Darren Sherwoods sumptuous Etchings

This is one of Darren Sherwood's etchings. I really like them. I have been aware of his work for a couple of years or so now. He lives in Brighton on the south coast of England. He is not that long out of college and I was delighted when he agreed last year, to participate in an international printmaking portfolio exchange, organized by PNP in Melbourne Australia.

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Stem Cells, Nervous System and Layering

I have finally gotten on a bit further with this Cobalt print. For the Periodic Print Element Table project

I had researched some imagery, a few weeks back but there was not anything definite planned with those in particular. These are unavailable to me at present, in any event, as the laptop they are on, is in the PC hospital getting 'fixed'.

I did a bit more research yesterday focusing still on the benefit that vitamin B12 vis vis Cobalt, has, on the nervous system. Also it's use for the treatment of anaeamia in pregnancy. That was how I settled on those "cobalt babs" (as I refer to them) - proofs/plates are viewable in the back kitchen studio.

I very much like the image of stem cells which relate to the nervous system that I found – these are very beautiful. I am using these most probably as my initial ground.
I have played around with layering these images in Photoshop, bearing in mind what I can do on my press with the collagraph and using some of the elements printed out onto Japanese paper, which I have just done. Thank goodness the Epson R2400 printer, did not 'play up”!!

I think the next thing I will do is have a go, at printing an image, on the inkjet printer, ONTO printmaking paper to see how that goes.

In the end then I would hope to combine these three processes at the very least i.e.,

chine colle
an image on the printmaking paper) made with inkjet)
collagraph

I will print the stem cell imagery out onto printmaking paper, then chine colle onto that with imagery printed onto Japanese paper and finally some print plates of one kind or another.


I could additionally utilise monoprint and offset............we shall see, we shall see.
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Official opening of the back kitchen aka Aines printmaking space

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Here's where you can see all of my appalling printmaking efforts, and my trials and errors and maybe even a bit of blasphemy now and again !!!!

Raping Darfur woodcut by Annie Bisset

I have been aware of 'Hanga Gir'l (her site name) in the Printmaking group on Flickr since I joined which was about 9 months ago . I had looked through her photds but had not seen this one. I think it is a really strong piece of work. I wish I could do woodcuts to that level of skill. Having said that though - I think whatever medium she might have used I still would have loved this image. It's the imagination , depth of feeling and experience, that gives it, it's strength,

New Kitten Alert !!!

Chiana 01
Originally uploaded by kirstyhall.

This is Kirsty Halls new kitten and I am so envious!! Oh I wish she was mine. At this stage kittens are just SOH much fun and quite a delight to behold. I remember my two yes I actually went to the local RSPCA cat unit and 'adopted' two little kits. I had explained to them on the phone that because of my health condition I was at home all day and also that previously I had only ever inherited adult cats. I said that I would like now to have two cats so that they would be company for one another.
I dont know where I got that idea because my two (who are about five now, fairly well completley ignore one another. They did share a womb before they came out into the world but thereafter they fairly well have done their own thing although they did play together moreso when they were at this terribly cute stage.