***OH! I WAS busy – just found this draft; so I thought, well, I might as not post it right now. The show was a great success, with nearly fifty memberships for the Friends group, and all but two of the auction works passed reserve, raising some much appreciated donations to the gallery. @@@@@@@@…
Read MoreAll articles filed in Uncategorized
Accumulative
I am part of Arts in Oxford’s latest exhibition, starting on Saturday 8 October 2016, which is a group exhibition by Stratum showing prints, painting, pastel works and sculpture as well as a large collaborative work. You are invited to a ‘Meet the Artists’ afternoon from 4 – 6 pm on Sunday 16 October, and four members of…
Read MoreSolar Dyes: From Purple and Red to Green
Spring brought the peonies, one of which had deep red petals which went into a dye pot with pieces of silk, wool and cotton. Painting of Aoraki – Mt Cook behind the flowers is by John Horton. These peonies were a gift from Viv and Nancy! This is the amazing colour that appeared… My next test was…
Read MoreCarbon Footprint
We’re all in the joke mood at the moment, that is if you are doing an assignment for Art of the MOOC. It has been a real battle for me to think of a joke related to a social issue or a social movement. My attempts just sounded so silly, but after going on…
Read MoreWalks in the Waitakere Ranges
Have just found this draft which was started late last year, so I thought I should finish it. In November I spent a week near the Waitakere Ranges just north of Auckland, and had the opportunity for some lovely bush walks. Paddocks and regenerating forest – Manuka a nursery species. Ponga, tree ferns, Kauri alongside the…
Read MoreHot Off the Press
Tomorrow’s Beginning Boro An Image in Search of a Title Hot Off the Press; four printmakers showing at Arts in Oxford Gallery, Oxford, North Canterbury This selection of monoprints is my first venture into exhibiting prints. I hope I’m keeping true to my art practice of using process and chance to make the image. I…
Read MoreObject or Thing
Cannot add more to this piece of work. It sat there for a while, rolled up in the old bible box that my Grandmother used as a hat box (she had wonderful hats). Then the other night I finished off the bottom right hand corner. A little piece of family genealogy there, to me anyway……
Read MoreGreen dye from Black Turtle Bean
Following on from the previous post about black bean dye – The next day, bicarbonate of soda was added to the Black Turtle Bean solar dye. Colour changed to green and this colour transferred to the un-mordanted silk and cotton scraps. This test needs to be redone; the bicarb was added to the original dye…
Read MoreKozo Tea Iron
This latest experiment was about getting a contact print through an immersion in a cold dye, in this case tea. I used two strips of dry folded kozo paper that I had previously drawn on with sumi ink; one piece was held together with a metal bull dog clip. A stack of dry printmaking paper was…
Read MoreIt’s a Plane tree
I went out to find the tree – it is what I know as a London Plane tree – and it seems to be known under various botanical names and I won’t bother to list them. Glad that little problem sorted… See previous post.
Read More