The book is open at Vickys favourite page.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Glen Skien - Homeprint
Irene has a good think about the image, the colour, texture, balance and order in the book for this work.
Glen Skien - Homeprint
Anna Dixon and Irene Mason listen to Glen talking about some of the monoprints on the drying lines.
Glen Skien - Homeprint
The series of umbrella mono prints and the canoe series in the back ground are a little samples of works that Glen has been working on back in his home city of Brisbane.
Glen Skien - Homeprint
Gill is laying down pieces of material to add to her layers for her monoprint.
Glen Skien - Homeprint
Glen is demonstrating the procedure for inking- masking- pulling a mono print. Anna Nelson, Vicky Stewart, Ana Stewart, Faith Thomas and Gill Allsop look on.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Nga Toi team from Feilding Intermediate
First Day MDF carving, some students standing, 2 hands on the handles of the carving tools.
Nga Toi team from Feilding Intermediate
Lines filled with 2 colour prints. Some students managed to invert their writing on the carving others just hoped it would be OK!
Nga Toi team from Feilding Intermediate
A great set of 2 colour prints, framed, by the 'Day One - Nga Toi' group.
Nga Toi team from Feilding Intermediate
Here we have the over printing completed with a careful application of three bands of colour printed over the top of the first cut.
Nga Toi team from Feilding Intermediate
3 Lines of the first print with one colour. Each student to print 6 the same colour.
Nga Toi team from Feilding Intermediate
You like both of these two bird prints? '2 frames - really!'
Nga Toi team from Feilding Intermediate
Day three of the Students from Feilding Intermediate show one framed print from their 6 print edition.
Nga Toi team from Feilding Intermediate
What can I say. These very excited enthusiastic students loved 2 colour printmaking!
Nga Toi team from Feilding Intermediate
The drawings have been transferred onto the MDF and the students are now carving with the Japanese carving tools. Some students find it easier to stand.
Bill Sutton - Poems
Bill is signing the title page for a set of 5 poems in broadsheet form. The set is called Transformation. These may be bought as singles for $10 each plus postage or as a set of 5 for $25 plus postage.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Kate preparing paper for print run
Kate is measuring the sheet of 190 gsm Incisioni paper in preparation for tearing down to the print edition size.
Kate preparing paper for print run
The straight edge needs to be held firmly and the paper needs equal pressure as Kate starts the tearing process. (this can be done by painting water with a watercolour brush along the straight edge and then torn - the result is softer)
Kate preparing paper for print run
By keeping pressure on the straight edge and tearing against the narrow side where the ruler is, a clean tear similar in 'look' to the deckle edge is achieved. Kate is tearing 6 sheets into 4.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Omanu School - Teacher workshop.
Standing up to carve accurately suits some people. Notice two hands on the carving tool. Tool held at about 20 degrees with a bench hook in place.
Omanu School - Teacher workshop.
Here John demonstrates the careful placement of the second carving, second colour placed over the top of the first colour print for accurate registration.
Omanu lino printing - my best prints
This is the start of the lesson, I am demonstrating to the year 5 and 6 class how to carve with these new carving tools imported from Japan. They are made from 2 high grade steels annealed together (sword steel) are VERY sharp and will hold their sharpness for a long time. My rule is to hold the tools with two hands on the handle. I carry plasters but I do not have an ambulance!The cutting angle is between 15 and 30 degrees. We must use a bench hook.
Omanu lino printing - my best prints
Three colour lino print. By a student of the year 5 and 6 class.
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