Ruby Clark's holiday painting.

Ruby worked on this lovely painting on and off throughout her first term holiday. It stands on an easel in Sue's studio. In the background you can see a relief carving by Piikea Clark.

Sue Pearson working in her P.N. studio

Sue has just pulled this print from her Vreede etching press. The plate was a piece of mat board with surface decoration, collaged materials and with a coated surface that has been inscised.
The ink was laid on and rubbed off with mull and expertise.

Michael signs solarplate relief prints

Michael whistles as he works through the small editions of solarplate relief prints that I printed for him at Homeprint. This set of 6 felt tip pen drawings are printed on 190gsm incisioni paper, signed, numbered, with around 30 copies of each. www.theimprint.co.nz/michael_bio.htm

Cliff Whiting demonstrating wood engraving technique

Cliff Whiting is demonstrating to me his wood block engraving technique. The hardwood end grain is resting on a leather sand bag and Cliff is using an engraving tool to scrape and carve the detail in his block. The end grain is very hard and flat and allows for great detail. The cuts are reasonably shallow but are deep enough to result in a wonderfully sharp, detailed relief print.www.theimprint.co.nz

Michael Smither

Michael Smither is laying out his coloured tiles to demonstrate to me his colour theory relating to music. This is Michael's invention and he has been working on this theory for 40 or so years. My couple of days with Michael and Gian were very fruitful. I saw and took photographs of Michaels latest paintings in production. On the day of my departure I sneaked down to the Otama beach and caught 2 nice fat Kahawai as a gift for Michael and Gian. www.theimprint.co.nz

Cliff Whiting

My yellowXpress 5000 printing press in Cliff Whiting's Studio, Russell, Bay of Islands.
Cliffs studio is jam packed with wonderful art, sculpture and equipment! The painting you can see is one of a series of the first waka to land in New Zealand.