The exhibition will incorporate etching, drypoint, mezzotint, drawing, artist books, photopolymer intaglio and silverpoint. Individually, the artists' works are distinctive. Collectively, they combine to form a study on drawing, mark-making and process.

Intaglio printmaking encompasses marks, tones and lines – islands of ink in a space, a texture or embossed area that breaks the ‘silence’ of the paper. The artworks are often created in a very manual way, using tools to put marks into metal or plastic plate. The process is slow, sometimes like a silent meditation in itself.

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See below for printmaking workshops that accompany this lyrical exhibition.

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The artists gratefully acknowledge Rob Tuwhare and the Hone Tuwhare Estate for permission to use text from the poem ‘Rain' by Hone Tuwhare.

Image: Kyla Cresswell, Wetland Kōreti III-VII, silverpoint on prepared board

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