Its been a very busy April, hence my first post for the month is a bit tardy......
My art this month has been all about bees, specifically native stingless bees.
As you know from previous posts, I've been playing around with non-codex type book structures and paper installations (see my Tambo exhibition posts
here and
here). Last week I created a prototype of a hive-like book structure for a bee themed teacher's PD workshop I've been engaged to run.
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| Using my gelatine plate to create bee theme prints |
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| Monoprints and Relief prints on hexagonal 'pages' for the book |
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The completed Prototype book, it folds up
randomly into one hexagonal |
I've also been reworking a print I created last year, a monotype with a bee etching over the top. The print was an unresolved ghost print. I felt it needed a bit of definition and drama, so I've drawn over the ghost image of the weed with a sepia pen to bring out its detail and fine beauty. I'm really happy with the result.
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| Detail of the bee etching from the print "Pollination" |
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Detail of the weed heads, the colour and shadowing
is the monoprint, the sharper detail is done using a sepia coloured pen. |
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| The Print "Pollination" |
