Meet the Maker
with Hilary Paynter MBE
Friday 18 & Saturday 19 April 2025, 11am - 2pm
FREE, drop-in
Venue: MAKE Southwest, Riverside Gallery
Suitable for: All
Come and see MAKE Southwest Maker Member & printmaker Hilary Paynter working on some wood engraving blocks over the Easter weekend!
Hilary is exhibiting as part of the Society of Wood Engravers 87th Annual Exhibition, which will be on show in our Riverside Gallery. She will be happy to talk to visitors about her printmaking and the exhibition.
The Society of Wood Engravers was founded in 1920 by a group of distinguished artists, including Lucien Pissarro, Gwen Raverat and Eric Gill. The purpose was to encourage the practice and patronage of wood engraving by organising exhibitions, which included both what were thought of as fine art prints, and also illustrations. The role of the Society remains fundamentally unchanged.
The Annual Exhibition features original prints stringently selected from an open submission, including some MAKE Southwest Maker Members. All work is for sale.
Tree with a long memory
About Hilary
Hilary Paynter MBE is one of the UK’s leading wood engravers and Past President of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers.
Hilary Paynter was awarded an MBE for services to the Arts and was ‘Printmaker of the Year’ at Printfest 2023, held annually in Ulveston. Hilary created a specially commissioned print that was launched at Printfest in April 2023.
The Hill (2023) in collaboration with Max Porter is now available from the publisher Nomad Letterpress and from MAKE Southwest.