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 has developed considerably under her guidance offering everything from Certificated courses to Family print days & is at near capacity. Lorraine has introduced an Outreach programme that allows Curwen to take printmaking into the community beyond the physical boundaries of the studio which has included Blenheim Palace - as part of John Piper exhibition, The British Museum, University of Cambridge - Kettles Yard as part of "the print show" which achieved national recognition, The Fitzwilliam Museum and numerous schools and colleges.

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.

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.

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, woodcut, carborundum, etching) suits her subject best.

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

Emma joined the Curwen Print Study Centre as a tutor in 2010. She also went back to University to consolidate her practice and will complete her BA in Fine Art at Cambridge School of Art in 2012.

Currently based in Essex, Emma is interested in the transformational dimension printmaking can bring to objects and issues, and using found objects to draw out the history they hold. She is currently working on exploring the many possibilities with Solar Plate printing and is also particularly drawn to Monotypes and Woodcuts in her work.

In 2005, after an early career working as an illustrator in publishing and broadcast, Sue completed an MA in Fine Art Printmaking (Distinction) since then she has worked as an artist printmaker, artist in residence and educator. In 2007 she received an Arts Councils award to train in Lithography at the Curwen. She is based in North Buckinghamshire where she works and also teaches from her own studio. As an outreach printmaking tutor Sue works with individual students and artists at all levels of experience.

Sue Baker's work is rooted in observational drawing that records the world around her. Her current printmaking work uses multiples of a simple image as a matrix on which to explore the subject. Specialising in etchings and lithographs, her subject evolves in a representational way expressing her ideas and interest in, depictions of the figure in historical and contextual imagery and the artefacts that are manifestations of these ideas. She exhibits in London and her work is regularly selected for the nationwide Open Printmaking exhibitions. She is a member of East London Printmakers and is currently working with a group of artists and printmakers on a collaborative print project for exhibition in Autumn 2013.

www.sue-baker.co.uk

After 20 years in further and higher education teaching Wendy found the delights of the Curwen Print Study Centre. For the last 6 years she has developed a keen interest in paper and book making using the paper made to create relief prints. She is also working on photopolymer prints, using only the sun to develop relief and intaglio etching plates. Examples of her work are held in various private collections.

After completing The Curwen Print Study Certificate in Fine Art Printmaking Anne joined the Study Centre team as a tutor. Working with students of all ages from a variety of backgrounds gives Anne the ability to share her skills and grow and develop her own printmaking style.

As a practising artist-printmaker she creates prints using a variety of printmaking techniques. (e.g. Photopolymer Intaglio, Monoprint - alongside a growing interest in traditional Letterpress printing).

Anne is a member of "Inkus", a group of 7 printmakers who have all "graduated" from the Curwen Print Study Centre. They meet and print monthly and exhibit regularly as a group or solo in and around Cambridgeshire.

Zelda trained at the Curwen Print Study Centre achieving her Accredited Certificate in Printmaking in 2009 and has been working as a part time tutor for the last 4 years.

In her practice as an artist-printmaker, Zelda uses a variety of printmaking techniques and enjoys pushing the printmaking process beyond what is usually done, often using several processes together to create unique pieces of art as well as small limited editions. Zelda is a member of Breckland Artists in Norfolk and The Espacio Gallery Artist cooperative in London.

For more information and examples of Zelda?s work please visit
www.espaciogallery.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.