Friday, 7 September 2012

Current prints using digital images on polymer film

New work

I have been experimenting with light sensitive polymer film attached to copper plate. I attended a workshop at Gillian Kline's studio, where artist Lesley Duxbury demonstrated her expertise with this technique. A photographic transparency is place over the plate which has the film attached to it using water and a squee gee. Held in place with a sheet of glass this is exposed to the sun. The image transfers to the film on the plate. The plate is "developed" in a bath of water and dissolved washing soda crystals and then left to harden. Length of time exposured to the sun is dependent on many factors. I inked up the plates and printed them using the etching press. These plates can also be etched in the normal way but I chose to see what the effects were just as it was. You cvan view the 5 prints in "Current Prints". I chose a theme of decay or time passing and tried to get the effect of the images decaying as on an old film strip.

Monday, 2 July 2012

What's Happening

The Freestone Printmakers, a group of artists I belong too and all engaged in various forms of printmaking exhibiting at "The Courthouse Galllery" Stratford. Gillian Kline , who runs the "Freestone Press" organised and currated the exhibition. It is on untill the 23rd July. http://www.stratfordcourthouse.com.au/
A number of the Briagolong artists are also exhibiting  "Office Art" at the premises of DMG Financial Sale. This is a semi permanent exhibition which the public are invited to view during working hours.

Wednesday, 2 May 2012

New work

I often see inspiration while driving to and from work. Yesterday the light through the red gums as I was coming towards Briagolong from Stratford caught my eye. Luckily I had my camera and took a few shots of the Cathedral like effect of these magnificent trees. Got out the charcoal today and got to work on a watercolour wash. Have a look in current works-drawings. Also "finished"? another rockpool in the series.

Sunday, 8 April 2012