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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