Once Upon a Time...

I have a book in an exhibition at UWE library at the moment along with lots of others by members of the Artists Book Club. I am running the club this year at UWE along with another Kate (Bernstein).

Once Upon a Time... is a double sided concertina book made up of collagraphs. Each tower has the king on one side and the princess on the other with the suitors riding between the two. It's about 12ins x 6ins when closed. You may recognize the characters. They are cut out from some of the (many) proofs/experiments I had  left from making the Journey Home print.

It's a Cracker!

I have just finished my contribution to a collaborative artist's book project.
A group of us have been working on a small edition of 'cracker books' inspired by a collection of cracker toys inherited by a fellow member of the UWE Artist's Book Club. We each had to select some toys and use them as a starting point for an edition of 10 cracker-shaped books (a notched gatefold format).
So when everyone has finished there will be 10 boxed sets of the different crackers.

I chose a turtle and a little figure of a child as inspiration for my books. I made up a story, comic book style, about a boy finding a giant tortoise in the snow one Christmas. I haven't seen all the others yet but I know some people have made screen printed images of their toys. One of the boxed sets will be in the Artist's Book Club exhibition in the Bower Ashton Library at UWE starting on 19th April.

'Pilgrimage' exhibition, Gloucester Cathedral

It was the private view of the Pilgrimage exhibition at Gloucester Cathedral last night. There was a wonderfully varied response to the theme evident in the prints on show. And what a fabulous space for an exhibition! Unfortunately it was a bit dark for taking photos.

The start of the exhibition also marked the official opening of the IMPRESS PRINTMAKING FESTIVAL.A month long celebration of printmaking in the area.

I entered a new collagraph in to the exhibition

Checkmate   

(image size 41x30cms)

StoryKeepers for the Affordable Art Fair, Battersea

http://affordableartfair.com/battersea/art-under-500/directors-picks/

There is a StoryKeeper on the adverts for the Affordable Art Fair, Battersea!!! I have been busy making some more for The Drugstore Gallery to take along next week.
My daughter took these photos recently as the paint was drying. (I think these might be the last ones I make of the design on the right).

Surprise!

I'm still here, just about!

This is the print I did for the 20:20 print exchange at the end of last year.
It's a collagraph with letterpress type.
I called her Flora O'Bracket

RWA Bristol interview.


Just a quickie...

Last year I was lucky enough to win a prize in the RWA Open Exhibition and recieved coaching (relating to my art practice) from the lovely Alex Moate of New Creations Coaching.

The RWA Bristol recently interviewed me for their Behind the Scenes Blog. Click below to read it...

 

As we open submissions for 163 Annual Open Exhibition we chat to winner of the New Creations Coaching Award: Kate Williamson



  

 

Recent Graduates Exhibition in Cirencester



The Rabbitmen are off on another outing. This time just down the road in Cirencester. Do drop in a and visit them if you are passing. There may be other sculptures of mine on show too. And there will definitely be lots of interesting work from other graduates as well as local A level students.

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