The Lightbox Gallery and Museum in Woking (www.thelightbox.org) invited Ochre Print studio to exhibit a small selection of work in the cafe area to run in conjunction with an exhibition in the Upper Gallery of prints collected by Chris Ingram; the owner of Woking Football Club.

Also in conjunction with The Lightbox, Ochre organised a talk on the 9th of March by Professor Paul Coldwell who has recently had a book published by Back Dog entitled: 'Printmaking: A Contemporary Perspective' (www.paulcoldwell.org). The talk was a great success and very interesting for artists wanting an introduction to printmaking in all it's many forms as well as an understanding of the developments in digital technologies and the work of celebrated artists such as Banksy, Louise Bourgeois, Chuck Close, Howard Hodgkin and Anselm Kiefer.

Between December 2010 and March 2011, I was assisting Guildford Arts in co-ordinating an exhibition of work by Ochre Print Studio members at Clyde & Co, a law firm in Guildford as part of their 'art at work' program. Each member was able to exhibit up to four pieces and attend a private view on the 2nd March with many members of staff and other Ochre members.

I haven't posted anything since last summer, but a lot has happened and I have now compiled all the highlights to post now. It has been really interesting for me to look back and remind myself of what I have achieved and the group exhibitions I have been involved in.

My residency at Ochre Print Studio ended last August and following discussions with Julie (OPS director) I am now running open access sessions for members one afternoon a week and carrying out technician duties during that time. In return for this I am able to access the studio to continue my own work, which is an ideal situation for me as I get to meet many more artists and printmakers that are involved and/or support Ochre.

In November 2010, OPS members were invited to exhibit at the Lewis Elton Gallery at the University of Surrey Campus. The private view on the 15th November was very well attended and the work submitted was diverse and skilful.

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.