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The word diaspora comes from the Greek word for scattering seeds. A style of post-1960s art which rejected the traditional values and politically conservative assumptions of its predecessors, in favour of a wider, more entertaining concept of art, using new artistic forms enriched by video and computer-based technology. The evolution of film making as a visual art […]
Read more "Diaspora"2nd August 2017 I decided to practice some screen printing at this Open Access Day at the Regional Print Centre. I had a few goals that I wanted to achieve during this day. Create some textured prints to be used in the Artist Books with Estella Scholes workshop running the following day. Prepare a Screen […]
Read more "Regional Print Centre Open Access"I have decided to participate in Llawn 100 – What can you create in 100 days and I have decided to create 100 small Lino Cut pieces that show close ups of things that exist in Llandudno. So before the festival weekend arrives in 100 days, LLAWN asks, what can YOU create over 100 days? […]
Read more "Llawn 100"Â 15th July 2017 Today I attended a workshop at Ruthin Craft Centre on How to write an Artist Statement hosted by Helfa Gelf and run by Sara Roberts. https://helfagelf.co.uk/events/writing-an-artists-statement https://sararobertsblog.wordpress.com/ My reason for attending this workshop was to gain some perspective on the issue of writing an artist statement and perhaps some insight on how […]
Read more "How to write an Artist Statement"The Galeri Open Exhibition in Caernarfon runs from 15th September to 27th October 2017. Â An annual exhibition open to all artists and held in the Art Space in Galeri Caernarfon. Â http://www.galericaernarfon.com/eng/art-space.html I decided to enter my recent sculptural work into the exhibition, below are the components of my application. Artwork Video
Read more "Galeri Open Application"Â After the Etching with Don Braisby Workshop at the Regional Print Centre, I decided to visit the exhibition of Don’s work at Oriel Sycarth Gallery at Glyndwr University in Wrexham. Don is exhibiting here along with John Hedley. Don Braisby Research in The Art of Corrosion I Don Braisby is an artist printmaker currently conducting […]
Read more "Oriel Sycarth Gallery"This two day course enabled me to practice more with the 2 colour printing and also provided me the opportunity to practice with the image I plan to use for the Twenty Twenty. I definitely feel I achieved a lot over this two days and that my confidence in lino cutting and printing has increased. […]
Read more "Colour Linocut with Nick Morley"This workshop focused on using screen printing with two colours to achieve a third colour. During this two days, I became more confident with the idea of layering colour in printing. Tom Frost studied illustration at Falmouth College of Art, and since graduating in 2001 has been working as a freelance illustrator in Bristol. For […]
Read more "Screen Printing with Tom Frost"3rd August 2017 Having worked with Book Making previously, I was really looking forward to this workshop. We began this workshop by creating some Flutter Book templates from A4 sheets of paper. Once we were comfortable with the process we then spent some time practicing on prints that had been previously left at the Print […]
Read more "Artist Books with Estella Scholes"27th July 2017 We began the day with a brief introduction into the types of printing processes we are likely to encounter. Conventional printing has four types of process: Plano-graphics, in which the printing and non-printing areas are on the same plane surface and the difference between them is maintained chemically or by physical properties, […]
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Michelle Wright, Fine Artist 