Feature Artist - THERESA EASTON

Theresa Easton 

is a printmaker and artist educator based in 

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK. 

Easton trained in Printmaking at the University of East London and completed a PGCE at Durham New College and an MA in Glass at Sunderland University.

Based in the Ouseburn Valley, the cultural quarter of Newcastle, Easton delivers regular workshops in printmaking & bookmaking. 

Easton’s interest in Artist’s Books began with an international project in 2007 with The Penny Histories, a project working in partnership with Newcastle’s Literary & Philosophical Society (Lit & Phil) and Milan based artist’s collective. Easton is interested in making art work for specific public contexts.  The first visual artist to develop a residency at the Lit & Phi, Easton went on to create a series of printed glass book installations embedded within the library shelves.  Easton is interested in pushing the boundaries of printmaking and enjoys working in cross art forms, combining her knowledge of printmaking with a wide range of materials including brick clay, glass and ceramics.  Heritage interpretation and exploring cultural episodes play an important part in Easton’s practice.  

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Theresa Easton

Theresa is currently the driving force behind an international collaborative mail art project entitled

WWI Trench & Folk Art

examining the 100th anniversary of World War I.

Visit the above link for more information about the project.

Feature Artist - FIONA DEMPSTER

FIONA DEMPSTER

is a calligraphic and book artist based in Maleny, in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland of Queensland, Australia.

Fiona loves books, words, marks and text, and her work is generally elegant, spare and restrained; seeking the essence of things rather than an elaborate and complex expression of them.

Fiona has studied calligraphy since she was young and has developed skills in both calligraphy and as a bookmaker.  Her work is often paper-based and takes the form of books; however, she also works with metal, timber and perspex to express words and texts in ways that take calligraphy off the page and into the outdoors.

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FIONA DEMSPTER

In addition to her studio work Fiona also teaches calligraphy and book-making to both adults and children.  She has exhibited with her husband Barry Smith and in group exhibitions across Australia.  Her work has also been juried into exhibitions in Australia and the USA. 

Fiona is a member of the Australian Society of Calligraphers; the Collaboration of Maleny Artists (COMA); Papermakers of Queensland; and the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA).

In 2002 Fiona was one of the first three Australians to be awarded the Intermediate National Diploma of Calligraphy (UK). In 2006 Fiona completed Certificate III in Design Fundamentals. 

Fiona was a finalist in the 2010 and 2013 Libris Book Awards, the 2009 and 2011 Southern Cross University's Acquisitive Artists' Book Award and the 2011 and 2013 East Gippsland Artist Book Award.  Her work is held in private collections in Australia, the USA and Japan and in many public  collections in Australia and the USA.