These past 2 weeks have been a bit of a roller-coaster. After delivering my eldest son to the airport - he has moved to Melbourne - I was hit suddenly by a severe virus and spent all of last week in bed, basically in isolation as no-one else in the house wanted it - nor... Continue Reading →
Just a quick note just to show the very slow progress (due to things like unexpected trips to Sydney) on carving the banksias design. It is also a bit challenging to place all those veins in from the perspective of carving with lino that can be soft and pliable and therefore easily chipped out where... Continue Reading →
This is my latest design - it is part of the same format and ideas/possibilities I have been working with in regards to my Design Art series. More on all that later. In describing some of the processes I that go through in designing my linocuts I have not talked a lot about the 'art-thinking'... Continue Reading →
After completing the linocut then the framing decision had to be made. This is always a tricky and very subjective issue. People can get very 'iffy' about what frames are used and what one person likes another doesn't. Framing also seems to go in 'fads' from large ornate timber to gold frames to timber etc.... Continue Reading →
Earlier this year I was asked to complete a small linocut of Tasmanian Christmas Bells. Fortunately I had taken some photos a long time ago of the Blandfordia punicea and have in my garden grown the local NSW Christmas Bells Blandfordia nobilis and Blandfordia grandiflora. I had previously completed a small linocut of the NSW... Continue Reading →
Wildflowerings - Art Studio Diary 