Rock / Singularity / EPC edition #25
Rock singularity is the latest work for my Experimental Print Club, and also a component of the work I’ve been making during my residency at the Centre for Print Research at UWE, here in Bristol.
I’ve been building a new kiln fired glass sculpture - Vessel, a reliquary for the Holocene - and as part of that work I wanted to create some form of base component to ground the modular sculpture.
So I thought it would be fitting to choose a rock from my own locality, my garden, and use it as a part of the support for Vessel. There’s a whole load of thinking there about the rock as a barren, weathered surface, and the reliquary that contains the germ of a seed being planted on it.
Rock singularity / EPC edition #25 / WIP
I’ve been busy completing the latest Experimental Print Club edition over the last few days and weeks. It’s all come together rather nicely I think, definitely in my own top 5 so far.
Vessel / a reliquary for the Holocene
I’ve been working on a few new CG visualisations of my kiln fired glass edition Vessel / a reliquary for the Holocene recently, of which this is probably the most successful sequence to date. A lot of new things to learn to make this happen, esp working with DaVinci.
I seem to have been drawing, printing and refining this sculptural model on and off for four or five months now, in between working on my other projects. It’s been an interesting challenge, and one that has consumed a lot of energy this Spring. I think it’s finally ready for editioning now.
Print Club News / May 10th 2023
Thought I’d post a teaser image of the 3d rock scans I’m working with at the moment. I found this rock in my garden, a rather lovely one, part of a path edge, and thought I could use it as a plinth for my glass work, but in fact the images from the scanning process have their own potential too.
Capsule / A folio of six photopolymer etchings with gilding and chine collé, work in progress
I thought I’d post a few images of work in progress from my latest series, Capsule. A set of six photopolymer etchings made as part of my residency at the Centre for Print Research at UWE.
I wanted to create a folio of six prints that further my ongoing study into digital drawing and haptic making. I like the idea of seeing how the introduction of digital techniques into the traditional workflow may change or augment the outcomes of a particular project or set of drawings.
Spinnaker EPC / foiled and Matrix / ONE
I’ve completed a pair of new works for my Experimental Print Club, edition numbers 23 and 24. I’ve been experimenting with foil blocking techniques for these editions, with the help and advice of Rik at Ripe Digital in Corsham.
Centre for Print Research, UWE
I've been gifted an amazing opportunity to work as an artist in residence at the Centre for Print Research at UWE this Spring.
The CFPR has an amazing array of traditional and high tech print making technologies in a large facility on the Frenchay campus in North Bristol. The term print making is used in it’s broadest possible sense here, and includes 3d printing for ceramic and glass editions, 3d CNC routing of metals and plastics, laser cutting and 2.5d printing for low relief studies on paper and plastics, alongside screen printing and intaglio processes, amongst many other possibilities.
Spike Print Studio / Intaglio etching with Martyn Grimmer
I’ve been enjoying expanding and improving my working knowledge of intaglio printmaking techniques under the brilliant tutelage of Martyn Grimmer at Spike Print Studio here in Bristol.
The studio offers open access to some fabulous printmaking presses, all set within what must be a Festival of Britain era daylight studio with curtain wall glazing looking out over the new cut.
CFPR residency, January 2023
As the Christmas and New Year break winds up, I've found it to be an invaluable time to reflect on the first few weeks of my residency at the Centre for Print Research, UWE. A really useful moment to pause, collect my thoughts and focus on what I’m hoping to make over the next few months.
Print Club News / Winter Solstice, December 2022
So we’ve reached the Winter Solstice, the beginning of the holiday period, and a beautiful moment for reflection and celebration. If like me you’re a gardener, you’ll know that today marks the point in the year when the light levels start to increase again, albeit slowly at first. As a point of interest, I found out recently that the rate of increase is sinusoidal, so maths and nature intertwined perfectly as ever.
Print Club News / December 2022
I hope this finds you well in the run up to the Winter solstice, Christmas and the New Year. I have to say I was hoping to be a little further on with the latest Print Club editions by now, but in fact, it has been pretty busy here, with a lot going on in the past couple of months, and the foil work I'm experimenting with hasn't been totally straightforward. It's an interesting challenge though.
Spinnaker / cerulean aegis, recently installed in a stylish Victorian home here in Bristol
It was a real pleasure to be asked to make a new Spinnaker piece by a collector here in Bristol. They wanted to place the work above a wood burning stove, so after much consideration and consultation, I commissioned the piece from Genesis Imaging who produced the drawing as a CNC milled Chromaluxe edition.
Artist in residence, Centre for Print Research, UWE
I’m really excited to be working as an artist in residence at the Centre for Print Research at UWE over the coming months. It’s an incredible opportunity to realise some new works both in 2d and 3d, using some of the centre’s state of the art technology…
Ink Miami Art Fair 2022
Opening today, Ink Miami 2022. Really pleased to be exhibiting selected works on paper with Hobby Limon and TAG Fine Arts in Miami again this year…
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2022
Really enjoyed visiting the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair this November. Great to be exhibiting work there with Hobby Limon, and TAG Fine Arts. This was probably my favourite stand, in large part due to the fabulous Ian Davenport etching on the far right…
Studio News / September 2022
I've just completed a new Chime / cerulean crop edition for a collector in Canada. Courtesy of Avida Mohseni and the fabulous Avi Gallery in Ontario. I’ve spent a little while rebalancing the colours, and working on the colour profiles, so it has a little more vitality than before, quite a lot more in fact! Loving the new Fotospeed metallic lustre paper I’m experimenting with too, it seems really radiant in use.
Print Club News / August 2022
I've finally completed a new set of photos to document my Stellify 4 print club editions. They've been a little while in the works. I thought I'd post a few of the images here.
Sennen / EPC edition #22 dispatched
I just wanted to wrap up the week with a little Print Club news. I've completed the summer edition, #22, which is titled Sennen / EPC. I've also ordered some new packing tubes for the piece, which I believe will be here on Monday, so I'm very much hoping to have the work in the post to Print Club members on Monday or Tuesday, all being well.
Sennen / proofing the edition
I’ve been working on this new drawing on and off for a couple of months now, and feel it merits some kind of outing, so I’m going to proof it, think about sizes, and make it into a piece for the Print Club. I think it’ll work best on a flat matt paper, so I’m going to try it on the Hahnemühle 305gsm 100% cotton rag, at least to start with.
I started drawing this piece in response to my XGen CV series, sometime back in the Spring. Like XGen, it takes on the idea of creating an underlying grid structure and then building some kind of framework around it, that pushes the geometry in some unexpected and hopefully quite lyrical ways.
XGen / EPC edition #21 dispatched
I'm just scribbling a quick note to say that edition #21 of my Print Club will be in the post today. I hope it'll brighten up your spring, with a blast of colour. That's certainly my intention for this piece!
I'll look forward to writing a longer email about the work, and the studio asap, but for today I just wanted to let you know that I'm packing and addressing the parcels this morning, so you can look out for the print in the mail.