tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430218518371543842024-02-07T06:12:21.012-08:00Sue Brown PrintmakerSue Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14818950852793256605noreply@blogger.comBlogger473125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743021851837154384.post-71548579259014210572022-05-02T22:22:00.005-07:002022-05-02T22:26:45.695-07:00PRINTFEST 2022<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have been a printmaker for longer than I care to remember and as part of the job of being an artist there is the important task of getting work out there and meeting the public to explain what I do.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKjjgwHCWNg2j8r7liUZxkqwPqV84iFc-tWvdwBV28HZdMiVs50pTGacMiy3njr3Cjvo4uP9BypbkFCc9EgRLthjc6l_qrcWz7_DVFFaiNb8PCaZF5I6NsplPBw8uKrmq-w0xhQYTEwcPQ9hZmS7aANLOYtw7d763Y8OUMOh-7gtpT8DykfEGc5xZ/s3888/IMG_7502.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKjjgwHCWNg2j8r7liUZxkqwPqV84iFc-tWvdwBV28HZdMiVs50pTGacMiy3njr3Cjvo4uP9BypbkFCc9EgRLthjc6l_qrcWz7_DVFFaiNb8PCaZF5I6NsplPBw8uKrmq-w0xhQYTEwcPQ9hZmS7aANLOYtw7d763Y8OUMOh-7gtpT8DykfEGc5xZ/s320/IMG_7502.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Printfest in Ulverston is the only artist led printmaking event in the country and I was lucky enough to be selected for the 2020 show. Well we all know what happened then, but after a couple of postponements it took place this year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBkcj236dSSZ6ImXAtb6CGSieTDKATe3Zu65zODqm9vBJmjPVG2w7LL6WAJIiQ7nEbK9grYkTLjdu6CCUSEWIK0FQcDtOhGLyItZaB4c7H0xN4bycpTBfKwNJB9HGn1v1hV-I48dI020pcTOU5wMjwS7ROhBmLzy2iJXSZ-zp_5Oeyc1ga41Kmss9x/s3888/IMG_7510.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBkcj236dSSZ6ImXAtb6CGSieTDKATe3Zu65zODqm9vBJmjPVG2w7LL6WAJIiQ7nEbK9grYkTLjdu6CCUSEWIK0FQcDtOhGLyItZaB4c7H0xN4bycpTBfKwNJB9HGn1v1hV-I48dI020pcTOU5wMjwS7ROhBmLzy2iJXSZ-zp_5Oeyc1ga41Kmss9x/s320/IMG_7510.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">45 printmakers showing every conceivable printmaking process gathered at the Coronation Hall, Ulverston to talk about printmaking and show art.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCDNoBlBgQgQUkne2c3CANKsotZKqfe0hEKeD3gYAANtHfNHYZ6x90V7PvhHtazy9ettLTWzDu-0bTXx-hFP9EOAilEp3ZH_1bFHAujGULH7mlUyO-p2-2NaXhxRs_tuErki4wJhtTMeuckllB8HoQjG2dMISvBbGmb3siyIvNddEsaF86bbGLLNW/s3888/Screwing.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="3888" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCDNoBlBgQgQUkne2c3CANKsotZKqfe0hEKeD3gYAANtHfNHYZ6x90V7PvhHtazy9ettLTWzDu-0bTXx-hFP9EOAilEp3ZH_1bFHAujGULH7mlUyO-p2-2NaXhxRs_tuErki4wJhtTMeuckllB8HoQjG2dMISvBbGmb3siyIvNddEsaF86bbGLLNW/s320/Screwing.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have to admit, making the work is the easy part, choosing what to show and hanging it is so nerve raking.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiereC3GO1o7-JuMU1Zck5A9xyc3SryaTF4vU12paSFk3X3a2RQ_qs6CgP9k4nr1g2oqDCfHTDq_kUT60EaUP6xbB3dHyVpvTOBQcpXwbtzRAy5xg69ZY3MPVO15Dh8Q2kJEAmqRPPdMP9k8YJ7oIrExlxzUfXZHjHsPiuo4Kyif8ckmnrGDi2zQL34/s3443/Stand%202.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2197" data-original-width="3443" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiereC3GO1o7-JuMU1Zck5A9xyc3SryaTF4vU12paSFk3X3a2RQ_qs6CgP9k4nr1g2oqDCfHTDq_kUT60EaUP6xbB3dHyVpvTOBQcpXwbtzRAy5xg69ZY3MPVO15Dh8Q2kJEAmqRPPdMP9k8YJ7oIrExlxzUfXZHjHsPiuo4Kyif8ckmnrGDi2zQL34/s320/Stand%202.JPG" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also standing with my work and chatting to people about it is daunting, but tremendously rewarding. I love to hear about other peoples artistic journeys.</div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwvtIRgJ1rkTuk8UdRxyo0N3-s5HcgMfiPoG01eHuBsd-wXRuHtLvjK8a2z4jnKQ4k9HPOfvUcSKDqCZnNA4Kulr0gGk3h8vg9WDP6EaBJnHM76FG8lEIrw2DZwaOsUyvYD9MDydC9VBAYY6ZnP298x0v7gttj37XxcnV9_I6T7WFLfInoa0aJ42aW/s3888/IMG_7500.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwvtIRgJ1rkTuk8UdRxyo0N3-s5HcgMfiPoG01eHuBsd-wXRuHtLvjK8a2z4jnKQ4k9HPOfvUcSKDqCZnNA4Kulr0gGk3h8vg9WDP6EaBJnHM76FG8lEIrw2DZwaOsUyvYD9MDydC9VBAYY6ZnP298x0v7gttj37XxcnV9_I6T7WFLfInoa0aJ42aW/s320/IMG_7500.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Over the 2 days of the event I met interested and interesting people and had lovely technical chats with fellow printmakers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5aeZVQWgvrHxy1lxvDs-z1WwSVfUduveq48kWjq2t4fpf9MZtDu61EP90xvivaLGpzUjZ-FTxQw58UIMzRfHqFPG2KBPxLB2WrAlXleGglDOcaC3RxrOmhgvWU53CLZ89WVPe4UBiDEXSEYrdNslXo8zjH6EuQD6HNweWwgGHy34VXH4qwPezGVDI/s2938/Stand%202022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2553" data-original-width="2938" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5aeZVQWgvrHxy1lxvDs-z1WwSVfUduveq48kWjq2t4fpf9MZtDu61EP90xvivaLGpzUjZ-FTxQw58UIMzRfHqFPG2KBPxLB2WrAlXleGglDOcaC3RxrOmhgvWU53CLZ89WVPe4UBiDEXSEYrdNslXo8zjH6EuQD6HNweWwgGHy34VXH4qwPezGVDI/s320/Stand%202022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you missed <a href="https://printfest.uk/">Printfest</a>, it will be back next year. Just pop it in your diary for the May bank holiday weekend.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpMrHdRpDHncd9HNHKMrG_wm6SsamW_DmD5TIXrLgZ0G9jylstgT7Q6xaT7QdKPqs4dYyJLWq38FJX8LE0ti3X0VrwS6qLF3hyfobrxyMRNkz5AegwKpacFXHQhekhrhn1RJbC_VilliEYuny-yZflJ6Wpsgzscp46tuUtgvxlvD_DwSAErLMCjOY4/s3888/IMG_7511.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpMrHdRpDHncd9HNHKMrG_wm6SsamW_DmD5TIXrLgZ0G9jylstgT7Q6xaT7QdKPqs4dYyJLWq38FJX8LE0ti3X0VrwS6qLF3hyfobrxyMRNkz5AegwKpacFXHQhekhrhn1RJbC_VilliEYuny-yZflJ6Wpsgzscp46tuUtgvxlvD_DwSAErLMCjOY4/s320/IMG_7511.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Daily posts from the show can be seen on my Instagram feed, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sb.brown21/?hl=en">sb.brown21</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For updates for other shows I take part in, join my mailing list <a href="https://www.theyardartspace.com/">HERE</a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Sue Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14818950852793256605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743021851837154384.post-83272915523662562822022-04-26T01:43:00.001-07:002022-04-26T01:45:23.734-07:00LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have new followers on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sb.brown21/?hl=en">Instagram</a> and I am beginning to get out & about, getting my collagraphs into <a href="https://printfest.uk/">Printfest</a>, <a href="https://www.sgfa.org.uk/">SGFA</a> Annual Open Exhibition and stocking galleries with new work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-VNsojvSS_0WsqXPR37lcziIEKc7AKTTKDNz3g7MECgslKkZS-4_deIvLkfmnWH-1yxaBmhWDsZ6dg051afN8MgpKqTUftBAI2C-RVmKzvvnLXRe2-lAh8k1qKPtpYjfQgcxbsIKcfvvW13ZdGs12MWbWNOmxnYEo_3CN0KiH410Z72jWCO03AzZ0/s3888/IMG_7453.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="3888" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-VNsojvSS_0WsqXPR37lcziIEKc7AKTTKDNz3g7MECgslKkZS-4_deIvLkfmnWH-1yxaBmhWDsZ6dg051afN8MgpKqTUftBAI2C-RVmKzvvnLXRe2-lAh8k1qKPtpYjfQgcxbsIKcfvvW13ZdGs12MWbWNOmxnYEo_3CN0KiH410Z72jWCO03AzZ0/s320/IMG_7453.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I thought it would be the right moment to introduce myself and my work...so hello, I'm Sue Brown!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have been a printmaker for as long as I can remember and have been making collagraphs for around 25 years. Still learning...! I have a shed in my garden where I draw extensively developing ideas for my printmaking with the help of Iris.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifO6EAg2yuFnhvA0SQSWX0Xl7n4eAdQPrLtfxcFaHItTgPjvmFN3fI0dyMdotRDWXMJRgfmMZVGUxB5Ik7nv_yE3IXRZiifegV4m5eaCrkhPkDUXSGUPnZsB0bkeWniFO_82Ff2oTrH64ldMCLVvLYwUaZA96PoIQLmnMwyXhf_7Gyg-CygTPMHS6y/s3888/IMG_2371.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="3888" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifO6EAg2yuFnhvA0SQSWX0Xl7n4eAdQPrLtfxcFaHItTgPjvmFN3fI0dyMdotRDWXMJRgfmMZVGUxB5Ik7nv_yE3IXRZiifegV4m5eaCrkhPkDUXSGUPnZsB0bkeWniFO_82Ff2oTrH64ldMCLVvLYwUaZA96PoIQLmnMwyXhf_7Gyg-CygTPMHS6y/s320/IMG_2371.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am <span style="text-align: left;">inspired by process as much as nature. My work springs from the pages of my sketchbooks where I will use mixed media techniques to create rich surfaces. Paper lithography, paint and ink are layered until my images emerge.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx9C3CFJNSeeHklI5V7phMhmkNXCTXTojKJXKy3AD2ba8rMdy7OEyij6yMC4HQ85tdsHHKl1eZDwVwWMgjOuEgot13uZhml8qPBSlOTjuJZwnYEVMqRT6JCCr9MdsH7KLd_J7yNnkmdRwyEePSAQMWYdW4IflZMcH5BnPoiQKuLFfqArJ6_FJ-NsI9/s3320/002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3320" data-original-width="1736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx9C3CFJNSeeHklI5V7phMhmkNXCTXTojKJXKy3AD2ba8rMdy7OEyij6yMC4HQ85tdsHHKl1eZDwVwWMgjOuEgot13uZhml8qPBSlOTjuJZwnYEVMqRT6JCCr9MdsH7KLd_J7yNnkmdRwyEePSAQMWYdW4IflZMcH5BnPoiQKuLFfqArJ6_FJ-NsI9/s320/002.jpg" width="167" /></a></div></span>I explore the relationships we have with our garden visitors and I am fascinated by all things ornithological and entomological. From the many moths and beetles that share our environment to</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEOncvfToGa0TP8VbPjwkX5WK6jFIEf-Lzcc1k6Qvz1WfeK5dPuk3-_ruolDeK6FWMZUwsPWyB_7ksMsAkwgX5rXieocn_tEOLDmD95_DzUAszeumXDtcBd1qVK3HuhNlAFTyScxgqJIMro4kAHPJR0_yP4K-ipkRgIxfVMS0LGrBOMlSppoHPq0Fy/s1080/158304533_3912221052206530_1256781164587710748_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEOncvfToGa0TP8VbPjwkX5WK6jFIEf-Lzcc1k6Qvz1WfeK5dPuk3-_ruolDeK6FWMZUwsPWyB_7ksMsAkwgX5rXieocn_tEOLDmD95_DzUAszeumXDtcBd1qVK3HuhNlAFTyScxgqJIMro4kAHPJR0_yP4K-ipkRgIxfVMS0LGrBOMlSppoHPq0Fy/s320/158304533_3912221052206530_1256781164587710748_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the smallest garden birds and characterful corvids.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid88IRLqds_8nFI9U2MHgprYzGWLYVNPRYs70eW8b60pX1H8zOvNn2jTN2JJauxh6f3z0NNSdtU4B6aq6oQhqAWakk8IMowDEkzd2T__II-soMQqQwXVhh_nFI5aLiM-prpWD_wktpVoNnPs6yXQcqckM20h0aC0LqHa45x5CLtcNB6u-CjodUXdzk/s1936/IMG_8242.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1288" data-original-width="1936" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid88IRLqds_8nFI9U2MHgprYzGWLYVNPRYs70eW8b60pX1H8zOvNn2jTN2JJauxh6f3z0NNSdtU4B6aq6oQhqAWakk8IMowDEkzd2T__II-soMQqQwXVhh_nFI5aLiM-prpWD_wktpVoNnPs6yXQcqckM20h0aC0LqHa45x5CLtcNB6u-CjodUXdzk/s320/IMG_8242.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From my sketchbook experiments I then create collagraph plates.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A collagraph is an intaglio plate made from card and textured materials that will leave an embossed image on paper when inked up and passed through an etching press.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6r-8VrL-PBQTq9xJ8uZ-zzGdAjvs00-jVe33JMRJM2WMMM_NZPPSW6R_uNoNGxLJsqBwz7eqOuI28RkeSQOW2drRma-Kr6hU-BCpwy3gFmqZK-xXro10zRb7K-TVr_OFbyoODabpo116JH8C2giqu55s9l3MMSogA-HPWuku6IwBxdJVz7T2byFk/s320/IMG_3810.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6r-8VrL-PBQTq9xJ8uZ-zzGdAjvs00-jVe33JMRJM2WMMM_NZPPSW6R_uNoNGxLJsqBwz7eqOuI28RkeSQOW2drRma-Kr6hU-BCpwy3gFmqZK-xXro10zRb7K-TVr_OFbyoODabpo116JH8C2giqu55s9l3MMSogA-HPWuku6IwBxdJVz7T2byFk/s1600/IMG_3810.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Inking and printing happens down the road from my shed in <a href="https://www.theyardartspace.com/">the yard:ARTspace</a>, Cheltenham. This is the studio where I teach Courses and Workshops in printmaking and mixed media techniques throughout the year.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqx0fZdQpMJI8VwY35QBJZWI2_M6Ay4UZgjLbfVdQGLaj-r9DxjSEKFtpjwET1ayflmXAhWuq2Okc8jfsK-Es06zMwuivbAOGvXt85ROeiuMOhma_NMb8RQ7GZTINzFtwf2ovFQfIMsGzOCJyDcb3M7I_qVLCikhRXKJraxyvUoauLj4ao6UOv9kW-/s3750/COLLAGRAPH3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3750" data-original-width="1650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqx0fZdQpMJI8VwY35QBJZWI2_M6Ay4UZgjLbfVdQGLaj-r9DxjSEKFtpjwET1ayflmXAhWuq2Okc8jfsK-Es06zMwuivbAOGvXt85ROeiuMOhma_NMb8RQ7GZTINzFtwf2ovFQfIMsGzOCJyDcb3M7I_qVLCikhRXKJraxyvUoauLj4ao6UOv9kW-/s320/COLLAGRAPH3.JPG" width="141" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQAYuX4ez1m38WSq5A0YhI2M1L-vobkD_dRIpcryLgi9KXYdCgGe6_zkSYf4mnXDuUuE1KjvaPnPK4UXBGfaoi_jDbf_owXjVDZK18cjCj10IwZ4rUi9newWRVCUrIhZ7FSjVPatd_pnYxZLmGXPu8cuDG96KjiwzEorGKvTrAGVcd0eBC06kLqBih/s3888/IMG_7449.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQAYuX4ez1m38WSq5A0YhI2M1L-vobkD_dRIpcryLgi9KXYdCgGe6_zkSYf4mnXDuUuE1KjvaPnPK4UXBGfaoi_jDbf_owXjVDZK18cjCj10IwZ4rUi9newWRVCUrIhZ7FSjVPatd_pnYxZLmGXPu8cuDG96KjiwzEorGKvTrAGVcd0eBC06kLqBih/s320/IMG_7449.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The work I make are very limited editions of no more than 30 and you will find a selection of my work in <a href="https://montpelliergallery.com/">Montpelier Gallery</a>, Stratford on Avon, <a href="https://curiouscityps.com/">Moss Prints </a>, Cheltenham</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.skybluegallery.co.uk">Sky Blue Framing</a>, Bristol and <a href="https://www.oxenhamart.co.uk/">Oxenham Gallery,</a> Leominster.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is a brief version of what's happening in my printmaking life at the moment. I hope to see you at the yard:ARTspace or one of the events that are happening this month?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Sue Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14818950852793256605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743021851837154384.post-56356385971222334012022-04-25T08:25:00.001-07:002022-04-25T13:32:12.450-07:00HELLO - I'M STILL HERE<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is a very busy time at the moment. There appears to be an explosion of artistic events after the giant pause of 2020. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_HLgA-Arj5xXnMogLb8WrPfCc4W-d1EfqfF1xgbUWsz2btRY1TTR3Em0QemNPqnP1qt7Y_wM3cePiargM1PQDh-VtJySi1JpcPcdOmpYkadqaxlPhwErfXQR54rAnc3QpT6GBQxNVdyOXUALgJ8BDVk3ezSyQbpSHaEOeo_5BH5ljXbB2EO48HUli/s3750/COLLAGRAPH3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3750" data-original-width="1650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_HLgA-Arj5xXnMogLb8WrPfCc4W-d1EfqfF1xgbUWsz2btRY1TTR3Em0QemNPqnP1qt7Y_wM3cePiargM1PQDh-VtJySi1JpcPcdOmpYkadqaxlPhwErfXQR54rAnc3QpT6GBQxNVdyOXUALgJ8BDVk3ezSyQbpSHaEOeo_5BH5ljXbB2EO48HUli/s320/COLLAGRAPH3.JPG" width="141" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am looking forward to heading off to the Lake District, Ulverston to be precise, to take part in <a href="https://printfest.uk/">Printfest</a>. This has been an annual festival of printmaking in the past. But of course, like so many events has been postponed twice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwxkBixnsBzobqAzTWLVH1m063JW1DnUXyY2EoYWeigudttP5IH6VvUqu0uJ3pRTjW1nrx-iNB0jGf7uz6qo5TGtuarX-CZ8VXu0QQB6nhjv-i20YdB7W3NAeoTzbi_Xg-6mQMcdk1nsuFphIvG6hd3LD2QzzGE6TBcaxa5vZVlNyw2KvxEqOc6fZ/s3888/IMG_7446.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwxkBixnsBzobqAzTWLVH1m063JW1DnUXyY2EoYWeigudttP5IH6VvUqu0uJ3pRTjW1nrx-iNB0jGf7uz6qo5TGtuarX-CZ8VXu0QQB6nhjv-i20YdB7W3NAeoTzbi_Xg-6mQMcdk1nsuFphIvG6hd3LD2QzzGE6TBcaxa5vZVlNyw2KvxEqOc6fZ/s320/IMG_7446.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finally it is back up and running and is full of talented printmakers. I know I am looking forward to chatting about printmaking to anyone who cares to listen. I will be on stand 38 if you are in Ulverston for the bank holiday weekend? 30 April - 1 May, check out the website for opening times.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjde2XxDdTgq1I-stO89i0657k3PRUerfgNI4Sq7sC7oAWpWM7Y68xudOOyt2d7n_Nt_aJzjVFPjMMRoNNzaMVMhWWMu5a-uGUTJBu_iWxfKtuYQ40FHTSCPGMvU_phmBP2q5tAqkvR47BWD-tiVVdQBI8_yJWAnJlIlDgZY76ciwpDxYFy7f784ueT/s3277/ITS%20A%20CROW.%2072cm%20x%2048cm%20%20%20SUE%20BROWN.Unframed%20%C2%A3150.