Exhibition Preparation (Sep 2011)

"The secret soul of things"- Jean  Arp
 

This Ship's Cargo, work in progress, mixed media

This Ship's Cargo: A heap of small boxes made up of etchings and screenprints. Subtle words and images hinting at the memories and thoughts they symbolise. The weight a person carries around or the meanings a person attaches to objects that are stored away for safe keeping.



Message in a Box (series), etchings and mixed media, 21x14cm each



 

Studio shot



As an archaeologist I have always been interested in the role of archaeology and history in building an image of the past and how that effects the present. When we discover something that once belonged to somebody else, even something mundane, we use it to tell us something about that society as a whole.  As an artist I am more concerned with the individual.

I use words, combined with found objects and images of tents, boxes, books and other material things to connect to thoughts and emotions in the past.  These ideas demonstrate the role of the archaeologist who tries to grasp the human meanings that were held to artefacts, searching for traces of the human mind in the archaeological record.  Unlike the archaeologist, however, my work is concerned more with the emotion than the fact. 

The Lantern, tar gel etching, 32x10x10cm



Photo Intaglio with Basic Bookbinding Aug 2011

Weekend course with Eimearjean McCormack at Cork Printmakers



Building the book!!



Letter press for cover

 

Everybody's Temple, Photo Riston, 18x16cm



Figuring It Out, Photo Riston 15x15cm (old family photographs and memorabilia)









Dartmoor Arts July 2011

Printmaking with Kip Gresham, July 2011

In July 2011, I participated in a printmaking master class by the UK's leading printmaker Kip Gresham
( http://www.theprintstudio.co.uk/ ).  This class was organised by the Dartmoor Arts Project along with classes in stone carving, iron casting, painting, film making, to mention but a few.   Over a hundred artists gathered in the small village of Drewsteignton, near Exeter for the week.  Beautiful place and I met some great people and explored new ways of working. I received a Travel and Training Award to help supplement the rest of the course fees and expenses. 

A special thanks to Dartmoor Arts and the Arts Council for these awards.

http://www.dartmoorarts.com/
http://www.artscouncil.ie/




Kip at work!



An old barn converted into Peter Randall-Page's studio was used as an alternative print workshop..




Iron casting!


 

Pouring the iron





Earth Arts

Group discussion on last day



Kip analysing the work!!

Me!!



Kip and my work!!





Pilgrim's Progress, mixed media,



Luch outside the workshop!!



A4 Printmakers Open Submission

All Tied Up, mixed media, 29.5 x 21cm, 2011

Hidden Boundaries, mixed media, 29.5 x 21cm, 2011

Loose Ends, mixed media, 29.5 x 21cm, 2011

The second Open International Contemporary Print Competition in South West Cornwall UK, 2011

The aim of this project is to show the most innovative methods in Printmaking processes from all over the world, and to promote artists by encouraging new contacts, which we believe to be essential for personal development.

Exhibition Date:

            The A4Printmakers Competition will held at:

  The  Poly Arts Centre, 

Church Street, 

Falmouth, 

Cornwall

                                   

 30th August -12th September 2011.

           The Open reception will be from 6pm on Friday 2nd September, all welcome

http://www.a4printmakers.com/