Squaredance shrapnel (animation) - Chris Mercier 2009.

Chris Mercier,artist and printmaker- born December 1951 - lives and works in Reading, Berkshire (UK). He studied at Berkshire College of Art and Epsom College of Art. He then moved to Italy where he studied violin making in Cremona before working as a craftsman in Venice. He has worked many years in commercial and artists screen printing studios. He recently studied Fine Art at The University of Reading and is now doing an MA in printmaking at the Royal College of Art London. He also runs his own art editioning studio making multiples for artists. He is a member of the RGA and the Printmakers Council.

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Steam Carousel (Screen Print) Chris Mercier 1990

Screen printing

Screen printing is a process where ink is forced through a stencil supported by a stretched mesh on a frame. As the etcher engraves a copper plate and the lithographer draws on a stone, the screen printer must construct a stencil. A stencil has to be made for each colour. My earlier prints often using reduction techniques had up to 20 or more colour workings. Stencils are either painted directly onto the mesh with a filler that impedes the passing of the ink onto the paper or they can be made from hand drawn film positives, photographically and with digital imaging techniques. Once the stencil has been made they are hand printed using a squeegee which pushes the ink through the stencil onto the paper which is held in register on a vacuum table, each colour has to be run seperately. To see some of my earlier screenprints go to rooms ONE and TWO in the studio gallery.
For more information on the screen printing process, Click here.

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Please contact Chris Mercier at

PRINTMAKER Editioning Studio
14 Rowallan Close
Caversham,
Reading RG4 6QS
England
Tel.+44(0)118 946 1964
Email: chrisATprintmakerDOTcom
(You will need to substitute the capital letters with the appropriate symbols)

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'The Analogon, the DNA of Constance's Floral Display'

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'La Danse Macabre' - A print performance.

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Printmaker Studio Gallery

List of Artists

Screen Prints by Chris Mercier (rooms 1, and 2)
Printmaker Editioning Studio
ALTER PRINTMAKING blog
Caversham Open Studios, June 5th,6th and 7th June 2009.
The University of Reading Fine Art Degree Show 2009
15th - 19th June 2009.