The mini print exhibition “How can we resist” is now travelling to Auckland. It will be housed in the brand new “Mount Eden Village Centre” on Ngauruhoe Street in Mount Eden. The works will be displayed in the beautifully designed entrance of the Village Centre. The prints will be the first exhibition in this space since it was completed last year.
The opening night is Tuesday 26 July, 7.30. Closing date: Monday 15 August 2011.
Charles Cohan suggested his workshop students look at Karen Kunc‘s work. YouTube has six clips of her taking a workshop, well worth a look.
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
The Private Press Movement rose to strength in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. William Morris’s Kelmscott Press (founded in 1890) can be seen to be the flagship for the movement, and Morris himself as the champion. Essentially the movement was about the creation of books using traditional printing and binding methods, and as might be expected as part of the Arts and Crafts movement, there was a strong focus on creating books that were not only for reading or conveying information but that they were works of art in and of themselves.
The Victorians had mechanised book manufacture and this, along with the use of cheaper materials, had meant cheap books were widely available. Morris and Kelmscott Press produced high quality books using handmade paper, traditional inks, and, at times, unique and specially designed typefaces. Contrary to Morris’s socialist leanings, the books were luxury items – beautifully conceived designs with considered type, page design, format, illustration, use of colour, and bindings. Nothing was left to change and the end results were coherent designed works, significantly more than the typical consumer edition. Despite the high end production values and associated costs, Kelmscott Press produced quite significant numbers of editions — more than 18,000 copies of 53 different works between 1891 and 1898.
Professor Florence Boos, from the University of Iowa has created a gallery of Morris illuminations and books. The above photo of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam from 1872 forms part of the collection.
CPCANZ Annual General Meeting — 19 March, 2011. 4.30 – 6.00pm
We are having the AGM on the same time as the Whanganui Open Studios. So come to visit Whanganui artists in their studios from 10.00am through 4.00pm and then at 4.30pm attend the AGM.
The AGM will be held in the Whanganui UCOL Print Workshop at 24 Taupo Quay, Whanganui .
For more information on the wonderful studios to visit and plan your day go to www.openstudios.co.nz
The legendary Instructables has documented the step-by-step construction of a platen press made from wood and a 6 ton hydraulic jack (bottle jack).
The construction methods appear to be well within the reach of someone with reasonable woodworking skills and access to a table saw, a radial arm saw, a band saw, and a heavy duty drill, along with some common hand tools. The wood could be recycled timber, and hydraulic jacks are available on Trademe for under $100.
Jenny Lee has a press (1200 x 600mm) for sale – $6000 negotiable. The press was built in 2005 by David Healy. It has been used by two experienced printmakers – off and on – so it hasn’t had a lot of use at all. It is therefore in very good condition.
The press is located in Christchurch, and has just been re-serviced by David Healy. The press is heavy – about 300kg according to David, so the freight company needs a tail lift truck or Hiab lifting equipment to pick it up from his workshop. However, a good feature is that the press can be rolled slowly with the use of a specially designed handle with a wheel attached and built in wheels under the legs at the other end.
The press includes its felt mats – two large and two small and a piece for solvent transfers. There is also a large water & dust resistant cover that will come with it.
Manufacturer’s Specifications
Size — 600x1200mm
Working Length — 2400mm
Overall Width — 700mm
Overall Height — 1280mm
Frame Length — 1200mm
Frame Width — 628mm
Frame Height — 1100mm
Bed Width — 600mm
Bed Height — 800mm
Bed Length — 1200mm
Drum Length — 600mm
Top Drum Diameter — 220mm
Bearing Shaft Diameter — 35mm
Drum Shaft — 40mm
For more details please contact Jenny Lee – email: lee.home@xtra.co.nz
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Works on paper, paint and glass by Jodie Cunningham, Marci Tackett, and Sharon Hall
opening event
Saturday 20th November 2010 11-2pm
exhibition runs
November 20 – December 8th 2010
Blackmore Jean Gallery, Shelley Bay, Miramar Peninsula, Wellington
Gallery hours 11-4 Tuesday to Saturday and 12-4 Sunday
About the artists:
Marci Tackett’s creative process revolves around the interplay between assertion, destruction and surrender. She says of her work “I feel the need to come very close to destroying the piece in order to get to know what is at the heart of it; to find its voice and reason. Once there we proceed together”. An Island Bay based artist, Marci studied fine art in the United States in the 1990’s and moved to Wellington in 2006. Her practice includes printmaking and oil painting as well as encaustic and a range of dry media. She teaches printmaking at The Learning Connexion School of Art and Creativity and runs Snapshot – a studio and periodic gallery space adjacent to The Empire in Island Bay, Wellington. www.marcitackett.com
Sharon Hall, a Kapiti Coast based glass artist has had an eventful year. A finalist in the 2010 Molly Morpeth Canaday 3D award, she also received the 2010 Emerging Artist Award in the Horowhenua Annual Review. Sharon studied Glass in Nelson and graduated with a Bachelour of fine arts from Whanganui in 1998. She has had a successful national practice for the last 10 years. Prior to moving to Wellington she worked for a number of years for the World of Wearable Arts and Hogland Art Glass. She combines working at her home glass studio with teaching at The Learning Connexion School of Art and Creativity. Her current body of work uses the lost wax cast glass method and explores ideas of luck, superstition and success. This body of work has been aptly described as Alison in Wonderland meets the BFG meets 3rd form Science. www.sharonhallglass.com
Jodie Cunningham paints from her home studio in Canberra, Australia and is currently working as a Lecturer in Visual Art and Design at Canberra Institute of Technology. She has exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions in Australia and the USA. In 2002 she completed a Master of Fine Arts, by research at the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales. Prior to that Cunningham studied at Hunter College of the City University of New York, funded by the Fulbright Scholarship for the Visual and Performing Arts, 1999/2000 and a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship 1999/2000. She graduated from Canberra School of Art in 1996, gaining the University Medal in Visual Art. art.jodiecunningham.com
Blackmore Jean Gallery, Shelley Bay, Miramar Peninsula, Wellington
Gallery hours 11-4 Tuesday to Saturday and 12-4 Sunday
Gallery contacts: Anne-Marie Jean 027 3264693 / Jane Blackmore 021 2988743
UCOL Summer School 2011 — 17 January – 21 January 2011
The UCOL Summer school will be held the week after our CPCANZ summer school. The UCOL menu and enrolment package is available online.
The printmaking offerings are Graham Hall with drypoint and multiblock woodcut combination, Yoka van Dyk with book arts; and Marty Vreede with harakeke paper making
