Central Fife Open Studios is opening its collective doors today for the first time - but will hopefully become an annual event on the Art Calendar.
Lots of local artists are taking part - see the website for the full list http://centralfifeopenstudios.moonfruit.com
My studio will be open for the next three weekends from 10 - 4, where you can see a variety of printmaking techniques - lino/relief prints, collographs, monoprints and lithographs.
Come along and see how the prints are made by hand on my etching press, see the prints and the plates they are printed from. All prints are for sale.
The weather is great, so come and enjoy a day by the seaside!!
Pittenweem's annual arts extravaganza is here again, sadly plagued by rain this year, heavy enough to close the main car park the first time I went (a grassy field in the middle of the Village). Tuesday the sun came out so I went back and had a great time mingling with the crowds, popping into the many varied exhibitions.
One of my favourite Exhibitions was the outdoor sculptures along the harbour wall by Helen Denerley from Aberdeenshire. They are constructed from scrap metal welded into animals and birds and were attracting a great deal of attention/ photo opportunities. Beautifully made - I'd love some in my garden.
Yesterday was a very productive and enjoyable day in my Studio. I thought I'd just print my three plate Collagraph in shades of grey, but whilst waiting for the first layer to dry I got to thinking about the British Miniprint and cut some lino, traced one of my sketches onto it and started cutting. Cutting lino is one of my favourite ways to lose a few hours, listening to radio 4 whilst working out the layers. Having two prints on the go at once meant I was printing happily all day. I don't think I even noticed it get dark and when I did glance at the clock it was after midnight! Now that must be the definition of a day that went well.
The Collagraph is 22.5 x 21 cm and printed in waterbased inks and the Lino Reduction Print 8 x 10 cm
Back at the Workshop in Dunfermline today (FDPW Fife and Dunfermline Printmakers Workshop) finishing off my reduction print. It's been a long process and I'm pleased to be finshed. I'm still too close to know if I'm happy with the results, but I'll put them away for a week or so then look at them again with a fresh eye.
Next planned project is the twelve days of Christmas. I've been doing a lot of drawing, but haven't decided on the final images, or even the size I'm going to do them. First thoughts were to do them all small, maybe 150 x 100, but now I'm thinking a variety of sizes might be more interesting. Give me more scope when I get to the higher numbers too. I thought I knew the order of the days, but I found on the Internet that the order seems to have changed. When did that happen?
My "known" order was 9 Drummers drumming - now it seems to be 9 Ladies dancing
10 Pipers piping - now 10 Lords leaping
11 Ladies dancing - now 11 Pipers piping
12 Lords leaping - now 12 Drummers drumming
Which version to choose? Anyone know which, if any, is correct?
I'll work on the images first I think.
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