{"id":3257,"date":"2018-11-15T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T10:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/english\/dalziel\/?p=3257"},"modified":"2018-12-20T14:20:52","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T14:20:52","slug":"peter-s-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/english\/dalziel\/2018\/11\/15\/peter-s-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary Printmakers in the Dalziel Archive: Peter S. Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3315\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3315\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/english\/dalziel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Peter-S-Smith-1-678x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/english\/dalziel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Peter-S-Smith-1-678x1024.jpg 678w, http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/english\/dalziel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Peter-S-Smith-1-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/english\/dalziel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Peter-S-Smith-1-768x1160.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/english\/dalziel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Peter-S-Smith-1.jpg 1169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dalziel\u2019s Apprentice, by Peter S Smith, relief engraving, 140 x 90 mm. Image courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As part of the Dalziel Project, contemporary printmakers have been collaborating with researchers, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/english\/dalziel\/2016\/12\/31\/victorian-trade-engraving-and-contemporary-practice\/\">exploring the archive<\/a> in the British Museum. This has generated new work in dialogue with the Dalziels. Bethan Stevens has written about this in\u00a0<em>Printmaking Today<\/em>, focusing on the recent Dalziel-related work of Neil Bousfield, Louise Hayward, Chris Pig and Peter S. Smith:\u00a0you can read the full piece on the <em>Printmaking Today <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cellopress.co.uk\/celloMedia\/media\/13\/PT%20Page%2030-31%20a1.pdf\">website<\/a>, and here we take the opportunity to showcase the new work, alongside the archival images (see gallery below).<\/p>\n<p>Peter S. Smith&#8217;s <em>Dalziel&#8217;s Apprentice <\/em>is currently on tour with the Society of Wood Engravers exhibition (2018-2019), and has been exhibited at the\u00a0<em>London Original Print Fair<\/em> (Royal Academy of Arts),\u00a0<em>Anne Desmet and Friends: Wood Engravings<\/em> (Kevis House), and\u00a0<em>RE Originals<\/em> (Bankside Gallery). Smith&#8217;s work investigates the experience of the junior employees who worked at Dalziel, exploring the\u00a0\u2018ambiguous and organic\u2019 potential of the lines and surfaces. He\u00a0has been drawn to the backgrounds and peripheries of Dalziel engravings, seeking out \u2018the bits where an engraver in the Dalziel factory could have a bit of fun \u2013 some freedom\u2019. In\u00a0<em>Dalziel\u2019s Apprentice,<\/em> Smith excerpts and copies a tiny portion of drapery background from an apparently banal Victorian illustration (gallery image 2).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3257 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/english\/dalziel\/2018\/11\/15\/peter-s-smith\/peter-s-smith-1\/'><img width=\"678\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/english\/dalziel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Peter-S-Smith-1-678x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/english\/dalziel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Peter-S-Smith-1-678x1024.jpg 678w, http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/english\/dalziel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Peter-S-Smith-1-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/english\/dalziel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Peter-S-Smith-1-768x1160.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/english\/dalziel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Peter-S-Smith-1.jpg 1169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/english\/dalziel\/2018\/11\/15\/peter-s-smith\/hyperfocal-0-15\/'><img width=\"790\" height=\"633\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/english\/dalziel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Peter-S-Smith-2-1024x821.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/english\/dalziel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Peter-S-Smith-2-1024x821.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/english\/dalziel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Peter-S-Smith-2-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/english\/dalziel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Peter-S-Smith-2-768x616.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/english\/dalziel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Peter-S-Smith-2.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/english\/dalziel\/2018\/11\/15\/peter-s-smith\/peter-s-smith-3\/'><img width=\"790\" height=\"832\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/english\/dalziel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Peter-S-Smith-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/english\/dalziel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Peter-S-Smith-3.jpg 821w, http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/english\/dalziel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Peter-S-Smith-3-285x300.jpg 285w, http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/english\/dalziel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Peter-S-Smith-3-768x809.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the Dalziel Project, contemporary printmakers have been collaborating with researchers, exploring the archive in the British Museum. This has generated new work in dialogue with the Dalziels. Bethan Stevens has written about this in\u00a0Printmaking Today, focusing on the recent Dalziel-related work of Neil Bousfield, Louise Hayward, Chris Pig and Peter S. 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