Category Archives: General Arts

Collagraph tutorial – part 2

Posted on March 16, 2019 by Claire B

I’ve now printed the final plate for my Other World series which I prepared and wrote about on March 11th and it’s come out very well, but there is a point I wish to stress about this kind of printing … Continue reading →

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Collagraph tutorial

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Claire B

Today I’m reviewing collagraph printing and how to get a variety of effects.  This is both for my own reminder and as a permanent record I can refer to in the future.  If it’s useful for anyone else than that … Continue reading →

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Japan and paper

Posted on December 1, 2018 by Claire B

Having recently returned from 2 1/2 weeks in Japan and unpacked my purchases I have time to reflect on what I brought home. Having said our farewells to everyone on our tour, my husband and I stayed a night in … Continue reading →

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The glory of oranges

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Claire B

I love my orange tree.  It’s the pride of my garden, closely followed by my mandarin and banana trees.  I’m not a great gardener but this tree rewards me every year, and I’ve just harvested kilos and kilos of gorgeous … Continue reading →

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Livening up industry magazines

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Claire B

Every month in the office I receive The Advisor through the post.  It’s a finance industry magazine, very straight-laced, chock-full of mortgage and loan info, bank adverts, and all those other (boring) necessary financial facts our business relies on knowing. … Continue reading →

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New Profile

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Claire B

I’m delighted to have finally got my profile uploaded as one of the members of Primrose Paper Arts. Click here to view it and then visit the home page to see what else Primrose Paper Arts are up to at … Continue reading →

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A week of drawing

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Claire B

My involvement in Sturt Summer School last week provided me with the time and focus to try a variety of drawing media and learn some new techniques to apply ideas to paper. Drawing negative space. Charcoal: In this exercise I … Continue reading →

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Primrose Paper Arts

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Claire B

My blog has been sadly neglected over the last few weeks, but not through laziness on my part! I’ve been having the best time working with a bunch of fantastic people putting together a brand new WordPress site for Primrose … Continue reading →

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Workshop: The Mono Printed Brushmark

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Claire B

Experimental Printing Techniques I’ve mixed feelings about this one day class I attended yesterday.  The finished works shown by the tutor, Vivien Haley, were spectacular, beautiful colour schemes, innovative patterning and quality outcomes. Should I have felt a little put-out … Continue reading →

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New papermaking experimentation

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Claire B

Following on from my papermaking lesson recently I had my second go on Monday with my own shredded paper.  As could be seen from my previous post here I had shredded some of the paper I used to print on … Continue reading →

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Recycling paper

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Claire B

Recently I had a paper-making lesson.  I’ve made paper once before but it was in a large class situation and most of the preparation was done by the organisers in advance.  This time there were only two of us – … Continue reading →

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