It’s amazing how quickly a week flies by, and here we are again, another #Caturday Saturday and another silhouette of our little elderly rescue cat, William ChatNoir, aka Bill. As I’m clearing out my plans chests I’m finding lots of nice papers that I’ve coloured up for one reason or another, so I’m having aContinue reading “#Caturday Silhouette 5”
Category Archives: Printmaking
Free Arty Open Days…
Saturday and Sunday 23rd and 24th November 10.30 – 16.00. A rare chance to see inside Swansea’s Print Workshop and it’s fantastic printing presses dating from 1855 to the 21st century. There’s also a massive selection of original prints from talented local artists, and refreshments. AND some demonstrations of printmaking – I’ll be showing howContinue reading “Free Arty Open Days…”
Jelly Houses.
I did lots of Gelli Plate prints today, using a house motif. I cut house shapes in light card and used them as stencils. I used Liquitex Heavy Body acrylic paints. They’re for a specific project…more on that to come…
The Miner’s Strike – 40 Years On.
I have one of my screenprints inspired by the Miner’s Wives in this exhibition by Women’s Art Association Wales. It’s in Cardiff and runs from November 4th to December 14th, with an opening event on November 8th, 18.00 – 20.00. If you’re in the Cardiff area please call in.
The Art Of Independence.
I’ve got some of my recent screen and linocut prints into this new exhibition coming up at the Queen Street Gallery in Neath from this Saturday November 2nd until the end of the month. Artists from all over Wales are exhibiting. Please come and check it out. Neath has a really good indoor market too.
A Little Hairy Basket…
I went on a short course at Swansea Print Workshop this weekend led by the artist Dr. Veronica Calarco. It’s called “Prints To Baskets” and she shows how to reuse those failed prints (we all have them) by converting them into hand-made baskets. This is a selection of those made by the artists participating. TheContinue reading “A Little Hairy Basket…”
One Tarp, Two Leaves, Three Badges.
I’ve been doing some adult education sessions on Swansea’s Kilvey Hill, part of a creative partnership between Coed Lleol and Swansea Print Workshop. This is where I was working this morning, it’s lovely, even though the rain threatened, we had a big tarpaulin stretched over the work station. I was teaching the participants how toContinue reading “One Tarp, Two Leaves, Three Badges.”
I rooted around in the garden for a selection of leaves for my recent adult education session on Gelli plate printing. The delicate leaves at the top are from a dwarf lilac, Flowerfesta Pink, that is still growing new leaves in mid-September. The ones at the bottom from the hardy evergreen ivy. Although sceptical aboutContinue reading
The “oooohhh” Factor.
I really didn’t like gel-plate printing when I first tried it. I thought it was gimmicky and superficial. But I’m warming to it. It’s a very good technique to use in adult education as it’s very accessible to people who would normally avoid anything to do with art. Unfortunately, so many people had bad experiencesContinue reading “The “oooohhh” Factor.”
Up A Hill In The Sunshine.
I love Adult Education, it’s such a joy to teach people. I work several sessions a week with different groups of participants. Today I spent a couple of happy hours up Kilvey Hill in Swansea in the sunshine, taking Gelli Plate prints from the local trees and using recycled bubble wrap to create background texturesContinue reading “Up A Hill In The Sunshine.”
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