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It’s All A Bit Zen.

The carving begins! The final drawing has been transferred in reverse onto the MDF block in compressed charcoal. Then I redrew everything with a brush and walnut ink. And now I’m cutting. After all the rush and stress of the past few weeks, it feels a bit Zen to quietly carve into the wood, carefully scribing the lines and curves with nothing but the sound of my breathing to accompany me. It’s very meditative.

This is a large woodcut commissioned by Sky Arts television channel for ART50. You can read more about what I’m doing here.

Tags: #artforsale, #ArtistsofTwitter, #artistsontwitter, #Twitart, #Welshart, @ArtsWales, @RosieScribblah, @SkyArtsArt50, @Waleslover, @womensart1, @WomensArts, @wordpressdotcom, art, Artfinder, dragons, kunst, printmaking, Swansea, Wales, woodcut, woodcuts

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Categories Arty Stuff, At Home, Printmaking
Author Rosie Scribblah

Getting On With It

12 Nov

I’m on the last leg now with “Here Be Dragons”, my commission for Sky Arts, getting my final design transferred into a large sheet of MDF. I’m back in my studio at home, with Helen Finney’s portrait of me looking down as I work.

I transferred it using detail paper, that had a tracing of the design in compressed charcoal. Once that was on the MDF, I went over each line with a good quality squirrel hair brush and home-made walnut ink. Tomorrow, the cutting begins!

Tags: #artforsale, #ArtistsofTwitter, #artistsontwitter, #Twitart, #Welshart, @ArtsWales, @RosieScribblah, @SkyArtsArt50, @Waleslover, @womensart1, @WomensArts, @wordpressdotcom, art, Artfinder, dragons, Helen Finney, kunst, printmaking, Swansea, woodcut, woodcuts

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Author Rosie Scribblah

Still Slogging Away….

10 Nov

Still slogging away. I have redrawn this yet again and now I think I’m finally happy with the way the textual imagery flows. This is the third version that I have worked up, and I did it lightly in graphite first.

Then I covered it with detail paper (tracing) and copied it through with compressed charcoal, which will help when I turn it over to copy it onto a sheet of wood – it has to be carved in reverse of course. Off to the DIY centre next, to get a sheet of MDF. This is the reality of doing art, reworking and refining and slogging away, not very glamorous, eh?

Back To The Drawing Board

7 Nov

Literally, back to the drawing board. I worked up a full scale drawing yesterday, ready to transfer to a block for cutting. But I’m not happy with it. There’s so much text to fit into the space and I think it’s too busy and cramped so today, back to basics, redrawing each word so the text is more abstracted. Tomorrow, I’ll work it up onto another full size sheet of paper and see where that gets me.

This is a commission for Sky Arts television.

Tags: #artforsale, #ArtistsofTwitter, #artistsontwitter, #Twitart, #Welshart, @ArtsWales, @CoastalHousing, @RosieScribblah, @SkyArtsArt50, @Waleslover, @womensart1, @WomensArts, @wordpressdotcom, art, Artfinder, dragons, kunst, printmaking, Swansea, text, woodcut, woodcuts

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Categories Arty Stuff, Printmaking
Author Rosie Scribblah

And Nearer ……

6 Nov

Moving into the final stages of my commission from Sky Arts ART50 now, drawing up the design to full scale before transferring it onto a wood block for cutting …..

Getting Nearer

5 Nov

I’m getting along with my commission for the Sky Arts ART50 programme, “Here Be Dragons”. I have reworked every single piece of text that will be on the final woodcut, redrawing each word until it forms itself into a visual image that I like. The letters sometimes become so abstracted that it can be difficult to read the final word, but that’s okay, I’m making a piece of art, not an illustration or a piece of design, so I don’t have to worry if something is readable, only that it works as a visual motif. These words will change again when they’re painted onto the surface of the woodblock and yet again when I carve them and print them and use chine collé on them.

Next phase is to work up a full-size drawing onto paper, prior to transferring it onto the woodblock. So getting along nicely…..

