The Personalised Surface, New Approaches to Digital Printmaking.
As part of contextualising the work and looking closely at process you might like to know that the digital print I made for Le Cheile (collaborative with Eilish McCann) has featured as a case study with the Fine Art Digital Environment Research Project, Personailsed Surface.
See http://www.faderesearch.com/digitalsurface/case-studies/links/
I have noticed that some images are missing and in case they are not repaired the images for my case study are included on this post.
There is an excellent dvd of the whole research project available from FADE.
Andrew Smith
We are making the final preparations for our stay at Y Nant in a fortnight’s time – ferries being booked, portable equipment being gathered together, weather forecasts being scrutinised. I’m not losing sleep over it all…..yet. But I will do shortly. What is the worst that could happen? High winds, cataracts and hurricano(e)s cancelling the Irish Sea ferries; outbreak of World War III and all ferries commandeered for evacuation of Dunkirk; other baroque and even more unlikely scenarios leading to complete disaster.
Actually, since the accommodation is booked and the food is provided on site, providing some of us can get there with a sketchbook and a couple of pencils apiece we can have a good time whatever happens. After all, you can make interesting drawings in torrential rain and high winds even when the ink runs and the paper half blows away. And then escape indoors and do some printing.
So, let’s hope for calm seas and a good and productive three days’ work.
Alison.
Nant Gwtheyrn images – Traeth y Nant
AC
I went back to Nant Gwtheyrn for another look around yesterday, and took some photographs – as the ones we were sent by the Director were probably copyrighted, and I didn’t feel I could post them on this blog. The smart new café block is finished (although it was closed to the public) – the café is called after Meinir, the heroine/ victim of the legend of the bride in the oak tree.
It turned out to be a really fine day after what feels like weeks of non-stop rain, and I walked along the beach with a friend. Hard going, as it’s coarse shingle with the odd dead sheep, but the outgoing tide revealed a gently shelving sandy area. We walked back along the Llyn Coastal path, which involved a stiff climb up the cliff and a gentle walk back through wind-stunted oak and hazel woodland. Remnants of Y Nant’s industrial past are everywhere, stone and iron like totem poles defying the elements. There are lots of things here to inspire the printmaker, so I hope we’ll have a really useful few days.
AC
Stop Press: our exhibition at Oriel Ynys Môn is now going to be in September 2011. It is hoped that an education programme will accompany the exhibition – details to be arranged.
http://www.croesomon.co.uk/oriel_ynys_mn-22.aspx
