os..continued

other selves ...again

other selves... drypoint

other selves... drypoint & drawing experiment

home round etchings

Another good  day playing on the press...round etchings made from old plates some collage a bit of drypoint
Maybe ill use some for the next show...need to print some more

Shelter

Shelter, 2011

circular linocuts almost ready to print!

The final Queensland Quebec Exchange print is done; it became  an etching with aquatint, quite nuetral with figures i felt needed the containment of the dark circle. That seems to embody the idea of the force of water which was the theme.  This plate finally found a home! Water is by its very nature reflective and ephemeral for me & im sure most of you  and can be a timeless metaphor for connecting the subconscious with the everyday in the self. It presents changing forms that encompasses times of melancholy, transience and discovery. For me water is a shifting intuitive mass that is about transformation and loss; a becoming of possibility of experience that is memory, a story defining a moment, place and time.

The QQ print now settled upon it is time to get cutting again(more circular motifs). No matter what the most simple things(lino cuts) keep emerging as a constant for me in printmaking. I have these great tools made in Japan, bought in New Zealand that do not give you blisters or those portruding hard knobs of skin near the knuckles. They are longer,very sharp & made out of a light wood & can be bought from Homeprint in NZ. 

States

You printmakers out there may know the state(s)/stages part of making prints can become moments of the never ending speed hump. In the back of my mind is the thought "what other possibilities havnt i tried?" of course it can occur ever so easily the other way when things come together in the most natural way. I am still resolving those prints begun at the begining of the year & also several others that need to be finalised.. I am leaning toward some embossed shapes in the background at the moment( though these seem abit intruisive). It is noticeable though that selling & exhibiting state/colour proofs is more common now so eventually these might be someones treasured item.

Gallery of proofs

doublings

Whilst i wait for the storm: the second one this week i am working on these etching plates. Tentatively they are called doublings...one part tribute to LB  parts therin of personal psyche & intuitive mutterings...

..#6...in the sleeping/waking series

Number six..Probably the last etching for this group at the proof stage as the lines need to be aquatinted. A bird-man travelling in space. The paper is actually a linocut/relief paper, Fabriano i think...i like the colour

sleeping/waking etching

For me the difficulty in starting things is to finish them. With a preference (i think) to do several things at once & i suppose i keep things close. It looks as though these etchings are complete now..Only one of them needs burnishing & i dont feel the need to add anything more into them in terms of colour. A few minor tweeks.....more paper to carry them..perhaps six altogether.
They belong to the night whispers thematically & id like to make a box for this series of prints eventually...mmmmmmm

'nocturnal gathering'

My first proof of the 'nocturnal gathering' triptych...as you can see it is rather dark & requires burnishing in parts... i am not used to applying tone & still learning. I have a friend who does wonderful colours & multi plate things that are marvelous to look at... something a bit down the track me thinks..
Actually i have an urge to do a plate with just line work...a layered something...thats down, down the track too at the moment..

night whispers.. continued...sleeping/waking

These are the first proofs of prior 5 plates in the night whispers series/suite....now as much as i love the line it looks as though ill need to add tone & just a bit of variation on each of the etchings.. I prefer a lot of space in the picture & floating parts so i hope i can carefully add depth without catastrophe...nothing like burnishing off areas after parts of the plate become too dark...We shall see..

night whispers I II III