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The Final Touch

The mixed media print I’ve been working on for the past couple of weeks is now finished! I did the final touches this evening. “Dragon’s Revenge” is designed by Jamie Reid and commissioned by GS Artists and is a combination of archival digital print (the pale blue background and the word DRAGONS), screenprint (the red Welsh dragon and the blue Saint George), lino cut (the word REVENGE) and a separate digital print (the words MAE HEDDWCH YN GALED).

I collaged the final pieces this evening. It’s great to see an artwork in two languages; Mae Heddwch Yn Galed means Peace Is Hard.

An exhibition of the political works of anarchic artist Jamie Reid, is at GS Artists on Swansea’s High Street until March 1st.

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Onto The Next Block ……

23 Feb

As one art project comes to an end, the next one gets started. I’m cutting a new little lino block – something for International Womens’ Day #IWD2020 . I’m using hard brown lino and I’ll fix the block to a stamp base that I bought in the Modular store in Berlin a while back.

And here’s a very short video of me finishing printing my last little lino block on my antique Sampson Mordan & Co press. It’s a gorgeous chunk of cast iron with lush Victorian styling and rather Steampunk.

This little block in the video is part of a print I am editioning, designed by Jamie Reid for GS Artists, who are showing an exhibition of his radical art in Swansea at the moment.

Tags: #artforsale, #ArtistsofTwitter, #artistsontwitter, #IWD2020, #Twitart, #Welshart, @RosieScribblah, @SwanseaHighSt, @Waleslover, @womensart1, @WomensArts, @wordpressdotcom, antique press, art, Berlin, creativity, GS Artists, Jamie Reid, kunst, linocuts, nipping press, original prints, printmaking, Sampson Morden & Co, steampunk, tools, Wales

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Nearly There…

21 Feb

I used my sweet little antique press today to carry on printing a little lino block.

Here’s a closer view of the cast iron press, which is probably early Victorian and made in London, by Sampson Mordan & Co. These are often called bookbinding or nipping presses but it’s possibly one of the very first Fax (Facsimile) machines, advertised at the time as a “letter copying press”.

This little block is part of a print I am editioning, designed by Jamie Reid for GS Artists, who are showing an exhibition of his radical art in Swansea at the moment.

Tags: #artforsale, #ArtistsofTwitter, #artistsontwitter, #Twitart, #Welshart, @RosieScribblah, @SwanseaHighSt, @Waleslover, @womensart1, @WomensArts, @wordpressdotcom, antique press, art, book binding press, creativity, GS Artists, Jamie Reid, kunst, letter copying press, linocuts, nipping press, original prints, printmaking, Sampson Morden & Co, tools, Wales

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A Sharp Tool And A Strop

19 Feb

When I’m cutting blocks for printmaking, whether it’s lino, vinyl, wood or foamboard it’s vitally important to keep my tools sharp. Once a tool goes blunt it’s a dickens of a job to sharpen it again. Sharpening your tools as you work slows you down a bit but it is more efficient than sharpening tools from scratch. I use Flexcut tools and the Flexcut strop system to keep them sharp. Here’s a short video of my sharpening strop in action.

This little block is part of a print I am editioning, designed by Jamie Reid for GS Artists, who are showing an exhibition of his radical art in Swansea at the moment.

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Messy!

18 Feb

I’m onto the messy stages of screenprinting now … squeegeeing ink through the stencil on the silk mesh on to the paper below. I’m almost half way through the edition, hope to have it finished by the end of the week.

Here’s a short video of me using the vacuum screenpress to print the image at Swansea Print Workshop.

I’m developing an edition of mixed media prints for GS Artists from an original by Jamie Reid. There is a great exhibition of his work running until March 1st and here’s some more info about the show and the prints, which will be in a limited edition of 75.

Tags: #artforsale, #ArtistsofTwitter, #artistsontwitter, #Twitart, #Welshart, @RosieScribblah, @SwanseaHighSt, @Waleslover, @womensart1, @WomensArts, @wordpressdotcom, art, creativity, GS Artists, Jamie Reid, kunst, original prints, printmaking, screenprinting, silkscreen, Swansea Print Workshop, Wales

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Step By Step

15 Feb

Building a screenprint step by step. It’s a lot of processes and each one has to be exact and tried out as a trial proof at each stage. Here’s the photoscreen of the little knight (above) and here he is printed in cobalt blue (below). I’m happy with the little chap.

