New year, new things
Over the last few months, we’ve visited London and Bristol several times to see some excellent exhibitions at WCPF, the Bankside and the RWA Open in Bristol. Whilst there, I was also fortunate enough to visit the artist’s books section of the UWE library at Bower Ashton with a friend. I enjoyed spending a day looking at all the excellent examples on show.
St. Paul’s from the Oxo Tower
I’ve been teaching collagraph printmaking at Ocean Studios and will be starting another course on January 30th. It’s fun helping people to learn how to make these textured colourful prints made with found materials.
At Ocean Studios there are now quite a few printmakers and I’ve enjoyed collaborating recently with Alan Qualtrough where he’s teaching me the photopolymer gravure process and I’m teaching him to make collagraphs. I also attend Barton Hargreaves’ Friday etching class and have enjoyed meeting other printmakers and learning from The Bart.
I’m now a Co-Director of CAMP (Contemporary Art Membership Platform), Contemporary Art Membership Platform (CAMP) - a member-led support and professional development network for artists, arts workers, and other creatives. CAMP collectively promotes and supports doing, making, and sharing contemporary art across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. I’m looking forward to playing my part in making things happen for our members so watch this space…