Category: My Creative Pieces
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Project Title: Connectivity In my last post (here) I made a decision to continue working on my water-colour painting. The boxes are providing an excellent…
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I thoroughly enjoyed this 2 day workshop and am thrilled with the books I made. The course was aimed at both beginners and those with…
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Since my last post I’ve been working on developing my Connectivity art piece. I quite like where I left off last time and continued working…
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Since working on my final printed work for Printmaking 1 Assignment 5 I’ve been consumed by the thought of lines, connections, intersections, overlapping shapes and…
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Some years ago I tried this style of drawing and I revisited it yesterday in my art class. The subject matter was chosen for its…
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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…
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This workshop, with Jean Riley, was a good way to first explore the Belgian Binding technique. One or two things could have been better but,…
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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…
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Painting, drawing and block-printing with Gary Shinfield This workshop, which I attended over two days last weekend, had two parts to it. The first day…
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Jet James workshop and research A couple of weeks ago I attended an experimental collagraph workshop with Queensland artist Jet James. My first impression of…
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I’ve been involved with a couple of people in making a selection of cards for an upcoming exhibition. Printed & Stitched cards: I took my…
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With my friend Rita becoming a grandma for the first time I thought I should step up and have a go at knitting a baby…
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Last week I got together with my friend Judy, another OCA student, for a day of indigo dyeing. Both of us have had a tiny…
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Creative Textile Printing with Helen Richards 17/08/2014 This was a fascinating workshop and, whilst not exactly the type of printing I’m covering in my OCA…
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Last weekend I attended a 2 day journal making workshop with the intention of learning how to combine a variety of papers into stitched books. …
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No-one can produce perfect prints first time so what happens to all those trial pieces? The ones where the colour chosen really wasn’t right or…
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I attempted a much bigger piece here – with moderate success. The lino measured 20 x 30cm. First carving. This time I understood the colour…
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I enrolled in this natural dyeing workshop as my own personal ‘bonus add-on’ relating to the manipulated fabric works in Assignment 3. How lucky that…
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I cut my 30 x 30cm lino square into 3 pieces, 2 small ones to practice on and a larger piece for a proper design.…
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All week I’ve been making chemical water, thickened paste, mixing dye colours and trialling my dye screen-printing. Today I took a time out from that…