Printing without a press workshop

So you have always wanted to learn how to make prints?
 If you would like to do a workshop with me learning  easy printmaking techniques, there is a class scheduled to run at Opendrawer a lovely shop in Hartwell (near Camberwell, Victoria ) next week, Friday 9 November. For details check out the website.
What a great way to spend a day, relaxed and fun printmaking, you could even get a few Christmas gifts or cards done. 

A Jacob's Ladder book for Jacob.

Recently my son Jacob turned 21.
I have started a tradition of making a book for my children's 21st. Naturally, Jacob's would be in the form of a Jacob's ladder.
It works for him for at least 2 reasons. This book is one that moves on its own and Jacob has always been a mover, from when he was little to now- he is a triathlete,  and of course the obvious one is its name.

 I have uploaded a video of the book on youtube, for some reason I can't get it to upload onto this blog but if you want to see it in action click here

Books on display

Some of my little travel books are having an outing, along with some of my other books about travel. They are residing in the window shelves of a lovely little bookshop in Kensington called Wayward Books. 
This gorgeous shop is a treasure trove of new and secondhand books, lovingly cared for by Judy.
If you happen to be over there, take a peak through the window!

Wayward Books

Belair st, Kensington

Victoria 

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Beautiful Soup Exhibition

If you are in Melbourne from October 10 until 4 November, make your way down to St Heliers St Gallery, Abbotsford Convent in Abbotsford to see an exhibition I am in along with 55 other printmakers.

The opening is a free event and is on Sunday October 14 from 2- 4pm. I would love to see you.

Printing Fun

Final day of workshop fun in Roxby Downs. Image making exercises followed by print block cutting then a frenzy of printing began.
Participants produced heaps of fantastic prints on fabric and paper. The closer it came to the end of the day the faster some worked!

Well ,what a fabulous time I have had here, great hospitality provided by Rachel and her family, good laughs, great chats, amazing landscape, great community. 

Farewell Roxby- hopefully be back one day soonish!

Adults have a turn to Play

After a lovely dinner and talk/ slide show of my art to some of the lovely people of Roxby Downs, today was the first of 2 days of adult workshops.

The participants today had a great day colouring  fabric and paper.  They rusted paper and fabric with the rusting baths of tannin, caustic soda and ferrous sulphate, then we dyed cotton with procion dyes and finally dyed silk with instant dyes.  That was only the morning! 

Rachel, my host, took me for a little drive to see the nearby town of Andamooka. Big difference between the 2 towns

then a magnificent sunset to finish the day

full moon rising