AN INORDINATE FONDNESS OF BEETLES

I am still experimenting with enamelling.
I created these beetle pieces using the transfers I screen printed earlier in the month. The colours are applied first and the writing is fired pencil.

The moths are transfers applied onto thin copper foil shapes

I am really enjoying the challenge of this new technique.

CONTINUE TO COLLAGRAPH

I do not know what it is , but some days you can be working away and nothing goes right.

After days of this being the case, I have finally produced work I am pleased with. These three prints are examples of viscosity inked collagraph plates.

The moral is don't give up. Also go back to things and give them another go!

A NEW IDEA

I am fighting with a new idea, I know what I want but I am not convinced that I have achieved it yet.

I am trying to make an image of moths flying towards a light source, I have made this collagraph plate from card and tile cement. The very dark is created with carborundom grit. I feel that I am almost there, but am so close to it now I can't see it properly any more. I have started a new plate.

Trying something new opens us up to all manner of insecurities, perhaps I should not make them quite this public, but I am sure I am not alone?

EASTER GREETINGS

It's Good Friday and I have at last had time to decorate for Easter.
I haven't had time to paint eggs this year , so it is a trip down memory lane.

Eggs painted and made with fabric by my children when they were small and little knitted things.

Thankyou Lesley for the nest which is now a central feature on my mantle piece.

Happy Easter everyone!