Tags: #artforsale, #ArtistsofTwitter, #artistsontwitter, #Twitart, #Welshart, @RosieScribblah, @SwanseaHighSt, @Waleslover, @womensart1, @WomensArts, @wordpressdotcom, art, creativity, GS Artists, Jamie Reid, kunst, original prints, printmaking, screenprinting, silkscreen, Swansea Print Workshop, Wales

A Soft Squeegee And A Vacuum Press

11 Feb

I cracked on with my trial proofs today at Swansea Print Workshop. I exposed and developed the screens yesterday, and today I mixed up some inks and tried out the screens. I’m very pleased with the quality and resolution. I’m using aluminium screens with 120 mesh from Screenstretch and Azocol photosensitive liquid stencil.

There’s a large vacuum press for silkscreens at Swansea Print Workshop, which makes printing run a lot more smoothly. I’m using Daler Rowney System 3 acrylic paint mixed 40:60 with screenprint medium. I’ve experimented with two different squeegees – a soft and a medium. The soft squeegee presses more ink through but loses some resolution while the medium squeegee pushes less ink through, giving very good detail but loses some colour intensity. Decisions have to be made tomorrow.

I’m developing an edition of mixed media prints for GS Artists from an original design by Jamie Reid. There is a great exhibition of his work running until March 1st and here’s some more info about the show and the prints, which will be in a limited edition of 75.

Tags: #artforsale, #ArtistsofTwitter, #artistsontwitter, #Twitart, #Welshart, @RosieScribblah, @SwanseaHighSt, @Waleslover, @womensart1, @WomensArts, @wordpressdotcom, art, Artfinder, creativity, GS Artists, Jamie Reid, kunst, original prints, printmaking, screenprinting, silkscreen, Swansea Print Workshop, Wales

Exposing The Dragon

10 Feb

After the block printing over the weekend, I moved on to the next phase of the multi-media print designed by the artist Jamie Reid. I worked with Kara Seaman at Swansea Print Workshop to coat two silkscreens with Azocol photosensitive solution and after they dried, exposed them each with a transparency in the UV Unit.

Once they had been exposed for 2 minutes, they were washed to develop the image and then into the drying cupboard. Next stage is to do some colour tests and a couple of trial proofs – tomorrow ….

Tags: #artforsale, #ArtistsofTwitter, #artistsontwitter, #Twitart, #Welshart, @RosieScribblah, @SwanseaHighSt, @Waleslover, @womensart1, @WomensArts, @wordpressdotcom, art, Artfinder, creativity, GS Artists, Jamie Reid, Kara Seaman, kunst, original prints, printmaking, silkscreen, Swansea Print Workshop, Wales

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And …… Print

9 Feb

The little lino block is finished, the paper is cut, the work station is set up, so today I started printing using Cranfield Caligo Safewash relief ink in black onto Hahnemuehle paper. It’s underway!!!!!

Tags: #artforsale, #ArtistsofTwitter, #artistsontwitter, #Twitart, #Welshart, @RosieScribblah, @SwanseaHighSt, @Waleslover, @womensart1, @WomensArts, @wordpressdotcom, art, Artfinder, creativity, GS Artists, Jamie Reid, kunst, lino cuts, original prints, printmaking, Wales

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Finishing The Lino Block

8 Feb

I made the finishing touches to my little lino block “Revenge” today, removing lino from around the edge and cutting it down to size.

Then I cut the paper. I sourced a lovely sheet of Hahnemulle German paper, 230gsm, that’s a perfect weight and a lovely velvety surface. I’ll get nearly 80 pieces from it. I had kept the paper rolled so once I cut all those tiny pieces, I stacked them under a weight to flatten them ….. my antique stoneware hot water bottle. Storm Ciara is on the way so I hope the temperature doesn’t drop too much otherwise Husb and I are going to be chilly without our hottie.

Tags: #artforsale, #ArtistsofTwitter, #artistsontwitter, #Twitart, #Welshart, @RosieScribblah, @SwanseaHighSt, @Waleslover, @womensart1, @WomensArts, @wordpressdotcom, art, Artfinder, creativity, GS Artists, Jamie Reid, kunst, lino cuts, original prints, printmaking, Wales

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The Final Touch

Onto The Next Block ……

Nearly There…

A Sharp Tool And A Strop

Messy!

Step By Step

A Soft Squeegee And A Vacuum Press

Exposing The Dragon

And …… Print

Finishing The Lino Block

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