I produced this for the Oxford Summer School brochure. Metal stamping was a very small aspect of the course, but I wanted to indicate that exciting lettering can be accessible to all.I stamped the letters into paper and onto two copper strips. then I rolled over the letters with a lino roller. I think the way the roller offsets the prints in reverse adds an interesting dimension. I glued the copper strips onto the piece of work I used glue called "The Ultimate" made by Crafter's Mix, a water … [Read more...]
Metal Letters in Copper
I thought you'd enjoy this metal stamping. It's a group interactive project which I set up at art in Action in 2010. I taped some soft copper foil to a piece of wood and my helper Christine asked viewers to each have a go at stamping a few letters, copying a text. This was while I was demonstrating monoprinting and layering.Share|| … [Read more...]
LX Exhibition 8 – Beginning and End ii
Since the piece with the dark black circle was successful, I could afford to throw caution to the wind and mix a very transluscent ink which was deliberately streaky and screen the circle onto the piece with the watercolour lettering.All the same my heart pounds and I break into a cold sweat of anxiety while screening!Yes, I'm happy with it! But a gold square just isn't going to work inside the circle, and in fact, a gold square will be too solid. I have my Chinese chop and I stamped Robersons … [Read more...]
LX Exhibition 7 – Beginning and End
I like running with two pieces then choosing the best. In this case it was even more important because I had one chance to screen print a circle and I wanted a second chance. But to do the same design twice is so boring, so I changed the design from the original concept. (In the end I did a third on silk while the screen was set up)I did a column of stamping, leaving a middle bit for a gold square (which never materialised). Then I did my loose pen writing with watercolour and a C-O Speedball … [Read more...]
LX Exhibition 6 – First and Last
The concept:Words set Free: Birchwood with laminated paper which has a torn edge. Size 40cm x 40cm.I showed the laminating process on the post dated 24th May.Paper: BFK Rives which is soft and lovely for stamping into.Text: John 1: "in the beginning was the word..."The top half of the paper would be covered in text and contrast with the lower half.A circle symbolising eternity would be screened onto the text, and the text would sparkle through as white lettering.I could not have used ink with a … [Read more...]