This is as far as I got yesterday – the side seams and hem are unpicked and I have stitched on 3 strips of the shirt fabric to the back of the dress as a guide for getting the other patches ...
Collagraph plate experiments – thin card
I have been experimenting with making printing plates from various materials I had on hand (some of which I had bought years ago but never got around to trying of course). These can be used to remove paint to create texture on the Gelli plate (if they have some flexibility and no sharp projections) or...
Printing – and overprinting
For my second attempt I took some of the prints from my first session and added a second layer. I’m not so keen on the multi-coloured patchwork effect which seems to be the predominant way to use the Gelli plate as I find them very busy in general. Some people seem to carry this off...
Gelli® Plate Printing – First Attempt
Designing Women were kind enough to allow me to attend a meeting where 2 of the members, Debbi and Linda, were giving a demonstration of printing using acrylic paints with a Gelli® Plate. I was keen to watch their demo because using a Gelli® Plate was next in my investigations into printing at home without a press. Both...
Standing Station – Perfect Version
I put in a request to the resident handyman (Edgar – my Father in Law) to build me a more substantial and useful version of a standing station for my art room. You can see the temporary version featured in my previous post here. I already had 2 tables at which I could sit and paint/draw...
Standing Station – Temporary Version
I’ve known for a long time that alternating between sitting and standing to work has lots of health benefits over sitting for all work. So I rigged up a temporary standing station and have been using it for months – changing the items in the stack until I found the perfect height. The height of...
Finished collages!
This is a detail shot of my latest completed collage (the 7th I think). I used some of the papers I have been painting over the last few weeks (3 out of 100’s – grin). I had carved a couple of lino-cuts just before Christmas and used one of them for this piece. I printed...
On the downward slope…
This is Chinese paper which is sold by Jacksons Art Supplies. The only bit I can read on the label says “Xue Shan” which I presume to be the company which makes it. The paper is very absorbent, has a shiny side and a dull side and has a vague stripe running through it (guidelines...
Op Shop Bounty
There are a couple of op shops on my route home from meetings at Alexander Park Craft House and I often call in to one or the other to have a bit of a rummage around. This was my bounty from last week. The beads are made from shell – two of the necklaces are...
Painted Papers – Overpainting
Recently I picked out some of the less interesting previously painted papers and added more paint as well as creating some new papers. This photo shows all the papers painted that day. This photo shows 4 uninteresting papers chosen for overpainting. This...
Painted Papers – Earthy, Brown, Rust, Terracotta
There is a tube of Burnt Umber that needs using too so after using it as is, I had a go at some other earthy colours by adding orange to the Burnt Umber. I need to create some more blues and purples to go with these too.
