Blue Moon Tides - artist book

This year for second year printmaking at NMIT our major task was to create an artist book.
I chose the theme of the moon and tides. I made 2 books - collographs mounted in  concertina books on Dutch etch 200 gsm paper.
This blue book cover is Indian hand made paper. The red moon tides cover is buckram.
I was fortunate to win  a generous prize donated by Magnani Papers Australia for which I am very grateful.

On the back of the pages are tide charts

Red Moon Tides

Letterpress Workshop with John Brebner

I  have just attended a 2 day workshop with John Brebner who runs Homeprint in New Zealand. The workshop was at NMIT where John was a guest of the Visual Arts department.
We learned about the history of letterpress and we used his portable press to experiment with some of the odd 'sorts' he brought to the workshop.

The press

the wooden letters

the print

Hand coloured black and white

Before

After

Pinhole image printed on matt paper, hand coloured with Marshall Oil paints.

Another Photomedia assignment.

Image and Text Assignment for NMIT

Have been working on a Photomedia assignment where we have to combine images and text.
I took some digital photos of Abbotsford Convent  that I shot earlier in the year, converted them to black and white images, inverted them and printed them onto acetate, Then took them into the darkroom and printed them with the text of the Magdelane Laundries by Joni Mitchell.
I then coffee toned the images,
Now I have scanned them so I can put them on this blog.
I guess I could have done it all in Photoshop - but the journey was interesting.
My goal was to evoke the misery and suffering that occured at this convent.

Bundoora Homestead - NMIT Visual Arts "common place" exhibition

Earlier this year students from NMIT Visual Arts went to Bundoora Homestead for an excursion. The homestead has a rich history, and students were encouraged to use the excursion as a stimulus for creative responses.

The works that were created are on show at the homestead in the Access Gallery at the Bundoora Homestead Art Centre  from June 2 to June 19th. The exhibition is called common place.

It is open from 11- 4 Wed to Sat, and 12-5 on Sundays.

Students created drawings, paintings, lino prints, collages and photographs.

I submitted these  photographs of the staircase - trying to capture the ghostly feeling in the homestead. The memory of thousands of people who have climbed these stairs is hazy - and many of these people would have been lost in their own dreams.

The photos were framed by the NMIT Visual Arts Department in large frames with generous white mounts. I was thrilled to see them looking so well presented.

Many thanks to Kirsten Perry the teacher who had the idea and organised the show, and the people who helped her mount the exhibition,

The City of Darebin has acquired these images - so they will be on display around City of Darebin properties in he future. This was a lovely compliment.