Well the good weather has meant more allotment work than arty work.
Onto raised bed no.3 now at the plot
On the art front I just purchased some tasty Japanese paints. They are so beautiful. As displacement activity I painted the colour swatch.
Author: Emma
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Tuesday is transplanting day
As the weather continues to be fine there is much to do in the garden to distract me from printmaking!
Lettuces transplanted into bigger quarters, seedlings moved into pots and the sweet peas have just sprouted.
Hopefully we will have some lettuce during the Autumn and Winter…
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Learning to cast pewter
I have also been taught how to cast pewter by a friend. It was great fun especially as it involved sawing and drilling to finish things off!
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It has been a while…
Summer has been distracting me / that and deciding to take on a new allotment on the spur of the moment!
There is a slight weed issue
And the farm plot needs to be dismantled
At home the produce is good
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Final prints
It was so hot in the print studios so wasn’t sure these were going to get finished.
Peaks / valleys is made from lead type and Ebb & flow is a mix of wooden and lead type. Both prints took much patience with alignment!
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Simple looking but complicated!
I am on a 2 day letterpress course at the moment. Spent the day positioning my type in a rather complicated fashion. Looking forward to finishing the 2 colour prints tomorrow.
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Bookmaking / box making
I just spent 2 days making boxes for books and objects with the ever patient Meg Richardson.
A clam case for my Home (2014) book and a box full of compartments for printing supplies. A great deal of concentration was required!
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Back to printing again
There’s been a bit of a gap due to hundreds of pieces of work that needed assessing!
Just started thinking about next wlyb exhibition theme = ebb and flow. Beginning with some circles which look a little like continents when they are printed. The nooks and crannies that resemble fjords and rivers are in fact edges of words.
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Finally…
I have finally finished my book entry for Home 2014. That took a while! Now I can start planning a book for our next exhib…
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Farming Tuesday – just for a change
Was sorting out some screen prints this morning and then the sun started to come out. This meant a trip to my rented plot of land on an organic small holding. Spent a lot of time weeding and strimming. Below is the garlic which is doing really well – shame I am allergic to it!
