I spent 2 days getting the Victoria College of Art’s Lower Studio ready for teaching in this spring term. This is the before shot. Day 2 my well-trained assistant set up the print tables. All ready for “Pattern Design for Artists” I enjoy teaching this course because there are always great discoveries to be made.
Read More...Daughter Elizabeth went to work on another under-utilized wall in my wet studio…. … after I was told I couldn’t remove that white porcelain thing. A door on trestles fit into the space making a great print table. With the door taken off the shower it is easier to get into the rinsing area. A plastic shelving unit […]
Read More...The artists The labels were intriguing. Jay Rich, ‘Indigo Butterflies’ ‘Indigo Butterflies’, detail – side view Lisa Grey, ‘After the Fall’ series, 22″ h x 15″ w, leaf prints Lisa Grey, ‘After the Fall’ series, 22″ h x 15″ w, leaf print Lisa Grey, ‘Morphology I-XII’, 10″ x 10″, mixed media collage Lisa Grey, ‘Morphology IX’oops, […]
Read More...Naiomi Wanjiku Gakunga standing in front of her work in the Russell Hill Rogers Gallery on the Navarro Campus, after giving a moving presentation about her life as an artist and the importance of storytelling in her culture and her work. In the same gallery Michael James had a solo exhibition,’Organising Nature`.This work is titled […]
Read More...After attending the Memento mori exhibition opening I looked in on the textiles department of the Sheridan Institute.Burners for natural dyeing and protein fibres. Washing machine and dryer Various steamers Materials prep counter Vented box for mixing dye stuff Long padded print tables and racks of silk screens Light table Long firm print tables. What a place to be […]
Read More...Kerr Grabowski says you need to/have to pop the bubbles before using the wrap.That is a fun part of the technique.
Read More...I went back to sampling more eco-printing using India Flint’s methods. There was dyeing rather than leaf printing… …but they weren’t my marks. Did I need to leave a body print, visible evidence I have touched the cloths and left my DNA, just as the trees have done?Image of Colin Jenkins’ stitched body print ‘Purge’ […]
Read More...After washing and ironing the eco-printed samples… ..i found them uninspiring. This Cedar stem showed the most potential as a dye source. I tore off pieces of the Cedar tree cloth and soaked them in a number of different pre-mordants,sea water… … almond milk and ash water. Each sample was coded with the different combinations of pre-mordants it […]
Read More...The tree cloths were inside, now it was my turn to respond in this ongoing dialogue. Perhaps I could add more marks on the cloths using materials from each tree. I needed to test each tree’s dye/stain potential so used India Flint’s eco-printing technique of tightly wrapping material with cloth and steaming it. Maple leaves left marks. […]
Read More...More results from attempts to Eco-print using tree material from Douglas-fir ecosystem Arbutus berries & leaves – minimal print Just a trace of staining from arbutus leaves Cedar boughs Cedar boughs acted as a resist when the pot’s water level covered part of the bundleThe water had accumulated a dye solution from previous steamingChoosing to work with […]
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