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3277" data-original-width="2252" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjde2XxDdTgq1I-stO89i0657k3PRUerfgNI4Sq7sC7oAWpWM7Y68xudOOyt2d7n_Nt_aJzjVFPjMMRoNNzaMVMhWWMu5a-uGUTJBu_iWxfKtuYQ40FHTSCPGMvU_phmBP2q5tAqkvR47BWD-tiVVdQBI8_yJWAnJlIlDgZY76ciwpDxYFy7f784ueT/s320/ITS%20A%20CROW.%2072cm%20x%2048cm%20%20%20SUE%20BROWN.Unframed%20%C2%A3150.JPG" width="220" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you are in London between 17 - 21 May pop over to the Mall and the Mall Gallery where there is the Society of Graphic Fine Arts annual <a href="https://www.sgfa.org.uk/">Open Exhibition</a>. I am delighted to say that I have had my collagraph, It's a Crow accepted. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">May is proving to be quite a busy time for me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi0284MsceT7pOJIo65xd02kXmV2U3jOCBY0svoidW7REiTNZx6mgN5wRJLBf3SN4grclIBoaejjcnBW0GUL3EjMk8ERuPKGvhsZaifns4UOdQKRWPMq1b09t_2F_J8vftAIfis9M_ZV0k999jRrfqyMkRhvXXze69lVk0rI2OWo5IKgGgIvcTZyts/s3444/SKETCHBOOK2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3444" data-original-width="2099" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi0284MsceT7pOJIo65xd02kXmV2U3jOCBY0svoidW7REiTNZx6mgN5wRJLBf3SN4grclIBoaejjcnBW0GUL3EjMk8ERuPKGvhsZaifns4UOdQKRWPMq1b09t_2F_J8vftAIfis9M_ZV0k999jRrfqyMkRhvXXze69lVk0rI2OWo5IKgGgIvcTZyts/s320/SKETCHBOOK2.JPG" width="195" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The summer term at the yard:ARTspace, Cheltenham starts on the 11 May and I will be running three, 10 week courses in mixed media sketchbook techniques and collagraph printmaking.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3j60DYPphX_zkYoZwixfjMNQX8qstBxi-M-05lLpYY6vcLL8TBplxhbTSU4Z7YgRr4RFHNIjmRcTXGieeF_GghCUPF4KpSRtFw7ZQ9vdKH8hCa2v9-4uM_I_-Mfh5Gh9vMVw_MFr8wtg6y8StMjiQFQKWbLtVA1UEPOfl3485JkngrrmOMPo0p8s/s3381/SKETCHBOOK%201.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3381" data-original-width="2102" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3j60DYPphX_zkYoZwixfjMNQX8qstBxi-M-05lLpYY6vcLL8TBplxhbTSU4Z7YgRr4RFHNIjmRcTXGieeF_GghCUPF4KpSRtFw7ZQ9vdKH8hCa2v9-4uM_I_-Mfh5Gh9vMVw_MFr8wtg6y8StMjiQFQKWbLtVA1UEPOfl3485JkngrrmOMPo0p8s/s320/SKETCHBOOK%201.JPG" width="199" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Wednesday mornings will start with the sketchbook class where I will be encouraging the filling up of pages with delicious mixed media techniques using paint, ink and paper lithography. But this term I will be adding botanical contact printed paper to the mix. There are a few places left, so head over to <a href="https://www.theyardartspace.com/courses">www.theyardartspace.com</a> for booking information.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKWuZ8KHuwlSKV4YbE_t9Trvym5dyFC361W7ild7MHQiyhHstk6D3cRcFFhT0K26bsMftWvdWjKITYJeq-fYWqLSKxvZN0zamFHbJAINrPaBvC6WguK4wbm-ig5Zb11AOBs4daIlz58ZNwYvHr_TOyFjAEmMi43S7rw3-flToSGbibFulcflCG-4L/s3768/COLLAGRAPH%201.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3768" data-original-width="1622" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKWuZ8KHuwlSKV4YbE_t9Trvym5dyFC361W7ild7MHQiyhHstk6D3cRcFFhT0K26bsMftWvdWjKITYJeq-fYWqLSKxvZN0zamFHbJAINrPaBvC6WguK4wbm-ig5Zb11AOBs4daIlz58ZNwYvHr_TOyFjAEmMi43S7rw3-flToSGbibFulcflCG-4L/s320/COLLAGRAPH%201.JPG" width="138" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are also a few places left on the collagraph courses. I will be combining the beauty of botanical contact printed paper with the textural effects achieved with plaster and glue in collagraph plate making.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9kPXG4Z5uQNbaTjcS-Bmeb0pVTt4-Xvmw9QYkDUUYI1oaZDKMx_Aa0llduZcNJ4jQaikd0pDF0sjtA17AEgwztsE-K3UkD14UbxpRTXBh_3ga0mCP9rJnEVUSfTwa5HeYFGrUV2CULMQedKcz_VbL9HGUSg4d6ZYli-MwHoMzBxw7Mvy2Cq0qwYS/s3888/IMG_7443.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9kPXG4Z5uQNbaTjcS-Bmeb0pVTt4-Xvmw9QYkDUUYI1oaZDKMx_Aa0llduZcNJ4jQaikd0pDF0sjtA17AEgwztsE-K3UkD14UbxpRTXBh_3ga0mCP9rJnEVUSfTwa5HeYFGrUV2CULMQedKcz_VbL9HGUSg4d6ZYli-MwHoMzBxw7Mvy2Cq0qwYS/s320/IMG_7443.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Several inking techniques will also be explored, so lots to look forward to.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Details and booking can be found <a href="https://www.theyardartspace.com/courses">HERE</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is also a full program of weekend workshops planned at the yard:ARTspace for both the summer and autumn terms, head over to the website, <a href="http://www.theyardartspace.com">www.theyardartspace.com</a> and learn a new skill over the summer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Want to be on the yard:ARTspace mailing list and get news about workshops first? Go to the home page of the website and follow the link.</span></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Sue Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14818950852793256605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743021851837154384.post-31796405652006483702020-08-24T00:42:00.007-07:002021-01-20T00:13:49.157-08:00SAME SEA, DIFFERENT BOAT: HOW TO BE PART OF THE BIGGER PICTURE!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Same Sea, Different Boat was started in Mid May to give a creative voice to our lock down lives. It has come along way with over 400 printed/stitched squares stitched into a quilt straddling 5 panels. It has become a social documentation of our shared experiences...and of course this pandemic has not gone away, it is still effecting our day to day lives. With this in mind, Lousie, Liske and I have created spaces in the quilt for more of you to join in. How to become part of the bigger picture is outlined below.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Thank you to all of you who are part of this beautiful piece of work and for your support donating towards it.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This project is not in any way about profit and is not funded. All the work putting this art work together has been completely voluntary. To help towards material costs please make a small donation i.e £3, this is by no means compulsory to take part in the project:</span><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">This can be done by sending a £3 cheque made payable to S. Brown with your plate or embroidered square or email me for BACs details. sb.brown@talk21.com</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5Lp4VSdsC2gajqCBAOJMSRB1a7-bWUhlbUTKzAFxT7AmUzQ7U4j7nCzcsi_1xFk1xmkam3zYL3bgBAA7JVjX7XyRR1lQiuQudWdOeYzxVW5vomNdQOjhobDaBI93Qb0bV5Z2QKzCCpk/s2048/IMG_4506.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2028" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5Lp4VSdsC2gajqCBAOJMSRB1a7-bWUhlbUTKzAFxT7AmUzQ7U4j7nCzcsi_1xFk1xmkam3zYL3bgBAA7JVjX7XyRR1lQiuQudWdOeYzxVW5vomNdQOjhobDaBI93Qb0bV5Z2QKzCCpk/w396-h400/IMG_4506.JPG" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>the yard:ARTspace</b>, <b>Hope &
Elvis</b> and <b>Littleheath Barn Studio</b> are proud to
present a collaborative project which celebrates our creativity in a time of
unexpected crisis.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It has been hard to find our creativity during lock down; we are all in
the same sea but not necessarily the same boat! We have all
experienced the Covid pandemic in very different ways and Sue, Louise and Liske
want to invite you to take part in an exciting combined </span><span style="font-family: arial;">project.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqAEsFPT3XbYqlCGI9SvpbDABTykDzG_GrDxZTXM9nawaMuvQ50ILzkvgcTpBZyEg8yrjGF8wDywzz_TqIBqvoqvrgJ1LCUFEOKSwBNHxIZaRWqiirsKvchsngW3yL24SMJ9Cm4TTYAUo/s2048/IMG_4508.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1917" data-original-width="2048" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqAEsFPT3XbYqlCGI9SvpbDABTykDzG_GrDxZTXM9nawaMuvQ50ILzkvgcTpBZyEg8yrjGF8wDywzz_TqIBqvoqvrgJ1LCUFEOKSwBNHxIZaRWqiirsKvchsngW3yL24SMJ9Cm4TTYAUo/w400-h374/IMG_4508.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We have created a printed/stitched fabric quilt that explores your
individual experiences, thoughts & emotions collectively about your time in
lock down.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Become part of a bigger picture. </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Your contribution will be added to this amazing quilt, which will
showcase beautifully your individual response to the global pandemic. The final piece will be displayed in various locations (dates and
locations TBA) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNzpzPPB9nux8TCRlAPYuXF8coAkZOTbESwmqVAC1djHnjfdiS30k_p5maBJCkm_q-0HcK8DPV_mbxvI5HOUSXM-z87oe3Ub5NFXHHPyUEJsiIWFPrdrRxwjIAah8tfy7JMYf1AdbJEuU/s2048/IMG_4509.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNzpzPPB9nux8TCRlAPYuXF8coAkZOTbESwmqVAC1djHnjfdiS30k_p5maBJCkm_q-0HcK8DPV_mbxvI5HOUSXM-z87oe3Ub5NFXHHPyUEJsiIWFPrdrRxwjIAah8tfy7JMYf1AdbJEuU/w400-h266/IMG_4509.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>The Project</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -18pt;">·</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-indent: -18pt;"> Make a simple
collagraph plate, </span><b style="font-family: arial; text-indent: -18pt;">10cms x 10cms</b><span style="font-family: arial; text-indent: -18pt;">, using the instructions found </span><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: arial; text-indent: -18pt;"><a href="https://suebrownprintmaker.blogspot.com/2020/05/basic-collagraph-plate.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><span style="font-family: arial; text-indent: -18pt;"><a href="https://suebrownprintmaker.blogspot.com/2020/05/basic-collagraph-plate.html" target="_blank"> </a>in a later blog post</span><b style="font-family: arial; text-indent: -18pt;">.</b><span style="font-family: arial; text-indent: -18pt;"> These
instructions have been put together especially for those who have never made a
collagraph plate before. Express your lock down experience, figuratively or as
an abstract using the suggested techniques.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Put your <b>name, address and email</b> on the back of
the completed collagraph plate and together with a <b>SAE</b> post it
to:-</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Sue Brown, the yard:ARTspace, Upper Bath Street, Cheltenham, GL50 2BA</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b>T<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">here is now an open
ended deadline due to the popularity of the project, but please email me at <a href="mailto:sb.brown@talk21.com">sb.brown@talk21.com</a> if you intend to take
part. When I get your collagraph plate, it will be inked up and printed on fabric in Prussian Blue. As much as I would like to print you a separate copy of your collagraph, I am getting lots of plates to print for the project...!! Your plate will be returned in your SAE for you to print again later.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">The fabric print will be sent back to you for stitching and embellishing in your provided SAE.</span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; line-height: 115%;">Return finished square to Sue at the yard:ARTspace. When your
square arrives Louise, Liske and Sue will add it to the quilt.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNzpzPPB9nux8TCRlAPYuXF8coAkZOTbESwmqVAC1djHnjfdiS30k_p5maBJCkm_q-0HcK8DPV_mbxvI5HOUSXM-z87oe3Ub5NFXHHPyUEJsiIWFPrdrRxwjIAah8tfy7JMYf1AdbJEuU/s2048/IMG_4509.JPG" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNzpzPPB9nux8TCRlAPYuXF8coAkZOTbESwmqVAC1djHnjfdiS30k_p5maBJCkm_q-0HcK8DPV_mbxvI5HOUSXM-z87oe3Ub5NFXHHPyUEJsiIWFPrdrRxwjIAah8tfy7JMYf1AdbJEuU/w400-h266/IMG_4509.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">OR</span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span> Create a stitched,
collage using only natural fabrics, embroider hand or machine as much as you
like, expressing your lock down experience, figuratively or as an abstract.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">· Please make the
image <b>size 10cm x 10cm on a piece of fabric 15cm x 15cm</b> so it
will fit the other squares to make the quilt.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">· Send your completed
square to Sue at the yard:ARTspace, address above, and Louise, Liske and Sue
will add it to the quilt. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSNcXUA5sVReE2Ei6-QaB0NPvN2X_AMj7TdPCK8ULlILMgoGzgpu4A20lTHdd2-wI3-vooynjYXaIi8WSyMXKxLkUOv1VbbSxJ3rKjo0C4rJxHVePtxcnTiECZj6GvLq6__KUfnZSPihc/s2048/IMG_4510.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-indent: -18pt;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1488" data-original-width="2048" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSNcXUA5sVReE2Ei6-QaB0NPvN2X_AMj7TdPCK8ULlILMgoGzgpu4A20lTHdd2-wI3-vooynjYXaIi8WSyMXKxLkUOv1VbbSxJ3rKjo0C4rJxHVePtxcnTiECZj6GvLq6__KUfnZSPihc/w400-h291/IMG_4510.JPG" width="400" /></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">If you would like to take part could you please <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">e-mail me, <b>sb.brown@talk21.com</b> as soon as possible so
we know how many collagraph plates and stitched squares to expect? </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx5eXRczVC2AmydqimLxu_DTIF4mtq-V-cQF5mCoOZ0nM-IJN2blfKMvsP9IVoCu-Mt-Mm6QSImGUPsubqoC_evTo1UfhJiG8lhgmqhTguLcw7zKbzjLlcnK_fwzyatV-eqSvaG1ia4I0/s2048/IMG_4513.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx5eXRczVC2AmydqimLxu_DTIF4mtq-V-cQF5mCoOZ0nM-IJN2blfKMvsP9IVoCu-Mt-Mm6QSImGUPsubqoC_evTo1UfhJiG8lhgmqhTguLcw7zKbzjLlcnK_fwzyatV-eqSvaG1ia4I0/w400-h266/IMG_4513.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Thank you and we look forward to receiving your collagraph plate or
stitched square and being part of a</span></b></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">bigger picture.</span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN1JSrnzWuMyStsmtmSGqIOanRNgJbKkeXf3iZp9UHip4eUZ1_wVFI54qM1K-PdaPNoW2HUgVmY3vt0xQRyJLa73pH9jNulo8B2OcBSvWOPFQNtyNiDM6Vw8FnHbctgjUP895OMOG9DJc/s2048/IMG_4511.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1330" data-original-width="2048" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN1JSrnzWuMyStsmtmSGqIOanRNgJbKkeXf3iZp9UHip4eUZ1_wVFI54qM1K-PdaPNoW2HUgVmY3vt0xQRyJLa73pH9jNulo8B2OcBSvWOPFQNtyNiDM6Vw8FnHbctgjUP895OMOG9DJc/w400-h260/IMG_4511.JPG" width="400" /></a></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRUe-hDIgc3o7wjYy9ZhvdLS3tSX4piGECb7wRgVCczJCGF8FnI8HCVFei29eNKWVOhlk3laZwl_3yvtWjnXwrfRtbFjtK3TVf02SvmSlZejWM0_hEIsYr0jNV30tCf0hgcsYnqNAN_CQ/s2048/IMG_4516.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRUe-hDIgc3o7wjYy9ZhvdLS3tSX4piGECb7wRgVCczJCGF8FnI8HCVFei29eNKWVOhlk3laZwl_3yvtWjnXwrfRtbFjtK3TVf02SvmSlZejWM0_hEIsYr0jNV30tCf0hgcsYnqNAN_CQ/s640/IMG_4516.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p></p>Sue Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14818950852793256605noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743021851837154384.post-82354175224932553782020-08-23T23:43:00.025-07:002020-08-24T00:38:06.290-07:00FIRST WORKSHOP AT the yard:ARTspace AFTER LOCK DOWN<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is so good to be back! The 14 August saw the first workshop at the yard:ARTspace, Cheltenham since March.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLdNDR-UtkuCYIwZLjTCaJT5JFWdBNGR8cBQXOf3iO7uLdsl-cUCMFZZVk7RQTd1pxEJCchOMhrOYL4a85fzxbynsAL5a38m9H9-H99xECrcE1icdLtISAO5XKrof5N-KPKi6svIjxTpQ/s2048/IMG_4473.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLdNDR-UtkuCYIwZLjTCaJT5JFWdBNGR8cBQXOf3iO7uLdsl-cUCMFZZVk7RQTd1pxEJCchOMhrOYL4a85fzxbynsAL5a38m9H9-H99xECrcE1icdLtISAO5XKrof5N-KPKi6svIjxTpQ/w400-h266/IMG_4473.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Every precaution was taken, cleaning, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vudTV35_Yx6HKgPl8rPb6WVPi1YqJToyai8r4DzM_1CbxSGpg9uOWSGbW37nEmPO0jRWx22cQru9QyQ2cycDkBgi8WtYS9rX0b0Czqjhy4mzU0uQJ9RXzDIbWKHihZst-pO0Rm6V8_4/s2048/IMG_4474.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vudTV35_Yx6HKgPl8rPb6WVPi1YqJToyai8r4DzM_1CbxSGpg9uOWSGbW37nEmPO0jRWx22cQru9QyQ2cycDkBgi8WtYS9rX0b0Czqjhy4mzU0uQJ9RXzDIbWKHihZst-pO0Rm6V8_4/w400-h266/IMG_4474.