Stanley Jones early training was at Wigan School of Art and from there he went to Slade School of Fine Art in London. Following his Studies in London, he moved to Paris to work at the Ecole de Beaux Arts for a time before moving to the Atelier Patris, Montparnasse in Paris where he gained much experience in stone and zinc plate lithography and was also fortunate enough to work with artists like Giacometti, Le Moal, Sugali, Severini and Soulages.

In 1958 Robert Erskine persuaded Stanley to return to London to help set up the Curwen Studio and create an environment in which artists had the freedom to work in printmaking. At the same time he took up a post at the Slade School to lecture in lithography. It was a perfect combination enabling him to work with artists, students and to produce his own work.

Until recently Stanley was President of the Print Makers Council, which he helped found in 1964.

Despite his busy life either working at Curwen or teaching in the Study Centre he has found the time to pursue his own career as an artist. Stanley uses lithography and painting and has had one-man shows as well as participating in mixed exhibitions in the UK and abroad. His work is in private and public collections throughout the world.

Stanley's whole life has been devoted to printmaking, in particular the art of lithography. He felt that there was a real need for an educational establishment to continue the varied method of Fine Art printmaking skills. There is no doubt that it gives Stanley great satisfaction to see the successful establishment of his vision.

Lorraine was a senior commercial manager for a blue chip company for 21 years. Her last five years were spent managing and restructuring their graphic design studio following a review she conducted on behalf of the main board. It was a successful partnership merging the creative and commercial strengths to establish a centre of excellent for design.

In 2001 an opportunity arose to manage and develop the Curwen Print Study Centre. It allowed Lorraine to use her commercial and marketing strengths in a creative field. It also gave the opportunity to promote and fulfill her interest within the education sector.

The Study Centre continues to grow with teaching extending beyond the physical boundaries of the studio - the start of an outreach programme, launched at Kettles Yard - University Cambridge, as part of 'the print show' that has achieved national recognition.

Susan studied Lithography with Stanley Jones, Master Printmaker with the Curwen Studio and Co-Founder of the Curwen Print Study Centre in 2000, starting as Lead Tutor with the Study Centre at its inception in January 2000. Susan feels she has grown and developed alongside the Centre, finding it a thoroughly challenging and rewarding experience. Bringing her into contact with many artists and students of all ages, covering many diverse printing techniques, and since the start of Outreach, and Artist in Residence Programmes, different locations with varied and interesting briefs.

Exhibiting her own work regularly Susan specializes in Monotype and Monoprint. Her prints are unique and evolve over a period of time, built up of many layers incorporating diverse print techniques.

Susan has a First Class Honours Degree in Illustration from the Cambridge School of Art and recently competed an MA in Children's Book Illustration.

Susie initially studied Illustration at Bournemouth & Poole College of Art and Design working as a freelance Illustrator and Graphic Artist before deciding to pursue her interest in Fine Art Printmaking. In 2003 she studied a BA (Hons) in Fine Art Printmaking at Cambridge School of Art and has recently gained an MA in Printmaking at Camberwell College of Arts, London.

Based in South Cambridgeshire Susie is keen to continue to work within an educational environment and support the development of artist’s ideas around print. Within her own practice as a visual artist she often explores more innovative possibilities through printmaking by combining traditional methods with contemporary techniques and by extending 2D imagery into 3D form.

www.susieturner.com

Serena joined the Curwen Studio in 1985, where she was given the opportunity to work with Stanley Jones. During her 12 years in the studio she worked with many artists over a wide range of projects and became an accomplished lithographer.

Serena studied Fine Art and Education at Central Saint Martin’s School of Art and the Institute of Education and has been teaching for the Study Centre since 2003. As tutor in lithography her aim is to provide a learning environment that meets the needs of individual students and artists at all levels of experience.

Her studio practice is now based in the East Midlands where she continues her work as artist, tutor, and collaborative studio printer.

Valerie graduated in Fine Art Printmaking from the Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University in 2005. Subsequently she worked as a printmaking technician at the Cambridge School of Art before joining the Study Centre as a tutor in early 2008.

In her practice as an artist-printmaker, Valerie creates fine art prints in small limited editions. She utilises the experimental and unpredictable nature of printmaking to develop her ideas whilst using whichever technique (eg drypoint, linocut, carborundum, monoprint, etching) suits her subject best.

For more information and examples of Valerie's work please visit
www.valeriesims.co.uk

Tania graduated from her BA (hons) Art History/Fine Art degree in 2000.In 2002 she joined the Curwen Print Study Centre in the capacity of a volunteer artist. Personally tutored by Stanley Jones she developed her skills in teaching a wide variety of printmaking techniques to a diverse range of school groups and individual practitioners. She has now gained her Further Education Teaching C&G certificate of the London Institute.

In 2004 Tania graduated from her Masters in Children’s book illustration at APU, Cambridge School of Art. She exhibits on a regular basis for the Cambridge Drawing Society, Open Studios and recently internationally in Beijing China. She continues to tutor in printmaking and drawing pursuing her art career.

Tom Martin has been working as a printer and Studio Manager for The Curwen Studio for over 10 years. Tom Martin's work is based on his passion for using colour and pattern. Tom makes many of his images using lithographic printing as he finds this process very versatile, offering many mark-making possibilities and the opportunity to achieve surprising results.

Recently Tom has been constructing three dimensional print sculptures with lighting mechanisms and moving print books using paper-engineering techniques. (Funding was awarded to Tom from the Birgit Skiold Trust to carry out a large project based on these ideas)

Tom also makes paintings, monoprint books, box works, automata and printed models (Tom has had recent commissions from Kettles Yard in Cambridge and The Crooked House in Lavenham)

Tom Martins work has been shown in the UK, Ireland, Germany, America and Korea and is in the collections of The Victoria and Albert Museum, Queen's University in Belfast, The University of Wales and Oregon State University in America.

In addition Tom has written several articles/book reviews on related topics and has work in the new A and C Black book "Printmaking on a Budget".
www.thomasmartin.turnpiece.net

Chloe was introduced to the Curwen Studio on Edward Bawden's recommendation after leaving the Royal College of Art in the late 1970s and thereafter made a number of commissioned prints at their London studio.

Coincidentally Chloe had originally attended art school in Cambridge and her mother had lived in Saffron Walden not far from Chilford Hall.Chloe's mother Sheila Robinson was a very skilled printmaker and Chloe shows the cardboard cutting techniques and prints made by her mother to others so that these working methods can be more widely practiced and preserved.

Chloe works as an artist, printmaker and illustrator and has taught part time since leaving the RCA at very varied locations - from BA Illustration students in Beirut to painting weekends at Seasalter on the Kent coast and primary school workshops in London. Mainly focusing on her own work she teaches using her own practical experience as a starting point.