A Myriorama for Nottinghamshire

A Myriorama, or many thousand views is a picture made up of a number of different parts that can be rearranged to make lots of different scenes.

Inspire and Sue Rowland, artist from Leicester Print Workshop, worked with groups of adults in Nottinghamshire in libraries and with young people in special schools to create a unique Nottinghamshire Myriorama. The work was inspired by imagery in our local studies collections and chosen by the participants. The series of printed artworks on exhibition forms a landscape scene that can be rearranged endlessly to tell thousands of different stories about Nottinghamshire and its people. Each artwork has been reproduced as a cardboard tile in sets that are available for the public to use in every Nottinghamshire Library.

54 adults in 8 groups

52 young people in 8 groups from 6 special schools

9 host libraries  

16 artworks

1000 packs of cards

3 way partnership between Inspire, Leicester Print Workshop and Children in Need small grant scheme.

Worksop Library from 3 May to 11 June 2017

Retford Library from 13 June to 20 July 2017

Mansfield Central Library from 25 July to 4 September 2017

Arnold Library from 8 September to 16 October 2017

West Bridgford Library from 28 March to 13 May 2018

Leicester Print Workshop is the Midlands centre for fine art printmaking. We are home to a large open access studio in central Leicester that houses equipment for silkscreen, stone and plate lithography, etching, engraving, relief and letterpress. We offer pay-as-you-go independent access or fully assisted support to artists wanting to make original prints. We work with schools, community groups and arts partners to teach printmaking skills and we run evening and weekend courses for adult learners. Our exhibition space has a regularly changing programme of print related exhibitions which are free to view and we often host events and activities including artist talks, demonstrations and free or low cost drop in sessions. www.leicesterprintworkshop.com

Sue’s prints and textiles are created either in her studio in rural Lincolnshire, looking out on a disorganised flower filled cottage garden or in the creative atmosphere of Leicester Print Workshop. She trained at Central School of Art developing her love of pattern, texture and colour which she combines exploring themes such as history, folklore and the countryside. Her passion is for people to enjoy the visual images within her work, but also to learn something new - whether that is an old English saying, a fact about nature conservation, or an interesting historical fact.

For Sue there is something magical about printmaking and the decisions involved in translating ideas into designs.