JUST THE ONE

In between making my own work I enjoy showing others how to get the best out of printmaking. I have just come back from a lovely weekend facilitating a Monoprint workshop for the Twenty Twenty Gallery in Much Wenlock. www.twenty-twenty.co.uk

Mono printing is accessible and produces exciting and unexpected results using simple easily obtained materials. Wall paper,cereal box card and found bits and pieces.

These are all quick demonstration examples.

But with more time spent layering and over printing rich juicy compositions can be made.

The weekend was spent playing with viscosity inked mono printing, this image was printed in one pull through the press.

Then images can be strengthened by over printing with card shapes.

There can even be interesting things left on the rollers.

 

The Twenty Twenty Gallery has planned a series of  workshops for 2013 if you are in the Shropshire area and is a lovely place to have a weekend break. I also have workshops planned at Hampen Factory, Gloucestershire for the end October, November and December and a new course schedule for 2013. The Cotswolds are beautiful too.

FINISHING ORDERS

I have been working feverishly getting work ready for exhibitions in December

and January.

This is work bound for the exhibition, 'Get Fresh'

in January at Bovey Tracey for the

Devon Guild of Craftsmen.

DIARY DATE

I have been invited to take part in an art event in the village of Penallt, south of Monmouth.

                                  

I will be demonstrating how to make and print a collagraph together with exhibiting work.

Art in Penallt takes place 5-7 October. www.penallt.org.uk has more details of the artists involved over the weekend.

 

Back in the shed I have been experimenting with enamel making more 'Ladies & Gentlemen' for my galleries for the festive period. These are waiting to have their bows and pins attached.

NATURAL EYE

Atonement has been selected to be exhibited at the Mall Gallery, London in the exhibition,

The Natural Eye:Society of Wildlife Artists Annual Exhibition

1-11 November 2012. www.mallgalleries.org.uk for more details

MAKING AN EXHIBITION OF MYSELF

It is Herefordshire Art  Week until the 16 September and my work is being featured together with the linoprints of Jane Walker at the Lion Gallery, Leominster.

www.liongallery.com for more details.

These 2 collagraphs will be exhibited at the Menier Gallery, London as part of the Society of Graphic Fine Art Annual Open Exhibition. 1-13 October.

www.sgfa.org.uk for more details

DAPPER ENAMEL CHAPS

There is a wonderful shop called Blades not far from the British Museum. It is the place to go for rubber stamps. I treated myself to this richly moustached gentleman and it has proved ideal for these 6in steel figures.

An interesting contrast to the girls!

I am very excited as The New Brewery Arts in Cirencester has ordered some brooches for their Christmas makers exhibition.

ENAMEL EXPERIMENTS

 Digital and screen printed transfers together with raku fired enamel.

We all have photograph albums that contain relatives with long lost identities, I am fascinated by these people who had lives and personalities but we will never know who they are.