Tags: #artforsale, #ArtistsofTwitter, #artistsontwitter, #Twitart, #Welshart, @ArtsWales, @RosieScribblah, @SkyArtsArt50, @Waleslover, @womensart1, @WomensArts, @wordpressdotcom, art, Artfinder, chine colle, dragons, kunst, printmaking, Swansea, text, woodcut

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Categories Arty Stuff, Printmaking
Author Rosie Scribblah

Tiny Etchings

4 Nov

Coming up from November 10th, an exhibition of miniature prints at Swansea Print Workshop. The main exhibition showcases the Leftovers VIII international touring show but members of the print workshop will also be displaying tiny prints for sale ….. some lovely Xmas presents there! Here are some of the tiny drypoint etchings I’m submitting, they’ve been hand-coloured with watercolours. Come and have a look …..

Tags: #artforsale, #ArtistsofTwitter, #artistsontwitter, #Twitart, #Welshart, @ArtsWales, @RosieScribblah, @Waleslover, @womensart1, @WomensArts, @wordpressdotcom, art, Artfinder, drypoint, etching, kunst, Leftovers VIII, printmaking, Swansea, Swansea Print Workshop, watercolour, What's on, Xmas presents

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Categories Arty Stuff, Other animals, Printmaking
Author Rosie Scribblah

Phew! Cracked It!

2 Nov

Finally, all the teccie, geeky stuff has been sorted. I did a third test block, carving a fraction of my final design onto a shard of MDF, coating it three times with a 50:50 mix of shellac and methylated spirits, inking it up with Cranfield Caligo Safewash Relief ink and printing it, using a Japanese baren, onto Hosho paper. PHEW!!!!!! Cracked it!

This is a first, trial, proof which shows me if the carving is satisfactory. I can see where I need to cut more away around the lettering and maybe increase the ‘scales’ around the dragons eye, but it’s not too bad at all for a first proof.

This is another stage in my commission for Sky Arts ART50, you can read more about it here…

Tags: #artforsale, #ArtistsofTwitter, #artistsontwitter, #Twitart, #Welshart, @ArtsWales, @CoastalHousing, @RosieScribblah, @SkyArtsArt50, @Waleslover, @womensart1, @WomensArts, @wordpressdotcom, art, Artfinder, chine colle, dragons, kunst, printmaking, Swansea, text, woodcuts

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Categories Arty Stuff, Printmaking
Author Rosie Scribblah

Open Studio Days And Cake

31 Oct

You are welcome to pop in to one of my Open Studio days where I’ll be working on a commission from Sky Arts television channel, called “Here Be Dragons”, which means dangerous or unknown territory!

216 High Street
Swansea
SA1 1NW

Saturday November 3rd from 11 until 2 pm
Thursday November 8th from 3 until 6 pm
Sunday November 11th from 2 until 5 pm

It will be lovely to show you around and there will be tea and cake, home made of course.

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Categories Arty Stuff, out and about
Author Rosie Scribblah

Yesterday’s Package

30 Oct

Yesterday’s package was tins of new ink! Caligo / Cranfield Safe Wash litho / relief ink in black, for my test blocks. And here’s the second of my test blocks cut into MDF. The first, last week, gave unsatisfactory results but one of my WordPress chums, Siver Black, gave me a tip, to apply three coats of a 50:50 mix of shellac varnish and methylated spirits.

I’m delighted with the results. I used Hosho Japanese paper and took the print by hand, using a Japanese baren.

I did a second proof print with chine collé, using a hand-made banana paper in dark red. This is part of the commission I’m working on for Sky Arts Art50.

Tags: #artforsale, #ArtistsofTwitter, #artistsontwitter, #Twitart, #Welshart, @ArtsWales, @CoastalHousing, @RosieScribblah, @SkyArtsArt50, @Waleslover, @womensart1, @WomensArts, @wordpressdotcom, art, Artfinder, chine colle, kunst, printmaking, Swansea, text, woodcuts

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Categories Arty Stuff, Printmaking
Author Rosie Scribblah

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