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">creating space and reducing the numbers of participants.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQV2kLLYvJ9n20GAS3w6ztCPgOnFMxq9Jj16BaKDn3VLg0MWwGukfH4OwjBiWe4r3HRVwnshYbPFd_LqFVvEl_xPgQJHxgUlHrVwByRbq3LeTGQxz9b6KJYOC4TkY0DvLRESHwHfDLIw/s2048/IMG_4475.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQV2kLLYvJ9n20GAS3w6ztCPgOnFMxq9Jj16BaKDn3VLg0MWwGukfH4OwjBiWe4r3HRVwnshYbPFd_LqFVvEl_xPgQJHxgUlHrVwByRbq3LeTGQxz9b6KJYOC4TkY0DvLRESHwHfDLIw/w400-h266/IMG_4475.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope I kept the spirit of the yard with an inspiring display of work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqyT15QAj6742Pt2O5NEQq545eKRY6vIDBgft-vZJmpcxcVESP57ymXR_blEhwneY0YfI9WQ3d4BlAAMFg9zbuXstkywBZd6JxdKctPDy1b4LdHOKr1BI4UXh4vHaZSzIHAqs-CvJ1fQk/s2048/IMG_4476.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqyT15QAj6742Pt2O5NEQq545eKRY6vIDBgft-vZJmpcxcVESP57ymXR_blEhwneY0YfI9WQ3d4BlAAMFg9zbuXstkywBZd6JxdKctPDy1b4LdHOKr1BI4UXh4vHaZSzIHAqs-CvJ1fQk/w266-h400/IMG_4476.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A new edition is my favourite new thing, the Events Canopy. Set up in the yard itself creating a usable out door space.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiecuCNugTd2vri-Pi3TnLrRfLgDil0r1FwZOvNM-0jqbp8lR5wlm6M9N1ZaqqryTd0hHdBO0C2yUV76yEVSUVBC-zVyOcDhb57ZWPt3_cNU3FBxJjVed_ge79LXdmbJc7UdyraU4d5b1s/s2048/IMG_4478.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiecuCNugTd2vri-Pi3TnLrRfLgDil0r1FwZOvNM-0jqbp8lR5wlm6M9N1ZaqqryTd0hHdBO0C2yUV76yEVSUVBC-zVyOcDhb57ZWPt3_cNU3FBxJjVed_ge79LXdmbJc7UdyraU4d5b1s/w400-h266/IMG_4478.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we were set for 3 days of creating exciting sketch book pages.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1TeEHTKxakP1g9GgDKlqVn_9rvWAtmyqPs-qxjp52WYwLBFgixjHMPmj8egojDFXQVGJ2Ar2j5OapM7IdNg99WPVWJG-3_G-51ET8wQgV-fYZmYR_ftVlR_FXF_0DVEjv45s9gowtts4/s2048/IMG_4479.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1TeEHTKxakP1g9GgDKlqVn_9rvWAtmyqPs-qxjp52WYwLBFgixjHMPmj8egojDFXQVGJ2Ar2j5OapM7IdNg99WPVWJG-3_G-51ET8wQgV-fYZmYR_ftVlR_FXF_0DVEjv45s9gowtts4/w400-h266/IMG_4479.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Resists with embossing powder, oil pastel mono printing,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5aHSnx3LgLrojoBAIiXK8wsfP6MIF5WoxxvsuEGHT3-RyG4iOCNGO_uALPEtKTXOYuSqJzl4IXsF-l91Ez6-Xd_kUcye6QpdhSbVtAcSfeiJhzAlXNJeNLQieG9rr1HhEqQeh9wBKYk/s2048/IMG_4480.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5aHSnx3LgLrojoBAIiXK8wsfP6MIF5WoxxvsuEGHT3-RyG4iOCNGO_uALPEtKTXOYuSqJzl4IXsF-l91Ez6-Xd_kUcye6QpdhSbVtAcSfeiJhzAlXNJeNLQieG9rr1HhEqQeh9wBKYk/w400-h266/IMG_4480.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ink, bleach and of course</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1URde6JxiRlAPhxpQkAHkM53RTO1kORyMctb5aCwOJMbiaw-Y27Xx8ynNI9fkbkRia4R8qPUHFnxyzjT3zFCbl6VHDdjAs5V2NEdyCxkj0PuzCeShz-riZd-s3XqbPXwUm5bU20mYNaw/s2048/IMG_4483.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1URde6JxiRlAPhxpQkAHkM53RTO1kORyMctb5aCwOJMbiaw-Y27Xx8ynNI9fkbkRia4R8qPUHFnxyzjT3zFCbl6VHDdjAs5V2NEdyCxkj0PuzCeShz-riZd-s3XqbPXwUm5bU20mYNaw/w400-h266/IMG_4483.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my statement technique</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQlx26enTUqrhM1HYuSH_mr6ZGJfj06TJxso5ssGRX61g1fGgY5VgwvwJpCpX-lYDc43a7wZwXAwWfNy3IhAO3rBvaPbTKkJJ65m0L7hSjpQPitbXHN0RKanZeAj1eBBhyphenhyphen589gTfmlXvU/s2048/IMG_4484.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFUDD9b1xNvafXm9h-jlF3RNX66yimBugvhC49FgtmbM60rmcK1nYglFq1E0ux65jfCRKgWr3fgPvccHJ5bm3mH7LdVq0IsLpvV7oSzrZyr104fAtnTXcO0JSUDfWbZa9eWxon739EaI/s2048/IMG_4503.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFUDD9b1xNvafXm9h-jlF3RNX66yimBugvhC49FgtmbM60rmcK1nYglFq1E0ux65jfCRKgWr3fgPvccHJ5bm3mH7LdVq0IsLpvV7oSzrZyr104fAtnTXcO0JSUDfWbZa9eWxon739EaI/w400-h267/IMG_4503.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The thing I really like about this workshop is sending people away with potential. It is ambitious to think you can finish a book in 3 days, but with the techniques learnt, there is scope to experiment at home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhONb2lyjc0M6lGaQYes67cga4rn3-l3MACGGzaAF-wtL7fLh1I7_uI6uYgNiCb3r_4Ui9dQK2pHVWSyXA0CgozeUTmj9jNTKFXNR6gUWLRYL6mbo50NSTfV1R-lCILlkAnFWs5bmUMMgk/s2048/IMG_4504.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhONb2lyjc0M6lGaQYes67cga4rn3-l3MACGGzaAF-wtL7fLh1I7_uI6uYgNiCb3r_4Ui9dQK2pHVWSyXA0CgozeUTmj9jNTKFXNR6gUWLRYL6mbo50NSTfV1R-lCILlkAnFWs5bmUMMgk/w267-h400/IMG_4504.JPG" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am very grateful to the people who came to the yard:ARTspace after such a break. The weekend was full of creativity, energy and fun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNlV37bqRE8CjFqn2XvPCXXRujHGO-nAXA3Bq6oPct7QmF61AN7GL-UvnaHtM-GiG92-rWfvVXRKJ_WGBpm8zH7meeHmdO_6SUm3OEn2xiCc6XgXeWTraECunVkTCIE76wqe6baCkw2-8/s2048/IMG_4505.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNlV37bqRE8CjFqn2XvPCXXRujHGO-nAXA3Bq6oPct7QmF61AN7GL-UvnaHtM-GiG92-rWfvVXRKJ_WGBpm8zH7meeHmdO_6SUm3OEn2xiCc6XgXeWTraECunVkTCIE76wqe6baCkw2-8/w267-h400/IMG_4505.JPG" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next Sketch Book Master class is in November, but there is only one place left.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But the yard:ARTspace, Cheltenham has lots of workshops and courses available check out <a href="https://www.theyardartspace.com/" target="_blank">www.theyardartspace.com for all the details.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I look forward to seeing you.</div><a href="https://www.theyardartspace.com/" target="_blank"> </a><p></p>Sue Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14818950852793256605noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743021851837154384.post-63884205527036412892020-07-18T00:36:00.001-07:002021-01-19T23:39:09.633-08:00SAME SEA, DIFFERENT BOAT: PROGRESS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The deadline has been postponed as the lockdown continues. But for those of you who have one ready, but due to one thing or another have not posted it yet, we are leaving room in the quilt for squares coming in their own time.</div>
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I thought I would let you see how Louise, Liske and I will be putting the quilt together.</div>
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We have had over 400 gorgeous art works sent, so a great big thank you for joining in.</div>
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I start work with a coffee, crucial in my opinion.</div>
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The squares then need to be trimmed and</div>
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finger pressed into a square.</div>
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I use this right angle drawn onto stiffening to help with folding, then tack the fabric in place.</div>
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We are using this inky dark blue as the quilt backing. Each panel will have 80 pieces and the grid is made up of 11.5cm squares</div>
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The fun bit is definitely laying out the little works of art.</div>
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I am thrilled with how this diverse collection of images and techniques are working so well together.</div>
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I then tack each square on firmly ready to machine hem onto the backing.</div>
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With everything tacked on, this is what a 80 square panel will look like and we have another 4 of these.</div>
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This quilt really tells the story of individual experiences in this shared situation, all so different, many very emotional. I have been moved by the accompanying messages. Thank you also for the encouragement and good wishes.</div>
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I will be documenting my progress on this project on my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sb.brown21/?hl=en">Instagram feed</a>, you can also follow the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/sameseadifferentboat/?hl=en">#sameseadifferentboat</a> where other posts about the quilt will pop up.</div>
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A big thank you to <a href="https://catherinekingzett.co.uk/about.asp">Catherine Kingzett </a>for her technical know how and moral support while constructing this massive and exciting project.</div>
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We all know how weird its been. Time has passed at a very strange pace and we all think that we haven't done that much in the last 3 months. </div>
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So now is a good time to take stock and look at exactly what we have all been up to. </div>
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I don't mean a tidy up or a sort out. I am also not counting cake making, new recipes and the shampooing of my lounge rug and the cleaning behind my fridge in this audit.</div>
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I have laid out the last month and a halves worth of stuff made, experiments tried and half completed ideas.</div>
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Lets kick off with the brilliant project started off by <a href="http://catherinekingzett.co.uk/">Catherine Kingzett</a> at the beginning of lock down. The Alphabet I-Spy. The task of recording things seen on that regular walk or in the garden in alphabetical order. I loved doing that, I do have X, Y and Z to do, but it was a motivational little project that kept me going. I dipped into an emotional response here and there, particularly my V for virus, but otherwise I have seen everything I have put in my samples. I will be making a small book which will become a Lock Down Artifact.</div>
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I have added to my Eco printed crow book and used the drawings for collagraph plates. </div>
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I have also experimented with printing these collagraphs onto fabric...there has been a great deal of that lately!!</div>
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You may remember one of my first prompts was to have a go at Eco Printing, this left me with lots of lovely papers and fabrics. I have been using the paper to print collagraphs and</div>
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etchings. Keep an eye out for this in workshop form next year. I think you could try this at <a href="https://www.theyardartspace.com/">the yard:ARTspace</a></div>
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I dipped into other peoples workshops and tutorials, finding a free workshop call Sketch Book Revival. This was very early on in lock down.</div>
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I was thrilled with the junk journal I made and have been</div>
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At a very loose end one Sunday I gathered my fabric samples together, eco prints, gum arabic transfers on fabric, collaged panels, collagraphs and cyanotypes on fabric and...well...just made a skirt. I love wearing it, it makes me feel very arty!</div>
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In between all this experimenting I have still been moved to make collagraphs and have been expanding on my birds with haberdashery series. This has not been a time for me to go off on a completely new way of working. I have had to stay with the familiar and comforting.</div>
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And now there is the Same Sea, Different Boat project where I have printed over 200 collagraphs and together with <a href="https://www.hopeandelvis.com/">Louise Asher </a>and <a href="https://www.littleheathbarnstudio.com/">Liske Johnson</a> and a few other willing bodies will be creating a Lock Down Quilt describing the experience we have all been through.</div>
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When I woke up this morning I was feeling lack luster, that feeling that over the past 3 months I had not achieved very much. This time of lock down was not meant to be about achieving, it was not the time to take on new skills, spring clean or read War and Peace. We do those things when we feel happy and secure.</div>
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So I have looked at the things I have done here, not what I could have, should have done.</div>
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Looking back at what I have explored and what I am about to take on, also looking forward to starting classes again in August (I hope)</div>
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Another busy week and I am thrilled to report I have inked and returned for stitching a total of 180 collagraph prints and still they keep coming,<a href="https://www.hopeandelvis.com/"> Louise</a>, <a href="https://www.littleheathbarnstudio.com/">Liske</a> and<a href="https://www.theyardartspace.com/"> I </a>are absolutely amazed by your response to this project. </div>
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The exciting thing is that for some of you this has been a first encounter with collagraph printing and you have taken it on with enthusiasm. There literally has not been one plate I have not been able to ink up and print and that's out of 180 so far!!</div>
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With great relief you are sending back the stitched prints and these have worked better than I imagined.</div>
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The addition of a touch of stitched colour on the Prussian blue prints has worked really well,</div>
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taking the images to the next level. I get the feeling from some of the comments that this may be a thing you could explore in further work?</div>
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Everyone has made beautiful work, but there are a few names I recognise joining in with this massive community project. The printmaker <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Tor-Hildyard-341383809314556/">Tor Hildyard</a> sent me Hugs ready printed and stitched.</div>
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<a href="https://www.mrsbertimus.co.uk/">Mrs Bertimus</a> had a go at a collagraph and has returned it beautifully stitched,</div>
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and right at the beginning of the project <a href="https://casholmes.wordpress.com/">Cas Holmes </a>led the stitched pieces with this contribution.</div>
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You have until <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">July 10 </span>to send a stitched square.</div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">All textiles including the printed/stitched squares must be with me by the 10 July!</span></b></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This project is not in any way about profit and is not funded. All the work putting this art work together has been completely voluntary. To help towards material costs please make a small donation i.e £3, this is by no means compulsory to take part in the project:</span><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">This can be done by sending a £3 cheque made payable to S. Brown with your plate or embroidered square or email me for BACs details. sb.brown@talk21.com</span></b></div></div>
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Thank you for your generous donations so far, this will enable us to exhibit the finished quilt in various venues.</div>
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Louise, Liske and I will be constructing the quilt and we are beginning to look at exhibition venues to show what will be an amazing snapshot of the last few months. </div>
