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Author Archives: Claire B
2024 05 06 Image of the week
A gifted portrait and landscape artist, John Singer Sargent captures the light beautifully in this wonderful rendition of a simple building in Corfu. Continue reading
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Zinc etching, from design to print
How to develop a basic drawing into a complex zinc etching. Continue reading
2024 04 24 Image of the week
Jacob Taylor Gibson, I Don’t Know What’s Good For Me (Rat King), 2022, lithography, screenprint, intaglio, rust, laser engraved acrylic There are some terrific photos on his site, many close-ups, of this and his other art works which enable the … Continue reading
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Producing prints using a 3D-printed etching press
Explore printmaking using a 3D-printed mini etching press, then either purchase one or make your own tiny press. Continue reading
2024 04 17 Image of the week
Mark Lord, Four Rowing Boats From Above, St Ives, Cornwall, lino print 12″ x 8″ approx Resources:https://linolord.com/products/four-rowing-boats-from-above-st-ives-cornwall-lino-print Mark Lord is an amazing printmaker, you can see more of his work (which is well worth viewing) here:https://linolord.com/https://www.instagram.com/linolordpress/https://www.facebook.com/LinoLordPress
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Zinc plate etching
Project: Kunsthaus (Art house), Rogner Bad Blumau, Austria In 2018 I holidayed in Japan and, whilst there, visited a wonderful structure remodeled by the architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser. I believe it was originally a sewage works, but it has been transformed … Continue reading
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2024 03 31 Image of the week
I love the simplicity of this reverse monoprint with the blocky background. Resources:Pinterest, posted by wyoming99!, 2008
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Relief printing with Ezy Carve
Project: Flights of Fancy This print swap is one I joined for the first time last year when the theme was ‘Hello Yellow’. Click here to see my entry if you missed it. The aim is to print a set … Continue reading
2024 03 24 Image of the week
Nenad Zeljic, Elevator, drypoint, 85×62 cm, 2024 I’ve featured Nenad Zeljic as my image of the week in the past (click here), and he continues to create the most captivating prints. Resources:Facebook – search for his name and you’ll find … Continue reading
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A little bit of kindness
I’ve been travelling around NSW and Victoria for most of the last 3 weeks, doing workshops and sightseeing. On our way home my husband and I stayed at the Quality Hotel Gateway in Wangaratta. Having checked out and taken our … Continue reading
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2024 02 18 Image of the week
I’ve borrowed a beautiful book from the library: Hebrides by Peter May with photography by David Wilson. In the introduction Peter May writes “This is not an official travelogue taking you on a journey around the tourist high points of … Continue reading
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Print Group Swap
Each year in December the members of our print group produce a pile of cut up prints to swap. These are usually prints that either didn’t quite work, are colour experiments or are surplus to requirements. We make our selections … Continue reading
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Project: After the Bushfires – Part 2
This project has developed to incorporate 3 distinct print methods to produce the imagery: solar plate etching, drypoint and linocut. Each was applied to Japanese Iwaki paper and, once dry, this paper was adhered to a sheet of 250gsm BFK … Continue reading
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Project: After the Bushfires – Part 1
It was during a workshop with Brenda Tye in September 2017 that I first explored drypoint printing. We were given a piece of drypoint plastic and an etching needle and told to scratch our design into the plastic before inking … Continue reading
2024 01 26 Image of the week
Stretching out across an otherwise unassuming corner of Norfolk, Virginia, is the Lambert’s Point coal terminal. It is the largest and fastest-loading facility in the northern hemisphere for handling and transporting this fossil fuel, the combustion of which is a … Continue reading
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Project: Going, Going, Almost Gone
This zinc etching had numerous problems as it developed. I started with a couple of photographs taken at Lakes Entrance in Victoria last year. I cropped one to fit my print matrix. The boats were drawn along with a few … Continue reading
2024 01 14 Image of the week
Jemma Gunning, Cwm Coke Works IV, etching, edition of 30, 29.5x43cm Resources:www.jemmagunning.com/industrial-decline?page=3
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2023 12 27 Image of the week
Mikko Lagerstedt, First Snow Resources:www.mikkolagerstedt.com/gallery/resilienceThis photo, and many other stunning images, can be purchased from the above link (print shop page) in various sizes as limited editions. I highly recommend a look through this talented artist’s website.
