I am working with Patricia Graves. First thoughts and ideas we had were to combine a screenprint of my still life based on my studio space; my 'sense of place', then incorporating one of Patricia's screenprints as her 'sense of place' within my still life image. After careful consideration, we decided it would be too challenging in the limited time we have. We have therefore simplified our idea by working on grounds for the bluebell wood image instead. The grounds contain organic shapes and colours based on foliage and decay surrounding my house in the woods which ties in with Patricia's Bluebell Wood. We have spent two days at my studio in Llandudno this week working together. The first day was a complete disaster due to technical problems. We were using acrylic paint mixed with retarder to create the grounds. The reason for this was the speed of drying coupled with acrylic paint being used over the top in the form of the screenprint. The paint dried too quickly and the chine colle stuck to the plate. The whole lot was thrown away and we left frustrated and fed up. We had more success yesterday using Intaglio Inks and have produced some interesting images.
Caroline Race
