Alan Griffiths is a respected law and culture man from both his traditional country near Timber creek and for the Mirrawoong culture in Kununurra. Alan visited the studios in 2005 and gave demonstrations of his ochre techniques.
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Angela Cavelleri is a Melbourne based artist and was artist in residence within the print media studio during September of 2005. Angela worked closely with students to produce a large-scale relief print as an extension of her text based work undertaken previously at the British School in Rome. This and other works were exhibited at the Spectrum Gallery in Perth during her residency.

THE TOY BOX

"The toy is the child's earliest initiation into art, or rather it is the first concrete example of art; and when maturity intervenes, the most rarefied example will not satisfy his mind with the same enthusiasm, nor the same fervent conviction" Charles Baudelaire

The innocence of play is one thing we are all lucky enough to have experienced at some time in our lives. It could be said that our connection to the toy is in some cases less innocent, toys often adopting the role of social or political constructor. The project offers artists from a range of cultural backgrounds the opportunity to re-visit their childhood experiences through their individual interpretation of the toy theme.
The toy box is a print project completed in 2003 between students from the Printmaking studios of the National College of Art and Design Dublin Ireland and the School of Contemporary Arts Edith Cowan University Perth Australia.

Gordon Lansden is a Northern Territory artist from Borooloola. Gordon worked in the Open Bite Studio during March 2001 to produce his first prints.

Hanna May Scheen is a Norwegian artist who worked as artist in residence in the Open Bite studio over 2000 to produce a body of work that was exhibited in the SEA exhibition space at the School of Visual Art, Edith Cowan University in December 2000 and will again be exhibited in Oslo during 2001. Hanna May worked with etching, monoprint and digital processes.

NICOLA KAYE produced a series of digital images to accompany an exhibition of installation and slide projections. This exhibition was site specific, and was exhibited within the Centenary Galleries of the Art Gallery of Western Australia during 1999/2000

SHORT COURSES & SUMMER SCHOOLS in Printmaking are run regularly throughout the year. Recent courses have included "Non Toxic Etching" and "Electronic Printmaking and Publishing". These courses are designed for both beginners and professional artists, and are run in conjunction with The Printmakers Association of WA and Jacksons Drawing Supplies.Digital Print "Untitled" by Rebecca Sheardown, February 2000.

ABJECT LANDS was an exhibition held at the Joseph Gross Gallery in Tucson Arizona, and at the Cullity Gallery Western Australia in 1998. The exhibition involved Printmakers from the Print Studio along with artists from the University of Western Australia and The University of Arizona. Etching by Emily Lochowitz

EAST-WEST was a collaborative project between the Printmaking studio's of Edith Cowan University and the University of Western Sydney. Ten artists from each department produced an edition of twenty images, which resulted in a box set of work published during 1995. The National Gallery of Australia acquired one of these suites of prints.

PROJECT POP is an ongoing web based collaboration between artists in Perth and England. Four artists from each country have produced electronic images and films based on our popular cultural stereotypes. These artists are now pairing up to work in pairs to produce new work based on a collaborative understanding. It is hoped that the project will result in an exhibition in both countries and an illustrated book outlining the project

PETER SKIPPER worked with Jimmy on the same project and produced a number of relief prints and stone lithographs. Open Bite editioned and published four of Peter's images.

THE USA/AUS PRINT EXCHANGE was a printmaking exhibition involving over one hundred artists from Australia, New Zealand and North America. The W.A. School of Visual Arts hosted the inaugural exhibition of American prints and contributed fourteen images to the American exhibition. The tour was organised by Printmaker Bill Whorral, and toured a number of sites throughout 1998-99. Digital image by James Bryans.

CHRISSIE PARROTT worked in the digital studio with Printmaker Kwok Cheung during 1999 to produce a short animated film of a dance sequence for the Western Australian Academy of performing Arts. The animation was created using Lifeforms choreographic software programme. This software utilises a keyframing technique. The finished animation was used as a projected backdrop to a 20 minute dance work. The project in total included the teaching of the programme to 2nd year diploma dance students who then created the dance phrases that were used both for the animation and as a basis for the dance vocabulary. The film is to be used for remote access training and in addition was projected as an animated backdrop for a production at the Festival of Perth.

DAISY NAPPALTJARRI was the first Indigenous artist to visit the Open Bite studio in 1998. Daisy produced a number of etchings and relief prints.

MARY McLEAN has produced a number of etchings based on her recent paintings. The etchings are being proofed for editioning and publication during 2000.

Artists from the BALGO ARTISTS COMMUNITY worked in the studio during 1998 on a series of etchings. Open Bite intends to deliver a number of workshops at arts centres such as Balgo, through our association with Desert Designs WA.

SANDRA LEACH is a local artist who produced and editioned a suite of stone lithographs during 1999. The prints contributed to an exhibition of her work in Sydney.