I started a selfie today, a self portrait woodcut, using a piece of plywood. I transferred my drawing onto the wood and commenced hacking away with my Flexcut tools, they’re pretty good but plywood is quite tough and takes some effort.
I did a rubbing, with tracing paper and a graphite block, as I cut, to keep tabs on how it was progressing. Tomorrow I’ll do a first proof print to see exactly what’s going on and then finish the cutting, if necessary.
There’s a lovely exhibition of contemporary printmaking at Swansea Print Workshop this week (until September 29th) and if you fancy popping in to see it tomorrow afternoon (Sunday 22nd), I’ll be show sitting (which is a much nicer way of saying invigilation IMHO) from 1.30 – 4.30. If you haven’t been to the print […]
Such a lot happening over the next week or so in Swansea and it all kicks off this Friday with the opening of the exhibition, “Now The Printmakers” at 5.30 pm at Swansea Print Workshop. Inspired by the work of Frank Brangwyn and Kathe Kollwitz, the show focusses on the work of three […]
Opening Friday 21st September from 17.30 to 20.00 and continuing 10.30 – 4.30 September 22nd to 30th EXCEPT Monday 24th. Swansea Print Workshop, a hidden gem, is exhibiting original prints as part of “Nawr Yr Arwr / Now The Hero“, inspired by World War 1 artists Frank Brangwyn and Käthe Kollwitz with work by artist […]
Deadline: September 30th 2018 – The Evening Standard Art Prize. No entry fee. UK residents. Digital entry. Competitions for creatives can be controversial. Some have extortionate entry fees, some have the odds stacked against those who are not members of a particular arts organisation. But I’m happy to give the heads up to competitions that […]
Swansea, September 21st to 30th 2018. I’ve been involved in the expansive art project Nawr Yr Arwr / Now The Hero for some time and it’s all coming to a head in Swansea at the end of September. It’s part of a whole load of specially commissioned art projects from “14-18 NOW WW1 Centenary Art Commissions“, a […]
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I love the concept of a wooden selfie. Can’t wait to see the result and does this count for your 100 portraits series?
We have been driven particularly dotty on our travels by people simpering, posing and taking ‘beauty shots’ in front of famous art works. Much as I love to capture a detail or picture of a favourite art work I applaud galleries such as the Prado that insist that you attempt looking at the artwork.
I’m also driven mad by idiots in galleries and elsewhere who don’t bother with what’s around them, just obsessively take selfies.
I am thinking we should start calling them ‘selfishes’ 😅
Brilliant!!!
really interesting to see the progress of the image!
I’ve done a lino selfie before, the wood is quite rough so this is more brutal
always a wonderful bit of mystery attached to print making
And so much that can go wrong lol …