There is something undeniably special about giving yourself time to explore new processes when you’re a practising artist. I am interested in exploring a number of different processes as a form of opening my work up, hoping to develop in new processes. I began in January with the amazing Jule…
Where did January go? My first month as AIR has raced past – possibly due to having my trainers on for Jule’s turbo charged screen printing course! This has been an excellent introduction to the process and mechanics of screen printing with plenty of time for creating our own images….
It was so good to see such a massive crowd at the Ochre Christmas Party and I really appreciated your goodwill during my talk which wrapped up my residency at Ochre Print Studio. At the risk of repeating myself, it has been one of the most challenging, stimulating, knowledge-building, and…
We were lucky enough to have a critique in July with Ruth Barrett-Danes and she advised me to work more onto paper, perhaps in book form as my background is in Book Arts, and to collect some quotes from studio users. I wanted to add some text to my images,…
Aprons at the ready! Following our first Critique from Ochre founder Julie Hoyle, I thought it would be good to show here what I’ve been working on so far. I am going to create a series of aprons, amongst other pieces, which celebrate the techniques offered at the studio, and…
Embarking on the new skill of screen printing in Adam Green’s February evening class at Ochre Print Studio has been an exciting and delightful experience. The studio has excellent screen printing facilities with large vacuum beds and plenty of drying rack space. The results produced after six weeks by everybody…
I am completely new to Ochre Print Studio and delighted to have been offered one of the AIR positions this year. Thank you to everybody for such a warm welcome. I spent January familiarising myself with the impressive intaglio facilities and participated in Mai Osawa’s excellent drypoint course which she…
