This series of artist books were inspired by my mums property in Thornlands. Mums 91 years old and has looked after this 20 acre block of bushland for the last 25 years after dad died and has lived there for over 66 years now. It’s where I grew up and the whole family loves it…
These two drypoint etchings were created using a dry point mark making tool similar to a think needle. I also indented using a hammer and nail, and used sanding paper; a sewing tracing tool and a small hand-held battery Dremel to mark the hard plastic sheet I was using. Christmas Creek in Beaudesert holds wonderful…
Experimenting with screen printing, I found this technique initially very fraught with problems, I made so many really bad prints but when I worked out the paint consistency and the paper quality and the right masking tape to use plus how to register the paper- the process flowed better….