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Two weeks ago I suggested a project to <a href="https://www.hopeandelvis.com/">Louise Asher</a> and <a href="https://www.littleheathbarnstudio.com/">Liske Johnson</a>...lets get everyone to make a collagraph print to stitch into or an embroidered square and make a quilt to describe what its been like in lock down? Perhaps a few of the people that come to our workshops might join in and send us something? Maybe I will get 30 collagraphs to print, perhaps 50 embroidered squares might roll in? Louise and Liske said, well I don't think our stitchers will tackle a print, I thought my print makers wouldn't tackle a stitched piece. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">How wrong could we have been?</span></div>
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In the last 2 weeks I have printed over 130, 10x10cm collagraphs onto fabric and they are still coming in the post. </div>
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I have had beautiful notes with the plates. You have worried about will your plate print, it's the first time I have made one of these? Stories explaining the imagery and a big thank you to the nice things you have said about the project.</div>
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I have noticed that this technique has suited every ones style, I literally have not had a plate that would not print. From complex imagery,</div>
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It has been a joy to see your stories emerge from the ink as I wipe each plate clean.</div>
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But the printing is only half the story. I am relieved that the prints I am returning are arriving to their originators and I am getting them back stitched into. I am thrilled with how beautiful these look with a touch of stitched colour!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Details for the project are <a href="https://suebrownprintmaker.blogspot.com/2020/05/same-sea-different-boat-our-isolation.html">here</a></span></div>
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My postman is a little perplexed by my sudden increase in post over the last fortnight. For those of you who wanted to express yourselves in just stitch I am thrilled to be receiving</div>
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these gorgeous embroideries. </div>
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As varied in techniques and materials as the collagraphs, all these personal stories will create the most beautiful quilt and a social document about the extraordinary time we are living in.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Details about how to get involved are <a href="https://suebrownprintmaker.blogspot.com/2020/05/same-sea-different-boat-our-isolation.html">HERE</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A massive thank you to all who have taken part so far, its been a privilege to print your work and it will be amazing to see everything joined together. Thank you also for donating to the project, this will enable us to put the piece together beautifully and be able to afford any exhibition costs that may arise. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you to Louise and Liske for running with this idea, I think its popularity has taken us all by surprise.</span></div>
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Another week gone by, but what a week. </div>
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Since launching the project Same Sea, Different Boat: Our Isolation Story I have been busily answering collagraph questions and inking plates.</div>
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My post has been arriving in bundles with elastic bands and its all better than Christmas, (no guilt that I haven't sent a card back!)</div>
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A big THANK YOU to everyone who is supporting this project by sending a collagraph, promising a stitched square or by donating to the <a href="https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/isolationstory?utm_source=Hope+%26+Elvis+News&utm_campaign=e1e57df8b2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_05_24_01_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a561fb9105-e1e57df8b2-75976109">Just Giving Page</a> to fund the quilt. </div>
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We are in a funny intermediate phase with the lock down at the moment, not knowing quite what we need to be doing. I have to admit this project has made me feel like I am back at work, which is great.</div>
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This week I thought I would give you an insight into what happens to your plate when it has arrived at <a href="https://www.theyardartspace.com/">the yard:ARTspace</a>.</div>
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I have inked up about 40 collagraphs over the last couple of days. I am using oil based Hawthorn stay open etching ink in Prussian Blue. With so many plates to work on I have been slackening down the ink with linseed gel to make the wiping off that bit easier.</div>
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I thought I would make a specific plate for the project, so I have gone back to my Covid Corvid theme. This is very simply made using grey board, cutting and peeling into the card and gluing for white and high lights. Collagraph plate making instructions can be found <a href="https://suebrownprintmaker.blogspot.com/2020/05/basic-collagraph-plate.html">here </a></div>
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I scrape the ink across the plate, pushing it into all the textures and then scraping off the excess.</div>
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Then I blot... </div>
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and blot lots more with newspaper. </div>
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I then polish the surface clean using yellow pages. </div>
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This plate shows very clearly an area of peeled card holding ink. Glued areas and I would say that this plate has had lots of layers of glue with the small circles drawn into the wet glue, comes up nice and clean. </div>
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The plate is popped onto my table top press. </div>
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The cotton fabric placed on top of the plate.</div>
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The variety of collagraph images and techniques has been wide, here are just a few to kick start your imagination because it is not too late to join the project.</div>
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The details about what to do can be found <a href="https://suebrownprintmaker.blogspot.com/2020/05/same-sea-different-boat-our-isolation.html">HERE</a></div>
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When the collagraph is printed, I will pop it back in the post to you to add stitching. The Prussian Blue is a perfect background for colour. If there is a bit you are not happy with just stitch over it. It is an easier way to add words, none of that flipping the letters round to get it the right way.</div>
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Often the printed textures will suggest the stitching. Yes I thought this wall paper looked like lungs.</div>
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But if you are more comfortable with just sending a stitched piece, please do.</div>
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<a href="https://www.hopeandelvis.com/">Louise</a>, <a href="https://www.littleheathbarnstudio.com/">Liske</a> and I hope to have everyone's squares back with us by the beginning of July so that we can start putting this quilt together.</div>
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<br />Sue Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14818950852793256605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743021851837154384.post-70678886263630637572020-05-30T04:15:00.002-07:002021-01-20T00:17:04.834-08:00SAME SEA, DIFFERENT BOAT - OUR ISOLATION STORY. A CREATIVE SUNDAY PROMPTI don't know about you, but I started off my lock down with a creative energy, starting new projects, finishing off existing pieces and getting more ideas than I knew what to do with? The Creative Sunday Prompts were an outlet for the teaching I could no longer do. But as the weeks went by my enthusiasm and energy changed.<br />
For some of us that creative umph has left and guilt about doing just reading and eating my body weight in home made baking is beginning to feel all wrong. And yes I have cleaned behind my fridge what is left...?<br />
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So I decided to bother a couple of fellow creatives and workshop providers, Louise at <a href="https://www.hopeandelvis.com/workshops/">Hope & Elvis </a>, Nottingham and Liske at <a href="https://www.littleheathbarnstudio.com/">Littleheath Barn Studios</a>, Bromsgrove to help me create a Printed/Stitched response to the Corona Crisis. The idea is to try and get that creative mojo moving a bit by making a small 10cm x 10cm image...nothing too complicated, something to contribute to a bigger project and a deadline, always motivating. So...<br />
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<b>the yard:ARTspace</b>,
<b>Hope & Elvis</b> and <b>Littleheath Barn Studio</b> are proud to
present a collaborative project which celebrates our creativity in a time of
unexpected crisis.</div>
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It has been hard to find our creativity during lock down;
we are all in the same sea but not necessarily the same boat! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have all experienced the Covid pandemic in
very different ways and Sue, Louise and Liske want to invite you to take part
in an exciting combined project. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The plan is to create a printed/stitched fabric quilt
that explores your individual experiences, thoughts & emotions collectively
about your time in lock down. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Become part of a bigger picture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Your contribution will be made into an amazing quilt,
which will showcase beautifully your individual response to the global
pandemic. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The final piece will be displayed in various locations
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Make a simple collagraph plate, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">10cms x 10cms</b>, using the instructions
at found <a href="https://suebrownprintmaker.blogspot.com/2020/05/basic-collagraph-plate.html">HERE</a> on last weeks Creative Sunday Prompt<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">.</b> These instructions have been put together especially for those who have never
made a collagraph plate before. Express your lock down experience, figuratively
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possible so we know how many collagraph plates and stitched squares to expect? <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">This project is not in any way about profit and is not funded. All the work putting this art work together has been completely voluntary. To help towards material costs please make a small donation i.e £3, this is by no means compulsory to take part in the project:</span><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">This can be done by sending a £3 cheque made payable to S. Brown with your plate or embroidered square or email me for BACs details. sb.brown@talk21.com</span></b></div>
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<br />Sue Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14818950852793256605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743021851837154384.post-81864696125971087952020-05-20T11:39:00.002-07:002020-10-22T01:39:42.157-07:00BASIC COLLAGRAPH PLATE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
How to make a basic collagraph plate from materials you may have at home.</div>
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You will need a piece of mount board <b>or</b> grey board (the back of an old sketch book) <b>or</b> 2 pieces of cereal box card stuck together, just to make it thicker if you haven't got any of the other card. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">PLEASE DO NOT USE FOAM BOARD: this is board with thin white paper sandwiching a layer of polystyrene. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Start with a 10 x 10cm square. </span></b></div>
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A selection of textured wall papers (samples can be gleaned from you local DIY store) </div>
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PVA glue, for the best results use waterproof, but children's will do.</div>
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A sharp craft knife. </div>
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A 10 x10cm square is a satisfying and less daunting size to experiment with. </div>
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Of course your image can be figurative or abstract. Here I am starting with a bird from my sketch book. Trace the image using a soft B or 2B pencil. </div>
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Lay the tracing, pencil side down onto your chosen card. With a harder pencil or biro draw over the lines. </div>
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This will transfer your image onto the card and reverse it at the same time so that it prints the same way as your original. <b>Please note</b>, if you want to include text, reverse it so that it will print the right way round. </div>
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I have put my image onto mount board so that I can peel the surface away to create dark areas. </div>
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This process only works if you are using mount or grey board. I want my bird to be dark, so I am scoring quite deeply into the surface of the card around my bird. </div>
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This means I can peel off the shape. </div>
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The bird will print darker than the surrounding unpeeled card. </div>
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<b>This will not work with cereal box card. </b></div>
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After peeling away the surface, I then draw in the details of the bird, </div>
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carving out further lines will give me darker details.</div>
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<b>They will not print if you do not cut into the card.</b></div>
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Anything I want to be white I paint with the PVA glue, ie the back ground, the eye and beak of the bird have been glued too. While the glue is wet draw into it with a cocktail stick, this will give you dark lines in a white background.</div>
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Fancy doing something more abstract? </div>
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Why not glue wall paper onto the surface of the card. </div>
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Make sure the wall paper is glued right up to the edge so that there are no pockets for ink to get into when printing. <b>WARNING:</b> do not stick wall paper on top of wall paper, it creates pockets that bleed ink when printing. </div>
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The grey board can be worked as for the mount card, cutting and peeling the surface. Of course you can stick wall paper onto the mount board! </div>
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If you only have cereal card available stick 2 pieces together. You can not peel the surface in the same way as mount and grey board, but you could cut shapes out before gluing the 2 pieces together </div>
