I spend a couple of happy hours at Elysium in Swansea today, in an art class for Welsh learners. I speak and read Welsh a bit (yn tipyn bach) but struggle to go beyond conversational Welsh and into specialist topics. This session today looked at one of the current exhibitions, by Arwel Micah, very atmosphericContinue reading “Inspired By …. Ysbrydoli Gan …”
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Street Metal: Playing Around.
I work part-time for a national charity as an art tutor with adult learners and yesterday I took a small group out and about to make graphite rubbings of “street metal” – manholes and stop cock covers. We used Koh-I-Noor graphite blocks (6B) onto Japanese HoSho paper. When I got back, I photocopied some ofContinue reading “Street Metal: Playing Around.”
Lemon Gelli
I was at Swansea Print Workshop this afternoon and I started working on a small circular Gelli-plate, laying down the first colour, which is Process Yellow, an intense lemon. I’m using Caligo Safe Wash Relief ink mixed 50:50 with Extender to increase translucency and the texture is created with a net that lemons were soldContinue reading “Lemon Gelli”
Inspired By The Dinner Party: Hatshepsut
I’ve hit a creative block! It happens. I’ve found that a useful way to deal with it is to do some technical exercises in my sketchbooks until I’m unblocked. I was having a bit of a reminisce and remembered going to see Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party in London way back when. I can’t remember whereContinue reading “Inspired By The Dinner Party: Hatshepsut”
#StandingStoneSunday : Pentre Ifan
Here’s one from the archives for #StandingStoneSunday. I can’t remember when I did this, probably around 10 years ago. I marbled some paper in my studio, in tones of grey and took some of it with me when Husb and I visited the spectacular Pentre Ifan monument in Pembrokeshire. I drew onto it with blocksContinue reading “#StandingStoneSunday : Pentre Ifan”
From My Archives: Concertina Screenprint
Here’s a screenprinted concertina booklet I made in 2018, 2 years BC (Before Covid) at a weekend workshop with the inspirational Kelly Stewart. I used motifs from my collaborative project with Dewi Bowen and Melvyn Williams, Hunting The Wild Megalith. Kelly will be running another weekend of screenprinting at Swansea Print Workshop at the endContinue reading “From My Archives: Concertina Screenprint”
#StandingStoneSunday: A Favourite.
It’s #StandingStoneSunday again and I’m posting an old favourite, Y Garreg Coch (The Red Stone) in Carmarthenshire.
GrrrRR
Here’s the little Type arrangement printed up. I’ve been trying out different ink / paper combos and I think this is the best one for me. The ink is Cranfield Safe-Wash Relief, in Process Cyan and Process Magenta with a dab of Extender in the middle. The paper is HoSho, printed on the smooth sideContinue reading “GrrrRR”
Good Wood.
I was at Swansea Print Workshop this afternoon and set up some of the beautiful vintage wooden type to carry on my experiments to find a good combination of ink and paper. The wood is so beautiful, each piece shows the patina of many years of inking and cleaning.
Dribbling Bideford Black.
I had a little bit left of the Bideford Black paint I made recently. It wasn’t a lot so I tried thinning it down with water and took a fairly wide, flat brush to make stripes across one of the sheets of paper I’d prepared with gesso and walnut ink. The Bideford Black wash broke up on the surfaceContinue reading “Dribbling Bideford Black.”
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