The Lumen Print Collection

The Lumen Print Collection is a permanent collection of original prints curated by Northern Print around the central theme of light for The Lumen which is the largest privately funded office building to be constructed in Newcastle upon Tyne's city centre in the last decade and forms part of the city's Helix Quarter.

The collection features different types of light – from streetlights to illuminated interiors, shafts of sunlight across a seascape and the luminescence of celestial skies. The works themselves also use light in their making processes, from lasercutting to photography.

Work by Rachael Clewlow, Sarah Duncan, Katherine Jones, Nick Loaring, Anja Percival and Eunice Routledge was selected for inclusion in the collection. All films by Alan Fentiman with additional footage provided by Sarah Duncan, Katherine Jones and Anja Percival.

Selected Works

Sunlight
© Anja Percival

Isjakanum
© Sarah Duncan

“This is fantastic for me; I hope that it is fantastic for all the other artists involved and Northern Print and The Lumen as in they are supporting artists who are really passionate. Ultimately the project is to make working in that building really interesting and really exciting and to inspire people into doing great stuff.”

- Nick Loaring, Printmaker

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Speaking about the project, Northern Print’s Director Anna Wilkinson said,

“Working with the team at The Lumen has been such a positive experience for Northern Print and the artists through a difficult time for everyone. We began working on this project in early spring as the first lock down approached. We are concluding it as the glow of autumn begins to turn to winter and the second lockdown is upon us. The idea of ‘light’ in itself was such a positive theme to be thinking about with phrases such as ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ appearing so often in the media.

The last film by Alan Fentiman which reflects on all six artists’ relationships with light helps us all to think about the value of light in our daily lives - whether that is the radiance of electric light suggesting the safety of indoors, the simple joy of colour or the wonder of the night sky. All things it is worth taking a moment to enjoy.

Creating positive, uplifting, and creative office spaces is really important and we hope that the artwork will mark out The Lumen as an exciting and positive place to work for everyone.”