I have been busy working on my sculpture/drawing for the PAPER show at the Barnaby Festival. I am one of the two artists making a larger work – the other one being artist Phill Hopkins.
I am making a sculpture from double wall card with drawing, collage and screen-printing which will fold out across the floor. It is going well, but it is taking a long time. I haven’t made such a big piece for quite a while. I am having to set myself deadlines for each section so I keep on track, and also keep on top of the other work I need to be doing currently.
I am also working on a small piece for an exhibition in Australia, which will explore the structures of the slab huts that the colonial settlers built.
At the same time, I am also working towards a sculpture at the In Time, Over Time exhibition at Neo artists. I have now sourced most of the materials – wood and tiles. They are a mixture of gifted and bought tiles (anything bought had a discount!) I am hoping to crack on with this once I complete the work for Barnaby.
I have also been thinking about printmaking. Over the past six months I have not had a workshop to work from, so have been limited to lino printing. Last week I also bought a medium size screen so I can do stencil screen printing, but apart from that I have been quite restricted. I went to take a look at Hot Bed Press in Salford, which I was really impressed by. For each process they have quite a range of presses and facilities – it looks really good. The only drawback is that it only really accessible 3 days per week as they run a course on Monday and Tuesdays. I think when I finish the sculptural work over the next few months, I would like to join.
