Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Printmaking session

Each year I take a printmaking session with Welfare Staff at St Margaret's College, Otago University, as part of my role as a Fellow there. It is an exciting experience as the staff are training in areas other than fine arts - they are our future Lawyers, Doctors,Dentists, Musicians etc. They approach printmaking in an open manner that is often hard for an artist to achieve, because of the double edged sword:the more we learn about a process the more binding 'rules' we (sometimes  inadvertently) take on board.  One aim of the session was to work towards making a collective print of the participants faces and I found working with them and taking on board their suggestions and results from experimenting very liberating. We tried printing over old dictionary pages (here is Hannah) - and loved the result - so this will be a strong element in the final work. Images of the individual prints can be seen on my Facebook Artists page.

2 comments:

  1. Spoken like a true artist Lynn. The open mindset you speak of is also a variant in cultures and countries. That's why I appreciate every post you make Lynn. Your sharing is a enrichment of life. Thank you.

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  2. Thank you Edward - I appreciate you leaving comments - it's great to have a dialogue.

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