Category: My prints
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Last weekend a friend gave me 2 etched solar plates. The designs are from her own photographs, collaged and transferred to acetate and then to…
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I am delighted to have been invited to take part in the current Hazelhurst Gallery & Arts Centre exhibition. To celebrate 20 years of Hazelhurst…
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After a couple of trial runs and a bit more carving I completed a very successful print. Good outcome with solid ink coverage and I’m…
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This year, whilst in covid lockdown, I’ve spent a lot of time walking in bushland both observing and collecting flora, mainly weeds. A few weeks…
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This week I was introduced to another way of gelli printing, one where texture can be created whilst still being able to produce quite exacting…
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Over the last 12 months I’ve done quite a bit of gelli plate printing using a few different methods; random rolling of paints, applying stencils,…
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Masks, Stencils & Monoprinting . . . with a bit of painting and drawing. A fairly good result. Perhaps a little less colour in the…
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In January I posted the results of my exploration into creating a double articulated concertina book. I made two samples; one with basic stitching and…
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At the beginning of February I posted my hand-drawn Banksia serrata and my journey to transform it into an etched print. Today I share with…
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Back at the end of January I wrote about a 2 day workshop I did with Basil Hall. Click here to read that so you…
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And now for something completely different. Having been playing with water colour effects on paper recently I considered how they could be combined with my…
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Intaglio lino print on 100gsm handmade recycled mountboard & orange skin paper Me, today, struggling to come to grips with a new printing idea. Nothing…
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In late December I recorded my initial etched lino process and single colour prints from two of the lino plates. On my return to the…
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In Part 1 of my recent course with Basil Hall I worked on 2 colour etching plates. That 2 day workshop encouraged a small number…
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With Basil Hall This 2 day workshop was an eye-opener for sure. The aim was to produce 2 etched plates, with a variety of tones,…
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As I bring this project to a close I’m struck by how much I’ve learned on this journey. My first decision was to create a…
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After my last trials on white paper I moved to printing on coloured bases. My backgrounds were made by rolling various acrylic paints onto damp…
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Having finally managed to finish cutting my piece of lino just before Christmas I’ve been itching to print it. I have a specific idea in…
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If you follow my blog you’ll have noticed that lately I’ve been messing around with colours and patterns on paper quite a bit. Some of…
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I’ve seen etched lino prints, I understand the principle but I’ve not done it. That changed last week when our print tutor introduced us to…
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A friend and I got together to continue the mark-making experimentation. I’m building up a good resource of coloured papers for future projects. Some may…
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This week I created a new collagraph plate using an idea that has been floating around in my head for a while now. I’m a…
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This term in my print class we’ve been looking at reduction lino printing. I think it’s very clever and the effects can be stunning but…
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I’ve revisited a few of my favourite old collagraph plates and reprinted them as part of my ongoing Connectivity project. I’ve always enjoyed jigsaws and…
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Having resolved my text printing issue I’ve been able to go ahead and construct my book. It ticks nearly all the boxes re construction, just…
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. . . until you find a solution With 28 images individually printed onto handmade paper (see stage 1 here), collated and ready to be…
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My Connectivity print project is slowly coming along but in between print days at Hazelhurst studio I’ve revisited the figure line drawings I did last…
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I haven’t posted any of my prints for a while. With a new tutor in the studio, an introduction to different ink-related mediums, and a…
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Print Series 2 Source material as inspiration: Striated muscle fibres of the heart. Again, I zoomed into the detail. Drawing the design: After a brief…
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Several days printing, in a residential retreat, with tutor Tony Ameneiro and 9 other keen printmakers was a great way to spend last week, and…
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Loved the grid experiments in my last post so continued down this path this week with some great results. Sequin waste was cut to shape…
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More background experimentation – yep, I’m not done yet Whilst making book samples recently I’ve been mulling over my Circuit project. I’ve tried quite a…
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Annette and I experimented with two different plant dye pots, mainly focusing on paper dyeing but I added some small pieces of silk noil into…
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This plate has printed with excellent definition. If you read my last blog post you will appreciate the beauty of the marks but the boring…
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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…
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Very pleased with how some of my prints have been coming out. A few more to go, and a new plate yet to print, so…