Wooah! What a day... I set out last week to explore the internet, my place in it and scout out the unknown territories beyond my own website with a hazy notion of preparing the ground for my new paintings. Here I am with a blog and on the word of a friend I have just registered with Wet Canvas and am plunging into various forums!
I'm getting an idea now of what blogs, forums and all that stuff is all about - learnt a few tricks and hopefully have shared a bit a bit of information with others.
Haven't managed to do much painting today mind you!
Tuesday 19 February 2008
Monday 18 February 2008
New Paintings: Rockdog's puppies!
I have been working pretty solidly since Christmas on a new set of paintings. So far there are 7 on the go! I find that I work best when I "leapfrog" from painting to painting using the pallete that has evolved from one as the basis for the next and using the time while each painting session dries to bring the least developed painting up to speed. I never quite know when to finish - I always tell people painting in oil is a matter of 5 steps forward 1 step back; when the ratio starts getting even or inverse I call it a day.
These painting are the sucessors to a painting I did just over a year ago entitled ROCKDOG
This came from a month of taking hundreds of photos of the rock formations at the foot of the cliffs at Rockanore in Hastings and focused on the patterns and marks of erosion.
I have been back several times and charted this erosion and the fascinating micro landscapes in creates.
Friday 15 February 2008
So what is exactly is a Limited edition print?
Limited Edition Prints
The terms Limited edition print, original print and reproduction print are often confusing Artists have always sought to find a wider audience for their work and in the days before modern media made art accessible to almost anyone this meant prints.
Many artists developed various printmaking techniques to produce multiple images of their work, separate and often stylistically quite different from their unique art. The quantity of images produced was at the mercy of the practical constraints of the media used, and the price reflected that. The development of photography and the technology to reproduce images accurately and in almost unlimited quantities posed a dilemma. Printmaking as a means of expression for the artist became separate from printing - the much broader means of producing multiple images from a variety of sources in almost unlimited quantities.
Artists now had two choices:
1 Reproduction prints
Have an original piece of artwork photographed and reproduced in limitless quantities by printers, ensuring a much wider audience but lowering the perceived value, or produce limited edition re-production prints; Limit the amount printed to a specified amount and sign and number each print each print accordingly.
2 Original prints
Work directly in the traditional printmaking media as before, exploring the strengths and weaknesses of each printmaking medium separately from any other one-off medium and then limiting the edition as above.
Recent technology now means the boundaries have become blurred. Artists now have access to computers and can print their own giclée prints. The term printmaker generally refers to an artist producing prints by traditional “hand pulled” methods; is an artist producing digital work entirely on a PC and then printing it out on a giclee printer producing an original print and can he or she be called a printmaker? By the criteria above I would argue yes - but there are many etchers, lithographers and screen-printers that would disagree with me!
Numbering of prints and Artists Proofs
Limited edition prints are traditionally signed and numbered in pencil with the edition number on the bottom left, the title in the middle and signature on the right. It is generally accepted that the printmaker can mark A/P (Artists Proof) on up to ten per cent of the edition So an edition of 100 would have numbers 1/100 - 100/100 and an extra ten marked A/P.
For information on process and techniques please see the pages on Ryepress:
What is an Etching?
What is a Giclée print?
The terms Limited edition print, original print and reproduction print are often confusing Artists have always sought to find a wider audience for their work and in the days before modern media made art accessible to almost anyone this meant prints.
Many artists developed various printmaking techniques to produce multiple images of their work, separate and often stylistically quite different from their unique art. The quantity of images produced was at the mercy of the practical constraints of the media used, and the price reflected that. The development of photography and the technology to reproduce images accurately and in almost unlimited quantities posed a dilemma. Printmaking as a means of expression for the artist became separate from printing - the much broader means of producing multiple images from a variety of sources in almost unlimited quantities.
Artists now had two choices:
1 Reproduction prints
Have an original piece of artwork photographed and reproduced in limitless quantities by printers, ensuring a much wider audience but lowering the perceived value, or produce limited edition re-production prints; Limit the amount printed to a specified amount and sign and number each print each print accordingly.
2 Original prints
Work directly in the traditional printmaking media as before, exploring the strengths and weaknesses of each printmaking medium separately from any other one-off medium and then limiting the edition as above.
Recent technology now means the boundaries have become blurred. Artists now have access to computers and can print their own giclée prints. The term printmaker generally refers to an artist producing prints by traditional “hand pulled” methods; is an artist producing digital work entirely on a PC and then printing it out on a giclee printer producing an original print and can he or she be called a printmaker? By the criteria above I would argue yes - but there are many etchers, lithographers and screen-printers that would disagree with me!
Numbering of prints and Artists Proofs
Limited edition prints are traditionally signed and numbered in pencil with the edition number on the bottom left, the title in the middle and signature on the right. It is generally accepted that the printmaker can mark A/P (Artists Proof) on up to ten per cent of the edition So an edition of 100 would have numbers 1/100 - 100/100 and an extra ten marked A/P.
For information on process and techniques please see the pages on Ryepress:
What is an Etching?
What is a Giclée print?
Tuesday 12 February 2008
Seacandy jewellery website for Collette
SEACANDY - Handmade gemstone silver and gemstone jewellery with a coastal twist by Collette MurphyI Have spent most of the weekend working on Collette's website; photographing and updating the backlog of pieces she had made over the last few weeks. In doing so I've managed to squeeze a few of the tricks I've learnt on Ryepress (well hopefully the ones that work!)
Collette:
When I moved from London to the South Coast a few years ago I rediscovered the gem shop my parents used to take me to on seaside visits. This reawakened my fascination with gemstones and became the starting point for a new collection of jewellery designs, inspired by the sea and the constantly changing shoreline.
The designs are usually made in silver with precious or semi precious gemstones and seashells - although sometimes I find ceramic, glass or vintage beads which I just can’t resist incorporating into the pieces. I try to indicate on each page exactly which stones have been used - if they are glass instead of gemstones I will point this out. I also indicate the type of metal which has been used, although this is usually silver.
Collette:
When I moved from London to the South Coast a few years ago I rediscovered the gem shop my parents used to take me to on seaside visits. This reawakened my fascination with gemstones and became the starting point for a new collection of jewellery designs, inspired by the sea and the constantly changing shoreline.
The designs are usually made in silver with precious or semi precious gemstones and seashells - although sometimes I find ceramic, glass or vintage beads which I just can’t resist incorporating into the pieces. I try to indicate on each page exactly which stones have been used - if they are glass instead of gemstones I will point this out. I also indicate the type of metal which has been used, although this is usually silver.
NEW ST PANCRAS STATION PRINTS
I have made a decision that will probably shock the purists! With the opening of St Pancras as an international station and the forthcoming opening of the Midland hotel , I have decided to reissue my Kings Cross etchings as limited edition giclée prints and greetings cards. In doing so I have taken the opportunity to "digitally re-master" the images ever so slightly and remove some of the more annoying scratches and foul biting that has irked me for years.
I have made a decision that will probably shock the purists! With the opening of St Pancras as an international station and the forthcoming opening of the Midland hotel , I have decided to reissue my Kings Cross etchings as limited edition giclée prints and greetings cards. In doing so I have taken the opportunity to "digitally re-master" the images ever so slightly and remove some of the more annoying scratches and foul biting that has irked me for years.
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