2. Kirsty Wark

  • Launches Thursday 11th December, 6-8pm Call & Response continues with journalist, TV presenter and writer Kirsty Wark, our second participant...

    Launches Thursday 11th December, 6-8pm

     
    Call & Response continues with journalist, TV presenter and writer Kirsty Wark, our second participant to create a limited-edition print with our Master Printmakers as part of this creative initiative. 
     
    Titled Polly Wark: pieces of Glasgow , the work is inspired by Kirsty's great-aunt Polly, a talented china painter active in the 1940s. The print draws from a hand-painted plate she created in 1944/45, celebrating women's creativity, intergenerational craft, and Glasgow's rich artistic traditions. Kirsty also incorporates Polly's original maker's mark, "MW," in gold leaf - a nod to a family legacy still visible in charity and antique shops today.
  • Polly Wark: Pieces of Glasgow, 2025 photopolymer gravure with screenprint and gold leaf paper size 33 x 35 cm edition...
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    Polly Wark: Pieces of Glasgow, 2025
     
    photopolymer gravure with screenprint and gold leaf
    paper size 33 x 35 cm
    edition of 50
     
    Published by Glasgow Print Studio
     
    £ 200.00 inc. 
     
  • 'I feel incredibly rooted in Glasgow - its stories, its architecture, its art. My great-aunt Polly's work was beautifully intricate...
    "I feel incredibly rooted in Glasgow - its stories, its architecture, its art. My great-aunt Polly's work was beautifully intricate and made with such care. Creating a piece that connects her legacy to Glasgow's long-standing traditions of craft and printmaking felt like the perfect contribution to Call & Response."
     
     
  • 'Glasgow Print Studio is extraordinary in how open and welcoming it is to people of all abilities - giving everyone...
    "Glasgow Print Studio is extraordinary in how open and welcoming it is to people of all abilities - giving everyone the chance to get hands-on with printmaking and experience a real sense of achievement. The teaching that happens there is remarkable, and it's a true testament to the city's printmakers, apprentice printmakers and aspiring printers."
     
    Kirsty Wark.
  • "We are delighted to be working with Kirsty Wark, a truly iconic Scottish cultural figure. Her print is deeply personal and mirrors the core tenets that drew her to the project - the strength of creativity that runs through all strata of life in Scotland. By focusing on the craftsmanship of her great-aunt Polly, Wark brings attention to the quiet creativity and talent of women at the turn of the century, influenced by 'Glasgow Girl' Elizabeth Mary Watt."
     
    Claire Forsyth, Creative Director.