I’m going to be running some creative training sessions soon and one of them is going to be about stamping. That’s not moving your feet up and down with force, but the practice of creating new artworks from rubber – or lino or wood – stamps. I’ve been doing some work in this technique, inspiredContinue reading “Stamping!”
Category Archives: Printmaking
Look What I’ve Got!
Look what I’ve got! Ner nerner ner ner! 😛 Husb and I did a road trip up to Ynyshir in The Rhondda Valley today and bought this gorgeous Victorian book press off the charming Mike. I’ll use it for lino and wood block prints. I don’t know the make or date of manufacture so ifContinue reading “Look What I’ve Got!”
At The Ragged School
After yesterday evening’s vigil for those murdered in London, Husb and I went up to the old Ragged School to see an exhibition by artists who have just completed a residency at University of Wales Trinity Saint Davids, or Swansea Art School as it was when I graduated. The show includes some fantastic mezzotints byContinue reading “At The Ragged School”
Open For Art, Cake And Amazing Machines
Coming soon, an open weekend at Swansea Print Workshop with guided tours around our Tardis-like studios, demonstrations of expert techniques on the Saturday and Sunday, our fabulous antique and modern printing machines, cakes and original art for sale and an exhibition that runs all week. I’ll be doing a demo of monotype techniques on SundayContinue reading “Open For Art, Cake And Amazing Machines”
TROUBLEMAKERS!!!
I’m going to be doing some street art with The Plebeian Scribblers and The Plebeian Printmakers as part of Volcano’s Troublemakers arts festival July 13th – 16th 2017. For the past two summers, The Plebeian Scribblers have been an integral part of “A FAB Intervention”, a one-day street event in Bath’s City Centre during the annualContinue reading “TROUBLEMAKERS!!!”
The Final Proof – For Now
Here are the last cuts I made on my new vinyl block that I carved during my gallery-sitting session at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir last weekend. I spent the day designing, cutting and proof printing and took it up to this, the fourth cut and print and for now, the final proof. I printedContinue reading “The Final Proof – For Now”
Proof Printing
I made the first cuts on my new vinyl block (while I was gallery-sitting at The Workers Gallery last weekend) and took a proof print. The first print off a new block always seems to be a bit ropey (it’s the one at the bottom right of the photo), so I took a second proofContinue reading “Proof Printing”
The First Cuts
Yesterday I posted about setting up to develop a linocut print while I was gallery-sitting at The Workers Gallery in Ynyshir. After I did an interim sketch from my original sketchbook drawing of a Neolithic standing stone, I transferred it (in reverse) to a piece of vinyl with a white conté crayon. I’m using vinylContinue reading “The First Cuts”
The End Of The Experiment
So here’s the last stage of my experimenting with home-made printing ink based on Nori (seaweed) paste. Above is a block cut into vinyl, inked with a roller (brayer) and the print taken with a traditional Japanese bamboo baren. I used a Daler Rowney cartridge / drawing paper, 95gsm and had better results with theContinue reading “The End Of The Experiment”
A Bit Of Vintage
And ….. back to my experiments with home-made printing ink. After disappointing results with a lightweight Japanese Hosho paper, I tried a lovely vintage British paper, J Green & Sons sold by the Vintage Paper Co. Above, I used the ink with a rubber stamp made from a design I did of the artist KätheContinue reading “A Bit Of Vintage”
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