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Hi everyone, This week I’ve been researching an Australian artist and printmaker I came across, Margaret Preston. I found her work quite inspiring and her journey through art intriguing and insightful. The below YouTube video provided a valuable overview of understanding the diversity of her work. I don’t know if it might be the similar-related…

So, these were the first prints I did, way back. Titled ‘Red Flower’. I was quite happy with how the prints turned out, and was surprised with how effective small details in the print, such as the border lines, turned out. I quite liked the impact of having a border on a print, especially to…

These were the first two linos I cut. The first, left, is a flower. It was intended as a daisy, but I think with the shape of its petals it’s probably more realistically another flower – maybe a zucchini flower? The second, right, is a toucan. This is cut on a softer lino, which took…

I find printmaking to be quite a freeing method of art, with much room and encouragement for trying different techniques, tools and equipment than what I’m used to. Printmaking encourages trial and error, and a lot of practicality and productivity within play. I find it is also with its intracies in how colour plays an…

Hi everyone, This is a really talented printmaker LaToya Hobbs I came across today. Although it is woodcut printing, I thought it really valuable to watch to gain insights on her techniques, especially with a detailed and impactful figure of a person. Interesting process of how Hobbs’ smaller drawings processes occurred smaller and at different…

Hi, Hope everyone’s printmaking has been and is going really well. I’ve just been researching about Barbara Kruger, and found her use of captions and their relationships with photography really inspiring in storytelling. I found the interview available on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xi9qQb2SHU really useful, to hear Kruger from her own point-of-view and perspectives. The interview is also…