Archive for August, 2009
Ink on Bruny
Posted by linden on August 31st, 2009 filed in general, my art
Sitting on top of a high dune on Bruny Island with the wind blowing sand into every stitch in my beanie I managed to do a rough ink drawing of the shrubbery meeting the sand of the next dune slope. There is something really great about working out in the field and experiencing all that [...]
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Posted by linden on August 22nd, 2009 filed in general, my art, printmakers, prints
So the results from the on site experiment are very encouraging I think. I immersed the paper, bound with silk and interleaved with bits and pieces I found on the beach or ground, into a tannin rich pool. The tannin is coming from the bracken fern which is common in the area and can be [...]
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Posted by linden on August 14th, 2009 filed in general, my art, printmakers, prints
This looks a bit strange but there is a reason behind the madness! For a start the paper size I am using (40 x 80 cm) is a lot bigger than anything I can immerse the paper into to steam or simmer. So I rolled up the paper with eucalyptus leaves and stood the rolls [...]
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Posted by linden on August 10th, 2009 filed in my art, prints
The first test (detail above) for the second print I am working on for the Osmosis Exhibition rolled off the press. The fan shape features the waratah flower and the screw shells sit in the fan stick sections. Surrounding the fan are some of the native plants from the slopes of East Cloudy Head. The [...]
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