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and add thin cut card shapes to the plate. </div>
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<b>Always give</b> any wall paper you use a layer or 2 of PVA glue, it makes the texture print in a more interesting way. </div>
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Not helpful Iris! </div>
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Drawing into wet glue prints really well.</div>
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Here are the 3 different types of plate ready to ink up and print. </div>
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All the plates are now printed onto thin cotton fabric using Hawthorn Stay Open Etching ink.</div>
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The printed side of Cereal Box card wipes clean the reverse side holds a small amount of ink. Close patterned wall papers with a layer of glue print beautifully. At the top of the plate you can see the glue that has been drawn into while wet, holds a very nice line.</div>
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Grey board printed onto thin cotton.</div>
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The body of the plate holds more ink than the reverse of cereal box, this makes the glue give more contrast as a white mark and the peeled line looks very dark.</div>
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Again printed onto white cotton, this is the mount board plate. </div>
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The surface of the mount board holds ink, the glued background, drawn into has been very successful as have the glued details on the bird. The peeled area has a very dark strong contrast to the rest of the plate and the cut lines into the body show up nicely in the fabric.</div>
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Now to stitch into the prints when they are dry, I feel a patchwork quilt coming on??</div>
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I am care taking the yard:ARTspace's Stitch a Month class, it meets once a month to enjoy a little bit of gentle stitching and has been taught by the very talented textile artist, <a href="http://catherinekingzett.co.uk/">Catherine Kingzett </a>.</div>
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It was meant to meet up this week and of course we cannot. So this is a stitchy prompt for the lovely people who come and explore textiles with Cath and me.</div>
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Either go for a walk or wander around your garden and collect a handful of small leaves. Different sizes, colours and shapes.</div>
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We are going to do a stitch meditation and put into practice some of the stitches learnt with Cath in the last few glorious, out in the world months. Collect everything you need first, green threads, needle, biro or fabric pen that will not disappear over time or rub off. Choose a piece of fabric to work on, I am using some eco printed cotton...check out the first prompt. </div>
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I know this is obvious, but I have rooted out lots of different green shades to stitch with. </div>
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Here are my leaves ready to draw around. </div>
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I have cut my fabric to a 5 inch square, you could make it smaller, but this is a meditation not the start of a project, a bigger piece will be daunting. </div>
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1. Lay your leaves onto the fabric</div>
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2. Make sure that part of a leaf or stem touches all 4 edges.</div>
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3.Try to get some of the leaves to touch each other, no leaf social distancing here.</div>
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4. Starting at the bottom, draw around each leaf, taking it off when you have done so. </div>
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I used a biro because I could not find my fabric pen. Ensure that what you use will not rub off or disappear over time.</div>
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You don't need to be over accurate and only draw one side of the stalks, they become too bulky if you draw around both sides. </div>
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I have stabilized my fabric with iron on stiffening because it is a thin cotton. Depending on what you use you may have to do the same.</div>
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Now get out your embroidery instructions from Cath's classes, or your favourite stitch book.</div>
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I am working my way through The right-handed embroiderer's companion.</div>
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Choose a stitch and a green and fill in a leaf. Pick another leaf, another green thread and another stitch until you have filled in all your leaves. You could sit down and work on this all in one go, but it is ideal to work on a leaf a day.</div>
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There are no real rules, it's just a sampler to help work out which stitches work and which I like, but I will fill this piece of fabric with stitches and hopefully finish it by next Sunday.</div>
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Stitch meditation rules apply, no unpicking. I have got leaves I don't really like, but once the piece is full they won't notice as much.</div>
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Good luck.</div>
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After a week of stitching a leaf a day here is my finished piece. </div>
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There are several leaves that I do not like and given half a chance I would unpick them. You may have noticed I actually cut one off, but in the spirit of Stitch Meditations I did sew it back on in a different place.</div>
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I have learnt what stitches I like and it is a valuable sample to remind me when I do start a project what I might enjoy using. Now I fancy doing one about the flowers in my garden. Watch this space, but later...!</div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444;"><b style="font-family: inherit;">For those of you who do not sew, try this as a drawing, draw around collected leaves onto Eco Printed paper and fill them in with marks. OR... make a small collagraph plate with different wall papers as the leaf shapes. OR...it could be a series of interesting mixed media sketchbook pages.This little </b><b>exercise</b><b style="font-family: inherit;"> makes a lovely record of your garden or a walk.</b></span></div>
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<br />Sue Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14818950852793256605noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743021851837154384.post-5220155471238851012020-05-09T23:54:00.001-07:002020-05-09T23:54:45.249-07:00A CREATIVE PROMPT: CREATING TOGETHER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I wanted to do something that might bring my little printmaking community at <a href="https://www.theyardartspace.com/">the yard:ARTspace </a>together, safely and very socially distant. </div>
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Now I know from experience that despite the time we seem to have on our hands, creativity is not coming easily. At the start of lock down so many people said to me,</div>
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'Your so lucky, you will have time to print, paint, draw, stitch!'</div>
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But we all know choosing to find time and having time forced upon us has a very different feeling and can make creativity go into hiding.</div>
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I invited everyone from my 10 week classes to make me a 10 x 10cm collagraph plate. Small enough to make with limited access to materials, small enough that I can print them together and small enough to pop in the post to me.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you to everyone who sent me a plate, in some cases more than one together with the messages.</span></b></div>
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Saturday 9 May was my 'P' day so to speak. I got into the yard:ARTspace at 8.30am and started to ink. </div>
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I have promised to print one for people to collect after lock down, I also needed to know what the plates would do before trying to print this eclectic collection on one piece of paper. </div>
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Not all the plates where made in the same way or on the same substrate, thicknesses varied as did the ink holding surfaces. </div>
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Just the challenge I needed!</div>
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It is lovely to see my teaching coming back to me and there is a variety of plate making in this collection. </div>
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From top left, a silk aquatint. Right, wall paper and glue.</div>
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Bottom left, glue and filler on card. Right, wall paper and glue.</div>
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Bottom left, glue and wallpaper. Right wall paper and glue.</div>
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Bottom left, glue and card. Right wall paper, fabrics, thread and glue. </div>
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From top left, cutting into card and glue. Right, wallpaper and glue.</div>
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Bottom left, glue and card. Right, cutting into card and packing tape.</div>
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Bottom left, card and glue. Right dry point on plastic with masking tape.</div>
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All inked up for the second time, I popped the damp paper onto the press bed. </div>
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So that the plates will not move as I put them through the press, I am lining them up, face down on the printing paper. </div>
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Carefully selecting which plate goes where. </div>
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Slowly building up the grid </div>
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and enjoying the messages, instructions and encouragement on the back of each plate. </div>
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With the backs of the plates covered in magazine paper to protect the blankets, off I go through the press. </div>
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With my heart in my mouth, its time to pop each small plate off the paper. </div>
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So the best laid plans and all that, it was warm yesterday and I had left the paper in the blotter over lunch, so it dried out, that and the pressure of the press was not enough to pick up some of the thinner plates. So the first attempt was not what I hoped for.</div>
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So while listening to the Saturday play I had another go...definitely a Ta Dah moment! </div>
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After about 5 hours of inking here is the finished result, am I tempted to have another go? Of course. Will I? We will see!</div>
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There are built in difficulties when doing a project like this, not being in complete control over the materials the plates are made of being one.</div>
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But this is not about making the best print ever, it is about coming together and from small elements making a whole. Each plate was made while feeling something about what we are going through individually at this moment in time.</div>
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Where is the prompt this week I hear you ask? Try getting together with the chums you are in contact with and make a distanced piece of work together...knit a square each and join it into a blanket, a patch work square, a mosaic that could be made of paper, broken crockery, a long drawing to go down the street or a piece for community bunting. So many ideas where small pieces can come together to make a larger more significant piece.</div>
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Let me know what you come up with.</div>
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Have the best creative week you can. </div>
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Did you think I would get to six Creative Sunday Prompts? I certainly did not, we do live in extraordinary times. Thank you to everyone who has given me feed back and posted their pieces inspired by these posts. I do realise that it is difficult to concentrate at present, but these posts will be here for when you feel like trying a few of the techniques out.</div>
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I thought now would be a good time to make up some of the eco printed and developed paper into some simple book forms. Of course you can try these ideas with fabric...but I am doing other things with those and will show and tell later. For some of you this post will be a reminder of what you already know.</div>
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I do like a simple 'no sew' book form that is sympathetic to my inability to be accurate. I tend to bash on and do not let the paper grain concern me, or the straightness of an edge to be frank. I can hear a gasp from all the real book makers out there.</div>
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I am going to show you a tab and a slit book using some of the paper printed and painted in earlier prompts.</div>
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Lets look at the Tab Book first.</div>
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I have folded this sheet into 8 and then ripped it into 4 sheets with a fold in the middle of each.</div>
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It is harder to fold these books accurately if you have collaged onto the pages first, it makes extra bulk to go round folds. But as I do not allow accuracy to get in the way of my book making use what comes to hand.</div>
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With the fold against a straight line on my cutting board and using the grid I just trim the right hand edge straight </div>
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on each of the 4 sheets.</div>
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Choose the page you want for the front of your booklet. These measurements are on the inside for 2 tabs. The exact numbers will vary depending on the proportion of your book and the size of tabs you want to make. From the fold cut out each tab...the tab should remain fixed to the fold.</div>
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Take each folded sheet that will form the inside of your book and with the cut edge level with the cut edge, mark on each fold where the top and bottom tab will slip into the sheet.</div>
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There should be a slit made top and bottom the width of each tab so the tab will push through.</div>
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Then slip each tab into the slits, threading each page onto the cover.</div>
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Here are the tabs threaded through.</div>
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I have glued my tabs down to keep the book firm.</div>
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One tab glued to the left, one to the right.</div>
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Then I trimmed the other edge of the book leaving</div>
