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Fresh off the Press 2013

Looking forward to Fresh off the Press 2013 – our annual show of original prints at the Limekiln Gallery, Calstock.  If you want more info. click here , and to see some of the work online, click here, and here too.

Collagraph, carborundum and fire

Following on from a course with Peter Wray and Judy Collins that I attended in the summer,  I thought it would be fun to experiment further with one or two of the techniques that they introduced  to us.  So I and a couple of accomplices took a few pieces of aluminium plate, applied parcel tape, […]

New courses for the New Year

A reminder of what Tamar Print Workshop has in store at the beginning of 2013.   My weekly classes are thriving with only a few spaces to offer at present.  The Wednesday afternoon class has room for one or 2 more people, the Wednesday evening also, but the Thursday morning class is, as always, oversubscribed […]

Update on available courses

A reminder of what Tamar Print Workshop has in store at the beginning of 2013.   My weekly classes are thriving with only a few spaces to offer at present.  The Wednesday afternoon class has room for one or 2 more people, the Wednesday evening also, but the Thursday morning class is, as always, oversubscribed […]

Two days with some Kelly College etchers

I have just completed my annual workshop with sixth formers from our local private school, Kelly College.  On the first day the students were accompanied by their new head of art, Gemma Spooner, who came along to find out what we get up to.  On the second Alex McCarthy, artist in residence at Kelly, was my […]

Brave revelations

Ian Rankin, who recently featured in an episode of the BBC series “Imagine”, struck a few chords with me.  His comments about writing parallel all the creative arts processes it seems to me.  He said that every book has a notion of perfection but as you write this notion begins to fall away.  He quoted […]

The Big Draw at Workshop under the Sky

Just a couple of photos from Saturday’s event in Tavistock square – such a thrill seeing all those families (youngest participant = only just one year old, oldest =  hmm not sure but much older anyway!!) enjoying access to the lovely range of art materials and the Yurt full of fruit, veg and flowers.  A rich experience […]

Printmaking, poetry and handmade books

It’s hard to believe that it’s over a month since I wrote the last entry.  The main reason for the gap is an injury to my shoulder which has prevented me from sitting at the computer for any length of time.   This entry is mainly to announce the start of my new weekly printmaking […]

My visit to Norman Ackroyd’s studio

Norman Ackroyd is probably one of the most famous of contemporary British printmakers. Like me, he continues to use traditional methods of etching and as a result of contacting him for some advice a few months ago, I took the opportunity of visiting his studio in London on Monday (his admin. day and when he’s […]

Eating Wednesday’s words

Today – I wish to wind back to Wednesday when I was bemoaning my lack of sales during our Open Studios event.  I was being unnecessarily pessimistic (it turns out).  So – let’s start again – as I have already said, the week was wonderfully  rewarding because of meeting my visitors and responding to their […]