The works were rather special and will be made into a book later. They were all A4 size. The exhibition was from 11 to 28 May 2016.
This show coincided with the City of Stonnington's Annual Jazz Festival. It was a group show by members.
The works were rather special and will be made into a book later. They were all A4 size. The exhibition was from 11 to 28 May 2016.
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Alison Lucardis first solo show was an interesting mixed media of video stills collaged onto a printed background. She aimed to celebrate the female form and her representations were of herself pole dancing. The strong black and whites in her signature pieces were very graphic and a number of people commented that they would be very strong as very large works. The images were monumental and needed a monumental format. This type of large format is often outside the budget of an artist unfortunately. Maybe Alison will be able to work on these graphic images. This is not to imply that these in the exhibition are not worthy in themselves, but rather that they left us wanting more. Alison also had some works she had made on backgrounds of handmade paper that she had made from old denim. These backgrounds had a lovely look and gave an unexpected texture to the photographs. I found them very appealing.
Alison is a delightful person and I hope she continues her art practice. It was a pleasure and an honour to have been able to work with her on her first show. Member Vivian Broadway is a Printing on Fabric expert. She got interested in this technique when she wanted more personal fabrics for her beautiful quilts. Subsequently she learned the secrets of successful printing with many things, and on Tuesday the 26th April 2016 she taught us how to print with lino blocks. It was fun, and easy, though to do it constantly well would be a challenge! Thank you Vivian for giving us two hours of fun and information. Your teaching was very professional and thorough. Hope to have you back for another one soon! Here's some example of Vivian's fabric prints. And our efforts:
Vivian Broadway came to printing because she is a serious Quilter and wanted to produce her own designs on fabric for quilting. She found her way to Firestation, became a member and now regularly comes to Lino and Print Club and participates in our exhibitions. She agreed to give us a Wee Workshop on fabric printing using lino blocks. We had a ball! and quite frankly I was surprised at the results! It was great. (I have now bought 20 m of linen which I intend to print.... hmmmm)... Hope to have you back soon Vivian, to learn some more....
This Wee Workshop with Neil Wallace on monotypes with and without a press, but definitely with Sennelier Oil Pastels, was a blast. It was a tad oversubscribed, but Neil was unfazed and demonstrated several techniques with aplomb. It happened in March, but the phone with the photos was stolen. Luckily I retrieved some of them from Facebook... Hence the lateness of this blogpost. Thanks to all who came and especially to Neil. Lets hope he comes back again to teach us something else!
OMG... Sarah Amos is a power pack on SPEED! Eight wonderful students kept running for three days to keep up as she generously shared her techniques and tips for Collagraphs. Multilayered and colour infused, the plates are works of art in themselves, but when combined together are beautiful.
Sarah's years of experience and just plain dedication to her art practice was so evident in this workshop. Interestingly she showed us some of her new work which is printing on felt and embroidered, with the printing taking a telling, but backseat role. I'd personally consider going to New York in May just to see the two huge pieces hang in the New York Art Fair. Fantastic. If you haven't done her workshop, can't draw perhaps, and love making things, this is the workshop to do at least twice! There is so much information and inspiration here, that you'd be pleased to make the commitment of time and money! Lets hope Sarah comes back next year! I've uploaded some random pics of plates in the making and Sarah at the wheel demonstrating! Enjoy. Once again we had the privilege of having Jazmina Cininas teach here. She is such a delightful lady with great teaching skills. And, of course her mastery of the Reduction Linocut is well known. Lots of very happy students. Thanks Jazmina!
Peter Dowd, on the other hand, has created night works of the inner city, the roads and lanes are named in their titles: Charles St, Wilson St laneway, Irene St.... Still, they are examples of places we know, even if we don't know these exact streets. His evocation of colour is especially fine, and the juxtapositions of light and shade, of grunge and accidental beauty is very pleasing.
If you haven't seen this exhibition, please do. It has a magical quality that transcends the medium. March 31 - April 16 2016 Enid Ratnam Keese continued her Paper Drypoint workshops with a more advanced course using black and white ink to produce a dramatic graphic quality.
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