Something New

On Saturday I went to our printmaking group for some reason not many people turned up for it. I myself was not going to stay long as there weren’t any one to talk to, just when I ready to leave a friend turned up and we started to talk and she demonstrated sola plate to and we play with scape bit of sola plate for a couple of hour. So today I went out to the art supply shop and got myself some sola plates to play with.  

ATC

(Metal etched Aluminium Plate)

220g paper

A little bit more colour

Well this month has just flown by I hope you have all been taking care of your art. Myself I have been very busy and cant wait to work on some of the new ideas I have for next month.

ATC

(Metal etched Aluminium Plate)

220g paper

A little bit of this and of that

I have been playing with some more non-toxic metal salts etching on aluminium.

I just love the way that you came etch a metal plate and make a print out of odds and sods that you have all ready in your kitchen cupboards and garden shed.

ATC

(Metal etched Aluminium Plate)

220g paper

Family and Friends

Well that’s a good start to the New Year my studio and myself were hijacked for the week. My wife and a friend decided that I was going to run an impromptu Acrylic paint texture workshop. It went very well and we had a lot of fun and ended up with same nice pieces each. So it goes to show that the best laid plan can all ways be retract at this time of year when you have friends around hahaha but its always nice and fun

Dry point (2" x 3")

Ed of 10

A New Month

Ok back again after a brake away from the computer. I had a brake away from the computer as it was getting in the way of doing work, I would sit down to do some work on the computer and doing other thing on it a waiting hour so I went cold turkey and have not turned on it for over 3 month. So now I am back to use it as a tool not a place to just spend time.

I did get plenty of art done in this time spent away from the computer.

Yay a bit of good News

Opened my Emails this morning and this was the firsts sentence of the first Email I opened.

“Congratulations! Your artwork has been selected for the 2011 finalists’ exhibition, from which the overall winner will be chosen! There was a very high calibre of work and it will be a wonderful exhibition.”

I am so pleased, as this is the third time I have entered the exhibition, I did not make the cut last year. So Yay to me.

-/-

This is a Dry point print playing with line.

Dry Point on Plexi plate
Water Base Ink

And now the waiting game

Been matting and framing this week getting a piece ready for my first contest of 2011 it had to be in by 4:30 on Friday afternoon the exhibition is in March so now I have to wait to see if I am accepted for it. I just love waiting for this type of thing so I have started on some other pieces for another group exhibition at the end of March.

Non Toxic Intaglio

Acrylic Resist Etched Aluminium Plait
Water Based ink

Another week down that 2 now

I was asked to look after a couple of teens last week, seeing that they were on school holidays and there parents had to work. I was not overly keen on the idea as I wanted to do some work and they did not want a babysitter, so I called the whole thing a printmaking workshop and we all had a great time. I got some work done and had fun showing them printmaking and they got to make prints and had so much fun with it that they wanted to come and do it all again this week too.

Dry Point on Plexi plate

Water Base Ink

First Week of the year

Well that week went fast one down and 51 more to come. Spent most of the week trying to work in my studio but it is small and over the xmas holidays it has been use as extra place to put stuff so when I came to work in it the flow was all wrong and I felt like I was falling over myself, so I had a mad fit and moved every thing out and gave it a good clean and put it all back in the way I can use it and it feels great to work init again.

Been playing and looking for acrylic and house products that will work as grounds and resists that will work with the nontoxic metal salts etching on aluminium.

Non Toxic Intaglio Acrylic Resist Etched Aluminium Plait
Water Based ink

A Non-Toxic Weekend

Wow what a great full on weekend. Just spent a long weekend in a beautiful corner of our country, KeriKeri Bay of Islands at Mark Graver’s Non-Toxic Printmaking Studio set in the amazing gardens of Wharepuke. We had a hands on 2 day Acrylic Resist Etching - non toxic intaglio work shop.

Non Toxic Intaglio
Acrylic Resist Etched Aluminium Plait

Water Based ink

Non Toxic Intaglio
Acrylic Resist Etched Aluminium Plait

Water Based ink



Non Toxic Intaglio
Acrylic Resist Etched Aluminium Plait

Water Based ink