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The front edge looking rustic.</div>
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I often like the soft marks left on the back of eco printed paper and this book form shows that off nicely.</div>
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Now for a slit book, exactly what it says it is. Fold the paper into 8.</div>
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Cut a slit in the center of the sheet. Extend the slip beyond the folds by a millimetre, this will make it more accurate when folding into shape.</div>
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Fold the paper in half pushing out the cut pages reversing the folds.</div>
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Miraculously this creates a very simple booklet.</div>
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Try this out with fabric and stitch or glue pages together. </div>
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I am by no means a book maker, but I do like looking at my eco prints when they are folded up in this way.</div>
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These booklets are crying out to be worked into again and I would recommend you have a look at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/under_the_oaks_creativity/?hl=en">Under the Oaks Creativity</a> for some extra ideas. </div>
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Make journals, shopping list /note books or sketch books. Think how impressive it would be to receive one as a gift...yes start making Christmas presents now!</div>
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I would love to see what you come up with, if you do post your results on Instagram please tag @sb.brown21 and I will see what you are getting up to.</div>
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Today's Creative Sunday Prompt is all about mark making and materials. I can't quite leave the techniques behind just yet, although I am teetering on the brink of making some of these sample substrates, both paper and fabric, perhaps into book forms...but some of you may have done that already?</div>
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I will leave that for a couple of weeks time.</div>
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I am still layering and developing the samples from week one.</div>
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You may have seen this drawing on my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sb.brown21/?hl=en">Instagram page</a>. It was inspired by the Karen Stamper <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/SketchbookRevival/">Sketch Book Revival</a> tutorial and the techniques appeared in <a href="https://suebrownprintmaker.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-creative-prompt-sequential-development.html">Prompt</a> number three. I have been developing twists on the original process using the things I have available and making them as printy as possible. I have now decided to pep things up with some transfer mono printing.</div>
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There must be something in the air as I was sorting out this post mid week, several other artists popped up on social media with mono print tutorials, I will list those I came across for you to have a look at.</div>
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Transfer mono printing was a technique I used extensively as a student in the late 70's, whoops, I said it, whose now counting on their fingers? But in lock down some of you may not have access to ink or rollers, so this is a slightly cleaner version with materials you may have. </div>
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Gather together surfaces you have been making due to the earlier prompts, again it will work on fabric and paper. Here I have the sketchbook I made from the first Sketch Book Revival tutorial, eco printed papers and fabric. You will also need sheets of thin paper, raid your printer for this, cheap thin cartridge will also do to.</div>
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Have a rummage through your art materials, wax crayons, oil pastels, cheap or otherwise, coloured pencil crayons, inktense sticks, oil bars, give anything a bit of a go for this. I would stay clear of charcoal or chalk pastels unless you have fixative or hair spray to deal with the moving surfaces afterwards, but if they are all you have use them.</div>
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Rip your thin paper into strips and scribble the surface with your chosen material to create a dense area of colour. Here I have used, from bottom to top, red crayon, orange oil bar, black and blue oil pastel. </div>
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On the right I have lined up the materials I will use to transfer marks onto my substrates with. A chunky graphite, biro, thin graphite, biro and a pencil.</div>
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Lay your pastel covered paper, colour side down onto your substrate. I have used a biro and drawn on the reverse with some pressure a flower shape.</div>
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This is the eco printed paper, inked and painted with acrylic, then collaged onto last week.</div>
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Using white oil pastel I get a lovely soft, smudgy line from my transfer drawing.</div>
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Using blue oil pastel covered paper I can add</div>
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a drawn mark across my composition.</div>
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It is softer, but works just as well on fabric, here adding white marks and pops of orange to an eco printed fabric.</div>
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You could prepare by having a guide drawing on the back of your computer paper first before loading the colour. In this example I have loaded a sheet the size of my sketch book page with several colours and</div>
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using a variety of drawn marks varying the thickness and pressure by combining biro and graphite.</div>
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With more than one colour on the transfer paper, together with soft and hard marks, I think it is a good starting point</div>
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to a more complex drawing, especially as the lines should be resistant to some inks and water colour washes.</div>
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This is another way to use that stash of pastels lurking in the materials draw and less messy than an ink version of transfer mono printing. </div>
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It is also a brilliant mobile method. A quick on the spot drawing during our allotted exercise period, take prepared transfer papers in a couple of colours for a doodle outside in your sketchook?</div>
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For further research but different mono print techniques, check out:</div>
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Handprinted UK - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/handprinteduk/?hl=en">https://www.instagram.com/handprinteduk/?hl=en</a></div>
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and last but not least, Under the Oaks - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B-xyKJ9DlZjn8P8VtxwURqzDzVVQYd6PxlJuU80/">https://www.instagram.com/p/B-xyKJ9DlZjn8P8VtxwURqzDzVVQYd6PxlJuU80/</a> you will also find lots of other lovely techniques here. </div>
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I would love to see what you come up with, if you do post your results on Instagram please tag @sb.brown21 and I will see what you are getting up to.</div>
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This is a quick romp through one of my collagraph plate making techniques. I have been making a series of small bird plates to keep myself occupied and to experiment with inking techniques. Small means that everything goes faster and if I make a mistake I am not wasting acres of ink and paper.</div>
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I always work from drawings and have met all the birds I make. I have a box full of my own photographs, they are not brilliant, often out of focus, even empty as the bird moves off out of shot. But it is important to me however bad a photograph it is, it is my bad photograph, therefore my starting point and research.</div>
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I trace my drawing using a sharp B pencil.</div>
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I then cut a piece of grey board slightly bigger than I need. </div>
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Here comes the health and safety. </div>
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I always start with a new blade, blunt blades will slip and therefore be more dangerous. I always use a safety ruler and can show you the scar the one time I did not take my own advice. I also always cut card standing up, it means I am in the right position to cut downwards with force on the blade.</div>
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I tape my tracing pencil side down onto my grey board. This means that the image will automatically reverse and will print the same way round as my original drawing.I then follow the traces lines with an HB pencil transferring the original pencil tracing to the substrate.</div>
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The grey board will give me a mid tone when printed, so my next job is to add the light and white. Here I use exterior wood adhesive.</div>
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I give areas that I want very white a couple of layers of glue, letting it dry between each layer. Using a fine brush I will pop white detail onto the feathers and with a pointed stick draw into the glue as for the cotton on the reel.</div>
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With the glue dry I will use a scalpel to carve and peel layers off the card for dark details. </div>
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Here you can see the glue detail in the eye ready to give that cheeky glint.</div>
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My statement style is to have cut shaped plates often leaving a square edge somewhere to help my framer out when positioning work into frames. To cut round the plate I use a heavier knife following my earlier safety guidelines.</div>
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I cut out sections gradually working from the image to avoid cut marking the plate accidentally. </div>
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This creates lots of bits but is worth the extra time carefully cutting.</div>
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After a layer of thin shellac the plate is ready to print.</div>
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This sparrow print is 10cm X 10cm</div>
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I still haven't cleaned behind my fridge!! I have however taken some time to gather together the eco and rust printing, both on fabric and paper. </div>
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I have also had a good rummage in boxes and suitcases for vintage fabrics and papers, decorative tissue and handmade papers.</div>
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Worryingly I seem to have a stock pile of all these things that I had forgotten about.</div>
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I have compiled the substrates that I have drawn, inked and painted on. Now is the time to work into these pieces or covering up anything I don't like. Also to use those precious bits and pieces that have been languishing in a stash...now is that moment for these treasures to shine.</div>
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Lets start with the paper and the vintage and hand made papers I have been hoarding...I mean collecting.</div>
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The colour of eco printing lends itself to vintage, hand made and printed tissue paper. I like subtle muted tones, but if you love colour and you feel that the eco print has gone a bit dull, now is the time to use hits of brightness.</div>
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I like to use PVA glue with a sponge roller to attach my collage. You might prefer Pritstick, I always apply the glue to the collage piece making sure I glue over the edges, then apply everything to the main substrate. This stops glue getting all over the front of the piece.</div>
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I try things out first, moving unglued things around before I commit myself to sticking. I particularly like the way tissue paper, rusted or plain blends into the surface when the PVA is on it.</div>
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A well glued piece of collage will become part of the surface. But as usual, anything goes and if you like partly attached pieces, try that out too.</div>
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There will be a few pieces that you will not want to cover, the mixed media drawing or an eco print which has been very successful.</div>
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Turn them over and collage the reverse, this will make it two sided, ready for a later idea.</div>
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Most of my collage tends to be random and ripped. Here I have cut circles of paper in response to the washer printed paper. Give shapes a try.</div>
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If like me you have a large stash of eco printing and rusted tissue make complete pages in </div>
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sketchbooks and use them as surfaces to draw onto.</div>
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My fabric pieces have been treated in much the same way although I have used vintage and eco printed fabrics to collage with.</div>
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Less is more for me, I have just chosen fabric that again blends in with the background and added ripped strips here and there.</div>
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I have attached them with a spot of glue stick to hold the pieces in place. This is not a permanent solution. </div>
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You might want to hand stitch these bits in place, simple repetitive stitches work well or/and</div>
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machine stitch. Either free machine embroidering or a set decorative stitch. Just holding fabric collage in place or embellishing shapes and areas that have been painted or drawn on.</div>
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Of course, you could collage fabric onto the paper substrates and paper onto the fabric work.</div>
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Stitch into the paper with your machine or hand stitch.</div>
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Draw, paint and print back into the pieces after you have attached the collage. </div>
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I found the more I worked onto a piece the more I wanted to layer back into it with the previous techniques.</div>
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I could give you a vast list of artists using collage and mixed media to have a look at, that's what Pinterest is for lets face it. But here are a few of my favourites:-</div>
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Enjoy manipulating your ever growing resources and using up some of those things you are keeping just in case. Have the best creative week you can. Best wishes, Sue</div>
