Stampalofi
Hazel Restall Print Residency
A one week printmaking micro residency program for new or established printmakers
To apply please send an email including:
A brief C.V.
5 images of your work
A short artist statement
Stampalofi@gmail.com
A brief C.V.
5 images of your work
A short artist statement
Stampalofi@gmail.com
About the Residency
The Hazell Restall Micro Residency is offered to artists based in Edinburgh and Leith interested in learning or advancing printmaking techniques at the StampaLoFi studio.
The residency will last 4 days at the start of each month, during which time the artist will have access to the studio, printmaking facilities and a selection of materials.
The artist will be asked to develop their printmaking skills with the view to create original printed artwork(s) by the end of the residency.
Printmaking supplies and equipment, as well as training, will be provided by the StampaLoFi print studio. This can be for drypoint etching, linocut, mimeography or monoprinting.
The artist will also be welcomed into the Stampalofi artist community, provided the opportunity to exhibit their work in the Stampalofi studio gallery space for the remainder of the month, and asked to contribute one of their prints to the Stampalofi archive.
This is an excellent opportunity for a dedicated artist to learn new printmaking techniques, develop and display their work, and learn more about the artistic community of Leith.
The studio hours available to the artist are 10am to 6pm, Tuesday to Friday.
The Hazell Restall Micro Residency is offered to artists based in Edinburgh and Leith interested in learning or advancing printmaking techniques at the StampaLoFi studio.
The residency will last 4 days at the start of each month, during which time the artist will have access to the studio, printmaking facilities and a selection of materials.
The artist will be asked to develop their printmaking skills with the view to create original printed artwork(s) by the end of the residency.
Printmaking supplies and equipment, as well as training, will be provided by the StampaLoFi print studio. This can be for drypoint etching, linocut, mimeography or monoprinting.
The artist will also be welcomed into the Stampalofi artist community, provided the opportunity to exhibit their work in the Stampalofi studio gallery space for the remainder of the month, and asked to contribute one of their prints to the Stampalofi archive.
This is an excellent opportunity for a dedicated artist to learn new printmaking techniques, develop and display their work, and learn more about the artistic community of Leith.
The studio hours available to the artist are 10am to 6pm, Tuesday to Friday.
About the Space:
The Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre, Leith, originally opened in 2001. With various economic issues over the years, many of the shop units were left empty. The shopping centre has taken on something of a second life as a community and artistic hub, with artists and community groups taking up the empty spaces. As such, the studio is fully accessible, with lift access and nearby cafes and restaurants, and is well served by both buses and trams. The studio contains an etching press as well all necessary equipment for relief printmaking, mimeography and drypoint etching.
About StampaLoFi
StampaLoFi is an open, accessible printmaking studio in Ocean Terminal, Leith. Run by artist and printmaker Robert Marjoribanks, the printmaking studio exists to provide low cost printmaking facilities to artists, and introduce artists and the public to low tech printmaking techniques. The Stampalofi print studio was begun in earnest in January 2023, and received funding support from Creative Scotland in a crowd match-crowdfunding campaign. Stampalofi currently provides intro workshops in Linocut, mimeography and drypoint etching, as well as low-cost hot-desk studio space to local artists.
The Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre, Leith, originally opened in 2001. With various economic issues over the years, many of the shop units were left empty. The shopping centre has taken on something of a second life as a community and artistic hub, with artists and community groups taking up the empty spaces. As such, the studio is fully accessible, with lift access and nearby cafes and restaurants, and is well served by both buses and trams. The studio contains an etching press as well all necessary equipment for relief printmaking, mimeography and drypoint etching.
About StampaLoFi
StampaLoFi is an open, accessible printmaking studio in Ocean Terminal, Leith. Run by artist and printmaker Robert Marjoribanks, the printmaking studio exists to provide low cost printmaking facilities to artists, and introduce artists and the public to low tech printmaking techniques. The Stampalofi print studio was begun in earnest in January 2023, and received funding support from Creative Scotland in a crowd match-crowdfunding campaign. Stampalofi currently provides intro workshops in Linocut, mimeography and drypoint etching, as well as low-cost hot-desk studio space to local artists.
About Hazel Restall
As described by her daughter Joanna Oates:
Hazel "worked at Buchanan potteries as a painter in the late 50s. In the 60s and 70s she ran art classes in Marton, a village where we lived in Warwickshire and other local venues. In the 80s she ran Paddock studios in Lewes, Sussex and taught drawing on the art foundation course at Brighton polytechnic. She moved back to Scotland in 1991 and spent lots of time at the Edinburgh Printmaker's Workshop and learnt to etch. This was a very happy and productive phase of her life. When she was about 70 she completed the Edinburgh parliament project, drawings, photos and etchings. Shortly after she became ill with Alzheimer's, though this was not diagnosed till a few years later. Mum always had a sketchbook in her hand. She drew all the time, when she was on buses, trains, in bars etc. She was quite a dreamy person and would forget to cook lunch for us when we were kids. She was always thinking about art.
She was born 10 minutes before my dad and they share the same birthday. They met at Edinburgh college of art in their 20s and were together for over 60 years. She passed away aged 88 on 13th of January 2019.
Both me and my brother went to art college but we hated it! It skipped a generation and my daughter Lucy is now a successful artist (instagram: overnight_oates).
A funny story about mum. She got stopped by police one night driving home from her art class because her back lights weren't working. They were trying to help her fix them and she opened the boot forgetting there was a skeleton in it which gave the police quite a shock! It was of course for her students to draw!"
Hazel Restall was a printmaker and artist. She made work at the Edinburgh printmakers in the 1990s, and also printed from her home in West Linton. The family of Hazell Restall supplied the etching press to Stampalofi, and entrusted her remaining works to Stampalofi for exhibition and sale, on the proviso that her legacy should live on in the form of a residency funded by these sales.
As described by her daughter Joanna Oates:
Hazel "worked at Buchanan potteries as a painter in the late 50s. In the 60s and 70s she ran art classes in Marton, a village where we lived in Warwickshire and other local venues. In the 80s she ran Paddock studios in Lewes, Sussex and taught drawing on the art foundation course at Brighton polytechnic. She moved back to Scotland in 1991 and spent lots of time at the Edinburgh Printmaker's Workshop and learnt to etch. This was a very happy and productive phase of her life. When she was about 70 she completed the Edinburgh parliament project, drawings, photos and etchings. Shortly after she became ill with Alzheimer's, though this was not diagnosed till a few years later. Mum always had a sketchbook in her hand. She drew all the time, when she was on buses, trains, in bars etc. She was quite a dreamy person and would forget to cook lunch for us when we were kids. She was always thinking about art.
She was born 10 minutes before my dad and they share the same birthday. They met at Edinburgh college of art in their 20s and were together for over 60 years. She passed away aged 88 on 13th of January 2019.
Both me and my brother went to art college but we hated it! It skipped a generation and my daughter Lucy is now a successful artist (instagram: overnight_oates).
A funny story about mum. She got stopped by police one night driving home from her art class because her back lights weren't working. They were trying to help her fix them and she opened the boot forgetting there was a skeleton in it which gave the police quite a shock! It was of course for her students to draw!"
Hazel Restall was a printmaker and artist. She made work at the Edinburgh printmakers in the 1990s, and also printed from her home in West Linton. The family of Hazell Restall supplied the etching press to Stampalofi, and entrusted her remaining works to Stampalofi for exhibition and sale, on the proviso that her legacy should live on in the form of a residency funded by these sales.