The Paddock Printmakers are gearing up for their 2008 Artwave exhibition, 'Good Impressions'. This year we've moved to the Hop Gallery. For those who know Lewes, the Hop was known until quite recently as the Star, and occupies the building that was once Beards' Star Brewery. It's easy to find the Hop Gallery; from the traffic lights in the High Street at the top of Station Street, just walk 30 yards up Fisher Street and look out for a little archway on the left, just before the pavement runs out. Another entrance to the Hop is in the alleyway, off Fisher Street, that leads to the Lewes Arms pub.

The Lewes Artwave festival runs from Saturday 23rd August, but the Printmakers' exhibition doesn't start until Thursday 4th September. This means you'll have a chance to see lots of other shows, go home and have a sandwich, and arrive fresh and revitalised to view the wealth of good work on show in Good Impressions. We'll even send you an invitation to the private view on Wednesday evening, if you drop us an email at pprints.f@ukonline.co.uk

The Printmakers have produced three books featuring hand made prints of buildings in Lewes: 'High Street', 'Cliffe' and last year, 'Public House'. The annual exhibtions have been based around these books and the original prints. But the group have interests in many other subject areas too, and this year the show's aim is to exhibit the broadest range possible of members' work.

The work of more than a dozen printmakers will be on show, handmade prints, woodcuts, collagraphs, linocuts and monoprints, and on sale at very accessible prices. Also available will be Paddock Printmakers' 2009 calendar, featuring many of the original prints of Lewes pubs from last year's Public House exhibition. The High Street and Cliffe calendars sold very quickly, so visit the exhibition early in the run if you want to be sure of getting one.

More information on the artists and their work etc. will be posted here as it becomes available