April 2011
6 posts
Skopelos Workshop. An early morning view to whet...
Arrangements are well underway for the two printmaking workshops on Skopelos in June-July this year. Materials have arrived from Holland, airlines and accommodation for over 30 people have been booked, goats are being fattened and fresh whitewash has been applied to village walls. Spring has sprung, the wildflowers are out and Skopelos Foundation staff are ready to welcome a mob of Aussies at a...
Nyapurla Morgan linocuts
One of Nyapurla Morgan’s beautiful new reduction linocuts, produced in small editions of 10 at the April workshop in Wiluna, run by Basil, the Tjukurba Co-ordinator, Heather Charlton and ably assisted by Sue Trevillian.
And on to the Northern Goldfields of WA (Wiluna)
Wiluna artist, Nyapurla Morgan carving a lino block. Basil has just returned from one of the longest trips we make each year. To get to Wiluna, we have to fly first to Perth for an overnight stop. Then it’s up with the birds to catch a Skipper’s plane the 1000kms north again (in the direction of Darwin, where we started) to this small gold-mining town, east of Meekatharra. This was...
Ali Curung (Arlpwe) artists carving blocks in late...
A group of the Ali Curung artists working on their blocks during the March workshop run by Mats and Sara. In the foreground, one artist is using an electric dremel tool (great for drilling dots). It’s got a flexible shaft, so is easy to hold (like a pencil or brush).
On down the road to Ali Curung
Following the Beswick workshop in March, Mats and Sara continued down the Stuart Highway (with the etching press in the back of the car) to Ali Curung, which is not far north of Alice Springs. Here the dynamic duo ran a woodcut workshop in the well-appointed art centre there. Artists worked with cutting tools and dremels (electric engraving tools) and Mats printed these in a variety of ways to...
New prints from Djilpin Arts (Beswick)
Senior Printer at BHE, Mats Undén, assisted by former Bula Bula Arts staffer, Sara Higgs (above, cleaning a plate), conducted a workshop recently at Beswick for Djilpin Arts. This is our fourth etching workshop out there and once again the men (and this time the ladies too) worked on intricate line drawings of animals, plants and birds from the region. The new prints have been proofed and will...