).

Please note - We can't accept prints that are simply reproductions/scans of artworks created in other media.

The application deadline is 2nd September 2019, and we will inform all applicants of the result by 9th September 2019.

Stalls are £65 each (a 6ftx2ft table), or £32.50 for a half-table. There is space behind each table for a display board if you wanted to bring one, and some room by the side for small print browsers.

Application Forms and Information Sheet 
Application Form (Word Format)
Information Sheet (Word Format)

Please read the 'Information Sheet' before completing the Application Form, and send your completed forms to sheffieldprintfair@gmail.com, and remember that we cannot consider applications if they are not accompanied by images of your work.

Any questions, drop us a line.

Cheers!

J&S
SHEFFIELD PRINT FAIR

(This year's fantastic poster image was created by Leeds artist/printmaker James Bywood)

Wednesday 6 March 2019

Thanks and 2019 date!


A belated thanks to all who came to Sheffield Print Fair 2018, and to all those who took part. It was our busiest event yet!

If you'd like to see some photos from the event, you can go to our Facebook gallery (all taken by the fab Kate Cooper):

2018 Sheffield Print Fair Gallery

Our 2019 event will be happening on Saturday 9th November 2019. We will be putting out our call for applications at the end of June.

Cheers!

J & S

Sheffield Print Fair