Category Archives: printmaking

Weipa Flying Arts

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Nancy

I flew to Weipa in far North Queensland to teach  wood lithography, screenprinting and mixed media at Western Cape College. It is the second time that I have visited Weipa with Flying Arts and the landscape astounds me.It is a … Continue reading →

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into the blue

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Nancy

Indigo: complicated and unpredictable, irresistable shades of blue. Making new from old with my indigo pot, with bizarre transformations from green to blue. Shibori: the art of clamping, pleating, transforming and twisting fabric to create and repeat pattern. http://rawart.com.au/product/shibori-indigo-pot

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Shifting

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Nancy

It’s Ekka time again, I have made some shifts for the Botanical fashion parade,  my contribution to the slow fashion movement, a small and growing sewing machine led rebellion to the globalisation of fashion. A response to questions that are … Continue reading →

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upcycling: wearable art

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Nancy

Photos from a School visit with Flying Arts: creating new from old, exploring ways of printing pattern onto fabric.

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Impress

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Nancy

Some photos from the Advanced Etching weekend workshop at Impress Studio. http://www.impress.org.au/. We began the images with sugar lift technique. Everyone printed a two plate etching, and made image transfers on aluminium plates. Whenever I tutor I learn more about … Continue reading →

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Travels

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Nancy

Sketching while travelling. It’s been a long time since I’ve sketched with watercolour. At art school many years ago I painted obsessively this way. Plein air painting during the long days allowed us time to study the architecture and landscape.  We … Continue reading →

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Alchemy and pattern around the Hills

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Nancy

On my line from today’s workshop, Shibori folded, clamped twisted and sewn. I found some triangles, circles and squares to clamp onto the cloth at Reverse Garbage, http://www.reversegarbage.com.au/ We created some very geometric pieces of indigo dyed cloth, with the … Continue reading →

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without walls

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Nancy

The little artists took their guests to their opening at the Exhibition Centre. Along with their individual pieces that I framed, I had hemmed the long cloths that we had printed. When I first arrived at the preschool in March … Continue reading →

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Back to Coochie

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Nancy

The 8.30 ferry from Victoria Point took us across to the little island . I had brought along some silk, and I wanted to print some treasures from Coochie onto it. The group were busy preparing for their annual exhibition, … Continue reading →

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inky

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Nancy

I visited Toowoomba, stepping out of my car into another world: Autumn leaves, historic buildings, grand gardens and mist. So close to Brisbane and yet it has a different climate. It was a small class at The Glennie School, and … Continue reading →

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