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....