Tinpan Orange

One of my favourite bands. These guys are absolutely amazing!

Off The Kerb - Group Exhibition

Artwork on Invitation by Betty Musgrove

Printmaking Pals

Here are some images of work by a couple of friends in my class.

Nina Magee...

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Screen Prints

Detail..

See more @ Nina's Website

Lauren Jaye Carter....

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I didn't get a chance to take a photo of Lauren's screen prints but hopefully I will on Friday. Will be sure to put them up here then.

Ps. I'm secretly hoping we trade some of our prints with each other....

Even in my sleep I think of you...

Yesterday we set up for assessment. I knew it would take me a while to set up all my work but didn't think I'd be in the studio doing it for 10 hours! There were however, a couple of much needed coffee breaks crammed into that 10 hour timeframe.
Unfortunately for me, some of my works involved assembling, and that is where most of my time was allocated. One piece of work (below) was particularly frustrating and took nearly all day to resolve how it would be displayed. I had to walk away from it several times just to maintain my sanity and of course it was the piece that I thought would take minimal time to assemble.
I woke up at 4 this morning, worried that my work had fallen off the wall! I don't have access to the area for another 3 days, so I guess I'll just cross my fingers until then...

Here is a photo of my desk area, set up for assessment with my other works. Works that didn't cause as much distress as the green bags above.

Quote of the Day

'We are all so complicated, and then we die. We are a subject one day, with our vanities, our loves, our worries, and then one day, abruptly, we become nothing but an object, an absolutely disgusting pile of shit. We pass very quickly from one stage to the next. It's very bizarre. It will happen to all of us, and fairly soon too. We become an object you can handle like a stone, but a stone that was someone'.

- Christian Boltanski

Reduction Lino - Final Layer

The final layer was completed at 12.30am...

The block, just before I inked it up for the final layer.

The final image! It's a bit hard to see but I'm really happy with the results.

I really like how my experimental prints turned out. I love the crazy colours! I'm now wishing I'd printed some more colour variations... I'll remember for next time.

And we're done. Tomorrow I set up for marking.

Reduction Lino - Eighth Layer