Le Chéile at Nant Gwrtheyrn, part two.
As well as the exhilarating creative atmosphere we experienced at Nant Gwrtheyrn, one of the best things (I thought) was the saline sulphate etch, kindly provided by Don B. With a little ingenuity, the etching bath was established in the bracken outside the Heritage Centre, and prints were hung to dry on pegs in the glass-fronted area overlooking the sea.
We were able to work into and onto each other’s aluminium plates, combining images and ideas; etching and re-etching; printing and working into the resulting images. Motifs combined and multiplied to generate a dizzying quantity of experimental prints reflecting the themes of Le Chéile enhanced by the environment at Nant Gwrtheyrn: land, language, memory, history, cohesion, separation.
As part of the creative process, we also undertook some collaborative drawings; both A1 size (see right), and on a small scale as entries for the Vault Gallery’s forthcoming exhibition
And, on the first night, a “round robin” drawing session; passing drawings round the group for each artist to contribute their own marks to each drawing.
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