Category: My Creative Pieces
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I’ve started transforming some of my kozo fibre (general term for the inner bark of mulberry trees) into sheets of paper. I cut some up…
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New project I’ve had a lot going on recently and have felt a little overloaded with thoughts, conflicts and noise – all internally. My new…
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I first showed this print plate in October where I discovered the issue of using Shellac that had been made for a while and then…
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I’m enjoying exploring new collagraph materials and these 15cm square bases give enough space to quickly create small unified pieces. Stage 1 For this plate…
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I really enjoyed making this plate and the resulting prints I showed in an earlier blog, so I’ve continued with some colour experimentation. I’ve moved…
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My new collagraph comes as a result of further experimentation leading from my ‘Man-made’ project in October. The strata has been constructed using a variety…
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Using minimal materials; essentially mountboard, a couple of pieces of lightweight paper and some adhesive foil, I built a low-relief multi-layered collagraph plate. I cut…
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Hedi Kyle is the coauthor, with her daughter, Ulla Warchol, of The Art of the Fold, a step-by-step guide to making a wide range of…
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From time to time I use my prints as covers for notebooks. Today I used my hand-coloured print from my ongoing Treads project. Might as…
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Car and truck tires seem to have been in my peripheral vision lately so I drew a few and collaged them together to form a…
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Over recent months I’ve documented my progress in printing some Banksia themed solar plates I was given late last year. Some of them are quite…
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Take two products … Last year I invested in several new stencils. In theory I could have cut some of them myself but the strain…
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Anyone who follows my site will know I’ve done a bit of eco-printing/dyeing over the years, but I’ve never tried it using a steaming method.…
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I’m currently part of an on-line creative exploration course. It’s nothing onerous, just something to stimulate ideas and create some random drawings without too much…
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Last week I did a short online Coptic stitch tutorial. I’ve only done this stitching twice before and neither time has the process really stuck…
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I’ve now completed printing the remaining solar plates featuring Banksia designs that I was given. These are currently being dried ready to be formed into…
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I recently read an article describing the technique of pressing collagraph plates into an inked gelli plate surface, followed by pulling the print from the…
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Since my last post regarding the etched solar plates I was recently given I’ve been experimenting with different papers and colourways to see what effects…
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I recently wrote about some etched solar plates I’ve been given, which I’ve started printing. My aim is to create a book showcasing the prints…
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Friday, 19 February 2021 – 10:00am to Sunday, 28 March 2021 – 4:00pm In partnership with Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Northern Beaches Council Libraries…
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Late last year a friend gave me 2 etched solar plates depicting collages of Banksias taken from her own photos. I printed these for her…
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This monoprint, by my friend Judy Howe, is part of the Hazelhurst Gallery & Arts Centre 20 year anniversary exhibition. I’ve always enjoyed her work;…
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The designs I choose from all those I’ll be producing over the coming weeks will be scanned into the computer and used to generate a…
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I’ve designed a system of recording both the variety of paints & drawing materials I own and the items & colours I intend to use…
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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 recently taught a colour & composition workshop where we concentrated on the wonderful world of colour choices; tones, tints, likes, dislikes and colour matching.…
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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 very long time in full- and semi-lockdown I am delighted to have been engaged to teach a weekend workshop at Hazelhurst Gallery &…
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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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I’ve continued working on drawing fashion figures. Referring to my text book, I’ve produced a couple of line drawings demonstrating different poses. Using one as…
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I’ve had a project in mind for a while now but know my drawing skills aren’t up to the job so I’ve bitten the bullet,…
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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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Continuing with the Gelli printing & stencilling, I used my original source photos as a start point and reproduced some of the images then cut…
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Gelli Plate printing These first samples have been about re-familiarising myself with the Gelli plate, getting good coverage and colour combinations. All produced with various…
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Over the years I’ve done a range of techniques to apply both natural colour (i.e. colour extracted from nature: leaves, bark, berries, plant stems) and…
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Anyone following this thread will note that I’ve changed the title from ‘Working with nature’ (which were parts 1 & 2) to the overall course…
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Identifying colour palettes from photos This is something I’ve done many times before but this time I’m exploring computer programs that automatically extract colours from…