My residency is coming to an end shortly and I will miss the luxury of having the studio to myself and the opportunity to experiment.

I wanted to post some photographs of the monoprint workshop that took place on 5th June during the Surrey Artists Open Studios at Ochre. The event was well-recieved by members, visitors and the press. Barbara Rae gave an interesting and insightful talk, and was very generous with her techniques and processes showing the audience original prints and collograph plates. There was live music, food and drink and the exhibition of work from over 40 members and several guest members.

It has been a while since my last update as I have been involved in co-ordinating Ochre Print Studio's exhibition for the Surrey Artists Open Studios event.

I neglected to post the news that I won the London Printmaking Studio Printmakers Award at Originals 10 in March. The prize includes a number of free sessions in their studio and couldn't have come at a better time as my residency ends in July and I now have opportunity to continue making work.

The Open studio event starts on Saturday 5th June and it will be a very exciting day at Ochre with Barbara Rae RA opening the exhibiton around midday and then visitors can enjoy live music, food and drink, a mono print workshop as well as a raffle, an exhibition of work by guests artists such as Simon Lawson and work exhibited by over 40 members. We hope you can come along and join in.

This is my page on the Surrey Artists Network

It is the Private View for Originals 10 at the Mall Galleries tonight. The exhibition continues until 3rd April. It should be worth a visit.

Peter Freeth, Bodies

I have been taking part in the Relief Printing course with Richenda Court at Ochre on a Tuesday Evening. It has been really refreshing to learn some new skills and get instant results, but I have also found it a challenge working with lino because you have to commit to every mark you make, there is no way you can undo a mistake. I have been trying to continue my investigations into subtlety of layering and the quality of edges within this medium, which has pushed me to consider mark-making and composition that I have then been able to feedback into my screen printing. I will post some of the results later.

This is the print I have been working on since Christmas. Exposure times are very low, so it has taken me a while to get an image that has balance and contrast. It is larger than previous prints and that has added another challenge.

I have produced several of these prints in three different tones. This image is one of the darker tones.

Yey!, I have had a print selected for Originals 10. It is the piece that I uploaded on 20th October and it has already been exhibited at Baker Tilly in Guildford and the SW1 Gallery in London. I'm sure the exhibition will be just as diverse and exciting as it was last year, so I hope to see you there.

Originals 10, the Contemporary Printmaking Show at the Mall Galleries near Trafalgar Square. 15th and 16th January 2010 are the receiving days for prints (max 6). Submission is £10 per print unless you are 35 or under and then it is £5. The exhibition runs from 25th March - 3rd April 2010. If you are interested in submitting work, you can find more information at www.mallgalleries.org.uk