![An exhibition poster for "The Hive Printmakers" at Centre[4]Arts. The poster features a large, vertical sketch of a thick-trunked tree in front of a multi-story building with classic balconies. The text is arranged in a clean, minimalist style on a tan background, listing five artists and the details for the opening reception on December 12, 2025.](https://centre4arts.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/The-Hive-Printmakers-exhibition-poster.jpg)
The Traditional Printmaker
Draws and paints, scrapes and erases, rubs and files.
Works with copper, acrylic, lino, lead, zinc and wood.
Sometimes it’s stone, graining it down at the grinding sink, hours and hours pursuing a certain surface.
Tools include scissors, knives, scribes, razors, burins, brushes, burnishers, tusche and crayons.
Materials (an edited list): water and acid, spirits and oil, soap and sugar, asphaltum and wax, gum and resin.
Then comes paper: hoarded, counted, folded, torn – multiple colours from around the world.
And then there’s ink and then the rollers and then the press.
At the very last, hello, the prints.
