Category Archives: screen printing

zebra guitar

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Nancy

On an evening stroll my friends found a stack of battered guitars. Knowing how much I love strumming, they asked If I’d like some. I chose two that seemed to be in working order to print and restring. Printing the … Continue reading →

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Big Day

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Nancy

Queensland Academy of Creative Industries http://qaci.eq.edu.au/ is an unusual high school in Brisbane that was founded as part of the “Smart State” initiative. It is a state school that offers a range of creative subjects within the High School curriculum. I … Continue reading →

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an indigo pot

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Nancy

It takes time to mix the brew and create that magical blue that glows and deepens in air. My BIA class have been fastening, stitching and printing material to dunk into the bubbling indigo brews. The chemistry is curious and curiouser. … Continue reading →

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Porcelain printing: continuing on continuously

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Nancy

Continuing on with the porcelain printing It has taken much more time that I imagined.  Here are some pictures.

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Knots

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Nancy

Puzzling over knots in my sketches this week. The circles create a world of their own. I’m feeling excited about transferring them to the screens.

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indigikids shirts

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Nancy

I spent an enjoyable Sunday morning with Indigikids, a group who care for the environment at Redlands Indigiscapes Centre. The children cut stencils, then printed them on their t shirts. Indigiscapes is a sanctuary and education centre at Capalapa, with … Continue reading →

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Mosaic Garden table

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Nancy

I like finding fragments of broken china in the garden and looking at the old patterns and writing on them. The table celebrates the garden and gardening with images and words that we printed on porcelain. I made the wrought … Continue reading →

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Good reads

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Nancy

The Brisbane writers festival is on, and the lounges at the festival tent at South Bank are a great place to relax. Some photos of the Tiny Owl short story project I have been screenprinting for which are now sewn … Continue reading →

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on the line

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Nancy

Prints for Tiny Owl Workshop’s pillow fight hanging on my washing line, they are short stories for a writer’s Literary Vs Genre pillow fight at the Brisbane Writer’s festival, published by Tiny Owl Workshop… on pillows! The prints for the … Continue reading →

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Ekka time

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Nancy

As the Ekka winds arrived on cue, I stayed up late printing neon comets of cabbages and artichokes on gumboots and preparing vegetables for my urban gardenwear outfits in Horti-couture wearable art Parades at Brisbane’s annual agricultural show inspired by … Continue reading →

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