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As the weeks go by I find that I am exploring processes and techniques I have not allowed myself to experiment with in detail. Trying things out, however trivial, is helping to keep me positive.</div>
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I am enjoying building up a collection of resources that I can use for a complete project later. </div>
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This is not the time to start the grand seminal project, I do not feel ready to embark on War and Peace or clean behind the fridge. </div>
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As each day goes by I am trying small experiments and working on getting better at what I do rather than take on something completely new.</div>
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There is one small upside to this enforced isolation, I no longer get cold calls on the land line!</div>
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This Sunday is all about rusting onto paper and fabric to add to your stash of mixed media eco prints.</div>
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You will need, rubber gloves, plastic bags, white vinegar, rubber bands and a variety of rusty metal things. Here I have old keys, tacks, course wire wool, old washers and some etched steel.</div>
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The daily walk is throwing up the odd bit of metal too, so keep your eyes peeled.</div>
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From left to right my substrates are handmade paper, tissue. cartridge paper, embossed 300gm Somerset etching paper, fabric that has sat for a year in a compost heap, white cotton and a piece of silk. You can use the less than successful eco printed paper /fabric. Everything has to be natural fibre.</div>
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Spray each substrate material with mixed half vinegar and half water. Each piece should be completely saturated. </div>
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Lay the first wet piece on a plastic bag and start to arrange your rusted objects. </div>
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Use rubber gloves when handling rusty stuff and pulling wire wool apart. </div>
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Neither are kind to hands.</div>
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Then lay the next soaking piece on top, </div>
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arrange the next set of rusted objects.</div>
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Keep layering substrate and objects in this way. I alternated paper and fabric layers. </div>
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It is important that the objects have full surface contact with the substrates. The rusty objects should be flat to achieve successful prints and everything must be really wet. </div>
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And give it another good spray with your dilute vinegar for good measure.</div>
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Carefully peel off each substrate removing the rusty objects as you go. </div>
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Be extra careful with the wet tissue paper as it will be very delicate. </div>
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Let everything dry. Wash the fabrics gently in salty water to halt the rust. </div>
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I am very pleased with how well each of the fabrics took the rust prints. </div>
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The paper has also been very successful.</div>
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Of course you can adapt last weeks techniques to these surfaces or have a go at eco printing into the rusted patterns, what will happen? </div>
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Have a go with different wetting agents, just water, tea, coffee and see the difference that makes to the rust colour?</div>
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Try painting with acrylic onto the fabric and paper before you rust into them?</div>
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So much to try out and so much time in which to have a go!!</div>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L4H1vwqQOY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L4H1vwqQOY</a> - Aannsha Jones makes a really lovely scarf.</div>
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<a href="https://www.lizziegoddentextiles.co.uk/blog/2018/6/20/printing-with-rust">https://www.lizziegoddentextiles.co.uk/blog/2018/6/20/printing-with-rust</a> - Lizzie Godden works with some chunkier items.</div>
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<a href="https://www.the-sustainable-fashion-collective.com/2015/05/27/unusual-eco-design-technique-rust-dyeing">https://www.the-sustainable-fashion-collective.com/2015/05/27/unusual-eco-design-technique-rust-dyeing</a> Charlie Bradley Ross talks about eco fashion design</div>
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<a href="http://www.alicefox.co.uk/">http://www.alicefox.co.uk/</a> - Alice Fox</div>
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Good luck and it would be lovely to see any results from these prompts, you can find me at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sb.brown21/">https://www.instagram.com/sb.brown21/</a> and tag @sb.brown21 if you post anything there.</div>
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I can't quite believe I am on prompt number 3. I am very relieved that I didn't promise daily prompts. I also have to admit a very selfish thing...writing this blog keeps me thinking and gives me a shape to my week. </div>
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I expect we are all spending a bit more time looking on Pinterest and searching out online tutorials, or is that just me? This week I found a great tutorial by <a href="https://karenstampercollage.com/">Karen Stamper</a> on <a href="https://www.karenabend.com/sketchbook-revival-2020/">Sketchbook Revival</a>. It is great to find something to have a go at it was right up my sketchbook street, we all need reminding about what we know and have a few nudges towards new techniques.</div>
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I suspect you have come across this site already as I have seen some familiar faces in the Facebook Group? </div>
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I thought I would have a go and let you see how I got on. I, of course used my eco printed fabric and paper as a starting point, so this builds nicely on the last two weeks prompts, as you will notice I am repeating some of last weeks techniques.</div>
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My garden is beginning to wake up and this is the view from my shed. This will be fleeting as like most spring flowers this blossom will last a week at most. But while it is here it is my inspiration.</div>
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These are the materials I collected together, have a good rummage and pull out what you have. Pens, pencils, graphite sticks, an oil bar (oil pastel will do), candle wax, white crayon, rubbers.</div>
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Then the wet stuff, paint and sponges.</div>
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Inks, spray bottle and Acrylic wax if you have it, but not essential.</div>
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Look at your garden and choose a couple of shapes and make some rough ol' stencils from cereal card. You could just draw around the leaves and blossoms. Rip and cut them out, varying the edges and also play with scale. Or choose abstract shapes like last week, I am just inspired by Karen's tutorial Wild Garden so am giving the garden theme ago.</div>
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I decided to use a piece of Eco paper and fabric to compare the behavior of the drawing materials on the different surfaces. Plain paper and fabric will do.</div>
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I started off by randomly scribbling on the fabric and the paper using pencil,</div>
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Relax into this, get rid of some pent up frustration...and breath! Channel that inner child.</div>
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Then using a rubber I knocked back the marks on both paper and fabric, this spreads the stronger marks and softens the scribbling. Again a very stress relieving process.</div>
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I then worked back into both substrates with a white crayon. You can spot that some of my random scribbling became less random and a bit leafy...anything goes.</div>
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It was at this point that I fell in love with the pencil and white crayon on the fabric. It is eco printed white sheeting and is a beautiful surface to draw into.</div>
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It is an advantage that these are not white surfaces to start with, both substrates have twig and leaf images on them, so a perfect start for a garden image.</div>
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Stencil time, here I am using an oil bar. What is an oil bar? Its a big old stick of oil paint and it drys on the surface. In comparison to an oil pastel which will stay oily and smudge, but you can use oil pastel instead.</div>
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Using the stencil and oil bar I worked my stencils across both surfaces, working on the fabric and paper in tandem...yes I am churning out lots of work at the moment!</div>
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I also did some paint and sponge stenciling, it gives a flatter softer look to the image. I used white and buff here, but go for colour if you are ready.</div>
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Here are the two pieces coming along nicely. Everything I did to the paper I did to the fabric, so don't worry if you do not have fabric related materials. And the other way round of course, if you only have fabric materials try those on paper.</div>
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Paper with added Biro drawing. Biro makes a very satisfying mark on layers of other materials.</div>
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Fabric with added Biro drawing, just adding definition at this point.</div>
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I don't know about you but I find this next bit daunting. Washing ink into the surface. I often look at the piece and think, just leave it now! But this would lack courage...and what's the worse that could happen? I am risk averse so I always dilute the ink first, so I don't commit myself immediately, then build up gradually. Especially as I added green ink at this point.</div>
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However the ink reacts very differently on the fabric. I went in very gently, it is softer and there is not the same definition as on the paper. I still like it though.</div>
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Phew...this was a happy afternoon with the odd adding moment every other day. Just above, you can see my first attempt in black and white.</div>
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Start off just using black and white drawing materials, then do another one adding one more colour, spot the green and build up confidence until you are working in full colour.</div>
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<b>Keep everything, I will be using all these pieces in the coming weeks.</b></div>
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Who is inspiring me at the moment? Take a look at:-</div>
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This is coming to an end soon, there are a couple of tutorials that I really like.</div>
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Very inspiring Eco, mono printing and check out the felted paper tutorial, I don't know how I have lived without it.</div>
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Cath came up with a great daily prompt to get us looking. Alphabet I-spy. Well worth considering.</div>
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You can still find me on Instagram, sb.brown21, I have updated my Pintrest page, <a href="https://www.pinterest.co.uk/suebrownartist/sue-brown-printmaking/">https://www.pinterest.co.uk/suebrownartist/sue-brown-printmaking/</a></div>
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and sadly the yard:ARTspace, Cheltenham is closed at the moment, but you can still check out the website and join the mailing list ready for when I am back teaching face to face. <a href="https://www.theyardartspace.com/">https://www.theyardartspace.com/</a></div>
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Look forward to planning next weeks prompt. Have the best creative week you can. Best wishes, Sue.</div>
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My main focus this week has been thinking about what to do with my ever growing stash of eco printed papers and fabrics.</div>
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I find it hard to do anything to these printed treasures, but I am determined to get over that. </div>
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I tried and I will be trying harder as I get a bit frustrated when the pieces are not quite the right size or shape! Also if a piece comes up with little on it, I reboil with new leaves. </div>
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Remember, for sure fired results look at the list of leaves that work and add small amounts of wire wool to the wraps as mentioned in the previous post. </div>
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But if like me, addiction to making these papers and fabrics starts to get out of hand, have a go at working into the prints.</div>
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Get your pile of eco printing. Hunt out that collection of stencils, some sponges, acrylic paint and acrylic ink.</div>
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make your own stencils with cereal box card. Here I have just ripped card to create a thin jagged line.</div>
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I am nervous to mention using a craft knife to make bespoke stencils as I believe A&E are busy enough... if you are confident have a go, please make sure the blade is new and hold the card away from your cutting direction!!!</div>
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Responding to the natural patterns on the substrates, stencil some marks onto the surfaces. </div>
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With a spare amount of paint on the sponge, evened out by tapping it on newspaper first, bounce the paint sponge over the stencil. Go gently avoiding over loading the sponge as the paint will seep under the stencil.</div>
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I like to use white or black acrylic paint, but don't hold back, try colours too. Be sympathetic to your eco print colours...but that is up to you. </div>
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Remember if you make a mess of your eco print, spring has sprung and you can always make more. Or draw over it?</div>
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acrylic wax, draw or paint out areas you want to protect from the next stage.</div>
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I did find the white paint a bit startling, so after waxing areas I washed the white surfaces with Paynes Grey acrylic ink to knock back the whiteness. Again, if you like a bit of colour, go for it. Anything you want to protect, 'wax'.</div>
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This acrylic stenciling process works really well on the fabrics. </div>
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Although I do not recommend inking onto fabric, but do experiment, remember the fabric will absorb and spread the ink. Try water colour products like Koh-In-Or dye based water colour inks, they are softer.</div>