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Exhibition: Prelude
I recently visited the Clifton School of Arts to view an exhibition entitled Prelude: Artists’ Books Now. The 37 participants showcased some very innovative pieces, both in content and construction. Here are a few. The one above really took my fancy. … Continue reading
Project: Construction – Part 2
Following on from my previous solar plate prints I decided to create a relief linocut with the aim of masking and selectively inking specific areas to achieve colour and tonal variation. Using Photoshop I created a mock-up of what I … Continue reading
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Project: Construction – Part 1
Late last year I visited MONA, the Museum of Old and New Art, in Tasmania. It was a fascinating experience and I was particularly enchanted with an installation entitled 20:50 by Richard Wilson. His website describes it as follows: The … Continue reading
Exhibition: The Overwintering Project
Jerrabomberra Wetlands The Overwintering Project is an environmental art project that unites artists around Australia and New Zealand to raise awareness for the most endangered group of birds, migratory shorebirds, and their habitat. To join the project, artists are invited … Continue reading
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2023 10 30 Image of the week
Kevin Fletcher, Disused Dory Slip And Repairs Shed At Dusk, monotype, 2021, Edition 1/1 Resources:www.davidsongalleries.com/The Hand magazine, issue 42
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Project: Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose
I’ve seen quite a bit in the media about fast fashion; sales volumes generated by the fashion & manufacturing sectors, poor quality products designed with a very short life-span to encourage more purchasing, huge quantities of clothing going into land … Continue reading
Exploring viscosity printing
A while ago I created a very successful deeply etched solar plate image which was exhibited in April. Last month two friends and I were keen to explore viscosity printing again and as I don’t have much in the way … Continue reading
2023 10 01 Image of the week
I took this photo while at Audley Weir a couple of weeks ago. My dilemma was whether to position the wall and water outlet on an exact horizontal line across the composition or to concentrate on the vertical positioning of … Continue reading
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Project: Bags of Choice
Drypoint trials I’d like to create a concertina book with a whole array of handbags on display. Drypoint isn’t something I’ve done a lot of but using an etching needle to scratch into thin perspex seems like a good way … Continue reading
2023 09 06 Image of the week
I love images of mushrooms, fungi and slime mold. I’ve taken many photos myself but nothing I find compares to the brilliant images I find online. The variety is astounding, the shapes, colours and sheer visuality of many are otherworldly. … Continue reading
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Exhibition: Nunawading Library
As a member of Papermakers of Victoria I was invited to participate in their latest exhibition at Nunawading Library. Nunawading Library379 Whitehorse RoadNunawading Vic 3131 Exhibition Dates: 30 August – 26 September, 2023 Living so far away means I won’t … Continue reading
Exhibition: Moran Gallery
The Southern Printmakers exhibition ‘Inside Out’ which I participated in during June this year was a huge success. We had a large turn out for the opening and many visitors throughout, which resulted in several sales. I exhibited my piece … Continue reading
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Etching into lino
Experimentation with paint stripper Note: Protective clothing, including gloves and face mask, should be worn when using toxic substances. Spurred on by a printmaking workshop I attended last week, where my results were approximate at best, I’ve spent the last … Continue reading
New handmade paper
Over recent weeks I’ve been in the papermaking studio creating some new sheets for myself. At the end of June my friend Dinah and myself pulped some unidentified plant fibre which quickly disintegrated and we had to add some other … Continue reading
Collagraphs: Shards project
I’m a fan of jigsaws. I like the idea of pieces slotting together to create a whole, of components that complete a picture. I’ve several ideas for printing individual pieces which can be swapped, rearranged and grouped, forming a variety … Continue reading
2023 08 13 Image of the week
Whilst scrolling through my photos for something to use as a start point for a new project I came across this image my husband took in October last year. It’s so easy to walk right past interesting textures and shapes … Continue reading
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Marks in Nature: 6
Pages: Multi layer print and collage. Chine collé and drawing. Gelli plate peel print using dried plant material. Now to put the book together.
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Tagged chine colle, Linocuts, plant fibre paper, Stencils
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Marks in Nature: 5
Pages: Masked acrylic paint prints using clingfilm to create texture. Multi layer chine collé and paint. Gelli plate peel print using dried plant material. Masking and chine collé.
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2023 07 Design Play
Messing around in my sketchbook. The aim was to combine both random and calculated shapes using a reduced colour palette. I like both orientations but possibly the landscape one slightly more.
Marks in Nature: 4
Pages: Chine collé and other collaged pieces of handmade paper were included here. The stencil was used as a mask to achieve this negative image transfer. Overlaid chine collé pieces. Plant dyed tissue was slightly crumpled and adhered to the … Continue reading
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Tagged chine colle, Linocuts, plant fibre paper, Stencils
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Marks in Nature: 3
Pages: The carved lino was initially rolled with Stormy Grey oil-based ink. Prior to printing I decided I wasn’t going to like the colour against the (mainly) banana fibre paper so, to remove the ink and start again, I sprayed … Continue reading
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Tagged chine colle, Linocuts, plant fibre paper
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Marks in Nature: 1
Having cropped my chosen image (see previous blog post) I cut a piece of lino in reverse. To provide more options I also designed and cut a stencil along similar lines. The stencil is shown on black paper so it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Linocuts, Paper making, plant fibre paper, Stencils
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Visiting Cape Solander
Over recent weeks I’ve been whale watching on the cliffs of Cape Solander. It’s a windswept, fairly barren, area with walks high up along the coastline. No, that’s not me in the image above. It’s someone a little more daring … Continue reading
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2023 06 28 Image of the week
Bridget Fischer, polyester plate lithographs, 6″ x 4″ each. http://www.bridgetfischer.com These images come from The Hand, a magazine for reproduction-based art. The publication has some incredibly talented contributors and so many techniques I’ve either never heard of or haven’t yet … Continue reading
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Plant Fibre Paper
A couple of weeks ago I was at the paper arts studio with a friend to check and replenish our supply of paper pulp in preparation for a beginners workshop. There was no plant fibre pulp but we found a … Continue reading
2023 06 21 Image of the week
What better way to advertise the amenities than this, captured by my clever husband with camera in hand. Wonder what was on the female side!
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Project: Stratification
Earlier this year I posted some experimental collagraph plates (here and here) in anticipation of creating a larger finished work. In 2021 I worked on a print called ‘Hidden Vessels’, shown left, which never made it to this site as … Continue reading
2023 05 16 Image of the week
Bob Cornelis, Unspoken Journey I enjoy the complexity of this image, especially the asemic writing. This is one piece from a series entitled Unspoken Journey, with each of them displaying a form of ‘text’ or communicative symbols. Over the past … Continue reading
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Tactual Textiles by Claire 