Category Archives: screen printing

the dead are getting bigger

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Nancy

https://www.facebook.com/Fiesta-Latina-166861910064140/ Big things: skulls and bones: Day of the dead Fiesta Latina is coming up in West End and Upatree have been printing for the occasion. Two days in Mount Nebo printing, and the skeletons are getting bigger!

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Day of the Dead

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Nancy

http://www.upatreearts.org/ Preparing for Day of the Dead with Upatree Arts at Mt Nebo, preparing and creating images on the screens ready for a day of printing.

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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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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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when things don’t go as planned

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Nancy

Occasionally when things don’t go as planned I discover some interesting things. I’ve learned to follow these misadventures, and see what happens. My ink was too thick, and too dry for screenprinting, so everything had haloes, then I became interested … Continue reading →

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quilt project

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Nancy

This year I am visiting Iona College for their Artist in Residence Program. There is a quilt making project planned, and I worked with the year 7 groups on some designs for the pieces. We were making designs for a … Continue reading →

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The fire eating dragon

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Nancy

On the theme of camouflage, I thought after watching the children’ s imaginative play with the long garden hose that we’d screenprint long some spotted and striped pieces of cloth. The children tore pieces of paper for the stripes, and … Continue reading →

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Flying Arts tour to St George

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Nancy

I visited St George, a small town on the Balonne river to run a Flying Arts workshop in textile printing. I flew into Roma, and then drove 200 km, amazed by the green countryside, arriving in the small historic town … Continue reading →

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Woodford unmasked

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Nancy

Another Woodford Folk Festival, and 2015 began with fire ceremony, music and the arts. Woodford’ visiting artist this year was Wang Wen Chih from Taiwan who with a team of 30 people created the nest like bamboo entranceways to the … Continue reading →

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