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Still keep the paint thin on the sponge so that the paint does not creep underneath the stencil, you can always add more, but once its blobbed too much you will have to cover it up with stitching or collage.</div>
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I like to just add stenciled marks here and there, less is definitely more. </div>
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These techniques work equally well for those keen to try a figurative approach.</div>
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I like drawing on surfaces that have been interfered with. Once I have plotted out my image,</div>
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I will draw with white acrylic paint, popping in all the highlights. I use the paint neat and quite thickly to create texture. Where you want darks, don't put paint!</div>
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When the paint is dry, I flush the image with acrylic ink. Diluted to begin with, then I get bolder and add neater ink. White acrylic resists the ink running off the white, this works with with Indian ink too. Just add more white if it gets too dark, let everything dry between each layer or it will all go a bit grey!</div>
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Beware that if you use pen ink such as Quink or any other water soluble ink it will sink into the paint, not shed off it. This is another creative opportunity.</div>
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I have been softening my drawings recently by spraying them gently with water while the ink is wet,</div>
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this makes the ink run in a very satisfying way, softening lines. If it goes horribly wrong at this stage, just quickly wash and blot it off and try again.</div>
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I really like drawings with eco printed backgrounds, but you may have a few stand alone pieces of eco print. Hang on to those until the right moment arises.</div>
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Next Sunday I will be adding to these samples. At the moment it is all just experimentation, giving me ideas for bigger projects. You can try this starting point on plain paper. Acrylic resit with ink washes are a good way to start a drawings.</div>
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Check out these Instagram's for further inspiration and more techniques:-</div>
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Suppliers who I believe are still posting if you need to add to your materials stash:-</div>
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Please post your results on Instagram if you can, but mention me @sb.brown21 and I will get to see what you have done. Thank you to everyone who has.</div>
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Have the best creative week you can under the circumstances. Best wishes, Sue</div>
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What can I do with myself when I am feeling anxious and not the least bit creative? This is a question I am asking myself a great deal at the moment. So strangely this is one of the things I like to do when I am not feeling creative, design creative prompts for others to have a go at.</div>
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So Sunday Prompts will pop up each Sunday until we no longer need them or I run out of steam. Hoping the former rather than the later. </div>
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It will be a series of processes that you can dip into during the week as creatively or practically as you like. There will be things for a variety of adult abilities. The Prompts will progress from week to week, either connecting each process to make an on going project, or starting new items each week, however you want to make use of them. </div>
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These processes can be done on paper or fabric, its up to you. </div>
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We all like to work differently, it is not a test!!</div>
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So onto the first Prompt, no drawing or special skills required.</div>
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<b>Eco Printing.</b> </div>
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I want you to start by going for a country walk or getting out into the garden. Collect a few leaves, for the best results collect, rose, bramble, oak, cranes bill geranium. Do you have an Acer or Japanese Maple coming into leaf? You don't need many, we are not ravaging the country side or stripping bare the garden. Onion skins are good too.</div>
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Once you have a collection of vegetation, you will also need the following. </div>
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Rusty metal items, fairly flat ones, old washers, tacks, steel wool are really good (use gloves when handling all this stuff)</div>
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Natural fabrics, cotton, silk, perhaps an old cotton sheet or shirt, it does not work on man made fabrics.</div>
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Paper, thick cartridge, water colour or pages from a sketchbook. If you only have thin cheaper paper just handle it with more care when its wet.</div>
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The size of these substrates should be the same as the tile or tube, folding is allowed.</div>
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Couple of ceramic tiles or wooden doweling or old rolling pin. I use plastic drain pipe too.</div>
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Strong rubber bands or sturdy thread or string.</div>
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Make a flat pile with sandwiched layers of finds so that the whole thing will be flat when pushed down. This can be separate squares of paper/fabric or a stripe folded with materials between each layer.The important factor is the contact of each item to the paper or fabric.</div>
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snuggly around itself to make a tight bundle.</div>
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Pop your package into a pan (do not cook in this pan again) it must fit and be submerged, slug a splosh of white vinegar in...although I often forget to. Boil for an hour. Keep it topped up, you really don't want to let it boil dry and have a timer on, you do not want to forget you have put it on either.</div>
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Trust me the smell is terrible if that happens!!</div>
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After an hour turn off and drain. Use gloves and be aware that the water will stain things. </div>
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Allow the package to go cold (never managed to do that to date) before unwrapping.</div>
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This is what I achieved... the above examples on fabric and Khadi paper</div>
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Over to you, if you have a piece that is less than successful re bundle with leaves and boil again. Remember not to over load your bundles, you need space around leaves to see the edges print. It is all about contact, if your materials can't touch the substrate you won't get clear prints. </div>
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If you get leaves floating at the top of the pan, you have done something a bit differently to the above instructions.</div>
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Its the walk in the fresh air that is the key to this activity.</div>
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<b>I now have a week to work out what we could do with these delicious papers and fabrics...</b></div>
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<b>watch this space.</b></div>
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<b>Look up the following artists for more information about Eco Printing,</b></div>
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<b>Claire Cawte - </b><a href="https://clairecawtetextiles.com/new-gallery">https://clairecawtetextiles.com/new-gallery</a></div>
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<b>Alice Fox - <a href="http://www.alicefox.co.uk/">http://www.alicefox.co.uk/</a></b></div>
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<b>India Flint - <a href="https://www.indiaflint.com/">https://www.indiaflint.com/</a></b></div>
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<b>Caroline Bell - <a href="https://www.textileartist.org/caroline-bell-interview-eco-printing">https://www.textileartist.org/caroline-bell-interview-eco-printing</a></b></div>
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It has been traditional for me to leave partly finished work on my studio bench just before the festive mayhem sets in. This helps me start again after Christmas. We often have to deal with post festive blues in the dark days of January and February. After all the jolliness it can often be difficult to get back into the swing of things. </div>
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So I blocked out some diary dates mid December and made some Corvid drawings. Here is a raven found in the middle of Tenby while on holiday.</div>
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This is Bran, a tame crow I met earlier in the Autumn at <a href="https://www.bobbybritnell.co.uk/">Bobby Britnell's</a>. I have been itching to do homage to this gorgeous creature.</div>
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This leaves me with a series of drawings that I can make collagraph plates from when the glitter has settled.</div>
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Using grey board, plaster, wood glue and carborundum, between Christmas and New Year I set about making</div>
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these two plates.</div>
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I press feathers into polyfilla areas,</div>
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cutting into the card and applying layers of carborundum to give velvety blacks.</div>
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The contrast with wood glue and the bare surface of the card creates tonal differences. Then everything is shellaced.</div>
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Then after the New Year celebrations are over, off to <a href="https://www.theyardartspace.com/">the yard:ARTspace</a> to print, print, print.</div>
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I am pleased with Helpful Bran and have experimented with mono printing the red thread tangling off the reel.</div>
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Dig Deep is a homage to the lovely Mr B who is taking up an allotment this year</div>
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So instead of falling down the post Christmas hole, trying to get myself going on something new, what I have set myself up with is work to finish off. There are now new crow images I am itching to draw and get on with and other projects bubbling up in the background. The more I make the more I want to make...!!</div>
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So watch this space.</div>
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I have spent the past few months experimenting and expanding my use of Gum Arabic transfer printing beyond my sketchbook.</div>
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I have documented these moth experiments from my sketchbooks and have been determined to combine</div>
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my eco printing with my figurative work on paper.</div>
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So here is my first larger experiment. Putting together my sewing, printmaking and eco printing activities.</div>
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Inspired by museum collections of entomological exhibits, I have created this 'Moth Eaten Shirt' </div>
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Adding shishsa elements using watch glass in</div>
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place of mirrors.</div>
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Ghostly moths appear on the shirt made of silk organza and attached with entomological pins.</div>
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Eco printed, gum arabic transfer print and acrylic paint on vintage fabric has all been added to this deconstructed shirt.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">See this piece of experimental work in the Artists in Action Area at the <a href="https://www.theknittingandstitchingshow.com/harrogate/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA2b7uBRDsARIsAEE9XpGOFAa9OeyvDnkeArkltg8jx5CkGmQrnYbr3QlFGyrnRnXffkbZHfIaAgjlEALw_wcB">Knit and Stitch Show </a>Harrogate. I will be there Saturday 30 November and Sunday 1 December recreating my studio and making more pieces using a variety of mixed media processes. </span></div>
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Sue Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14818950852793256605noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-743021851837154384.post-10401586820497401332019-08-21T01:56:00.001-07:002019-08-21T01:56:33.780-07:00WORK IN PROGRESS...the sequel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
For those of you who follow me on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sb.brown21/?hl=en">Instagram </a> you will be aware that at the beginning of August I ran a 3 day Sketch Book Master Class at<a href="https://www.theyardartspace.com/"> the yard:ARTspace</a></div>
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As part of the workshop I develop a demonstration sketch book along side everyone. I completed 6 pages of the 20 pages in the book. Excited by the workshop I then announced to the world (well those following me on Facebook and Instagram) that I would complete the book doing a page a day.</div>
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Each day I spent no more that an hour. </div>
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working on this document.</div>
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Keeping it small helps and adding eco dyed pages that speak for themselves takes the pressure off.</div>
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An hour a day means that the images begin to have their own confidence. A time limit means that less is more is a built in factor.</div>
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So where do I go now that I have formed this habit?</div>
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Into my A2 sketch book and work at a bigger scale. Here you can see the comparison.</div>
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How do I start a mixed media page? Especially a big one?</div>
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I randomly cover the page with gum arabic transfer prints, then Quink, then ink.</div>
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That will be the closest I get to abstract...as I will then start to draw my theme with white acrylic paint.</div>
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It is now difficult to explain how I work into this, but adding, covering and adding again using</div>
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paint, stencils and collage</div>
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until the image is doing what I want...</div>
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another difficult concept to explain.</div>
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Now where? Onto fabric I think...???</div>
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