29 July 2016
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I’m afraid I didn’t quite manage to finish my masterpiece or take any new photos today. Much of the morning was spent with an informal exhibition where each of the students got to share and receive feedback on their work … Continue reading
28 July 2016
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I didn’t churn out so many samples today as I was mainly working on my main piece, hopefully to be finished by tomorrow afternoon. However, while waiting for things to dry, I did make a bit more progress on some … Continue reading
27 July 2016
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Today’s work at my Oxford Summer School course has mainly been brought to you by the colours pink and blue. I have been working on a number of experiments working towards how to colour paper with shades of pink … Continue reading
26 July 2016
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Here is one of my favourite samples from today’s work at the summer school: After spending a lot of time on some other pieces, this started as a bit of a throwaway. I had been using the card sheet underneath … Continue reading
25 July 2016
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I’m doing another Oxford Summer School week of art this year. The course I’m doing is called ‘Out of India’, led by Polly Woolstone, and is using a range of techniques to respond to design inspiration from India. A new … Continue reading
31 July 2015
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And we’ve finished: Today was quite an intense work out. I was working with eight sheets of paper, two proofing sheets, five on printing paper and one on washi, a Japanese paper made from mulberry fibres that feels like a … Continue reading
30 July 2015
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Today has mainly been about experimenting with printing colours, with sheets such as the one below: I have done a little cutting though, based on some of the earlier proofs. For example, I’ve ditched the attempt to print the stems … Continue reading
29 July 2015
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Today I finished carving my fourth block and printed my first complete proof: Can you see what it is yet? It is (and will remain) quite abstract but you might begin to guess that it represents chive flowers. The background … Continue reading
28 July 2015
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Today has mostly been taken up with transferring my design to sheets of plywood and then carving out the non-printing areas from each one. The results look like this: If you looked carefully you might spot my mistakes, like the … Continue reading
27 July 2015
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This week I’m at a summer school in Oxford learning about Japanese Woodblock Printing. So far, we’ve been given an introduction, including a demonstration of printing, and done some carving away on a practise block to get used to the … Continue reading