Jo Lankester, Message to the Living, Linocut, Artisans on Flinders

Introduction to Linocut Printmaking with Jo Lankester

Introduction to Linocut Printmaking with Jo Lankester

The second introductory printmaking workshop in a series of three as part of the Townsville City Council’s May Month of Learning was a heap of fun.  We had a full class with a mix of beginners and artists wanting to refresh their skills or expand their skills base in the area of Relief Printmaking.

We explored transferring images to the lino block using handmade transfer paper, carbon paper and direct transfer from pencil or charcoal drawings. We also drew directly onto the block with charcoal, pencil and permanent marker.

Richard Lane

Dominie Hooper

Sylvia Hewitt & Andrea Stuart

Tip of the day: Rubbing a little red acrylic paint into the surface of the lino block prior to drawing or transferring the image. This made it easy to see the areas being cut away which are white when printed.

Thinking about learning how to create a Monotype? Join me today at Umbrella Studio from 10am-3pm, $75

Happy Printing,
Jo Lankester

Nest: by PressNorth Printmakers

Brush & Press Studio is proud to present,

Nest

A printmaking exhibition of nests by PressNorth Printmakers using a variety of techniques and processes depicting nests found in North Queensland, Australia.

Laura Castell, Sandy Fisher, Jo Lankester, Hannah Murray, Gabriel Smith, and Rhonda Stevens.

I proudly opened the exhibition with a quaint morning tea to celebrate Brush & Press Studio's first exhibition for 2013 in the new gallery space at Artisans on Flinders, 345 Flinders St, Townsville

Exhibition Duration 21 April until 2nd June 2013

a selection of prints from Nest by PressNorth Printmakers

A selection of prints from the Nest exhibition currently on display,

Sandy Fisher & Julia Jefferson, Woven Nest Basket & Relief Printed Wooden Necklaces $30 each

Sandy Fisher, Home, Etching, 2012, 37.5 x 42.5cm, Edition 8, $90 unframed

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Gabriel Smith, Sunbirds Nest, Digital Transfer & Etching, 2013, 15 x 10cm, $60 unframed

Gabriel Smith, What's in Your Bower, Digital Print, 2012, Edition 10, $60 unframed

Jo Lankester, Forlorn, Drypoint Etching 2011, 93 x 38.5cm, Edition 5, $230 unframed

Jo Lankester, Nesting, 2012, Drypoint Etching, Edition 5, $180 unframed

 

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Warmly,

Jo Lankester

Brush & Press Studio in Two New Locations

Brush & Press has recently moved to two new locations. 

I am now running workshops from the Umbrella Access Print Studio at 482 Flinders St, Townsville. 

Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts

I am retailing my prints and those of PressNorth Printmakers at Artisans on Flinders 345 Flinders St.

Artizans on Flinders

Make A Mend has a Tea Party this Saturday at 3pm to Launch her label at our new store. You can also find Katelyn Asslet, Playsuit and Miss Else’s Wardrobe at this store. 

Make A Mend Tea Party

 If your in Townsville, drop in for a cup of tea and say hi.

Warmly,

Jo

Asymmetry Prints and Paintings by Kath Cornwall

ASYMMETRY
   
Kath Cornwall
Artist statement
When I make art, I feel a separation from myself occurring. As I analyse my subject, I achieve a sense of higher consciousness.  All my imperfections roll out in a cascade of marks abstracted from my sensory perception of the landscape before me.  Here is where I then connect with my inner self.
I like to explore the concept of evoking a human presence from the landscape.  I can sense this duality in our world and zone in on specific elements within the environment, like trees, by treating them with an intimacy as if they were sitting with me for a portrait, up close.  
Seeking to relay a live human-like relationship with the immediate surroundings, when visually describing my subject, I tend toward the raw graphic energy of the drawing element within my paintings.  Here I can create a sense of immediacy, showing evidence of the movement in my creative process.  I am interested in the driving force of pattern, intimacy, interconnectedness, organic form and the interplay of light and line. My drypoint etchings are abstracted from completed graphic styled paintings. I truly enjoy this process as it allows a complete give from me into the focus on detail.  I love the effect of drypoint with its roughness, softness and depth of tone.
I love the tree, it is a challenge, but is forgiving.  It provides a cerebral presence as I work, so that I may escape into its folds and scatterings of colour, and yet create a substantial form.  A tree may captivate me as it emulates water, its living self stilled in a position of flow, or bowing and wrinkling to the weight of time on its shoulders, the angles of a human figure.

This exhibition was on display at brush & Press Studio from 3rd August until 2 September 2012

Brush & Press Studio Moving 23 November 2012

A special thank you to everyone who has supported Brush & Press Studio over the past two years, we are seeking a new location and will notify you when we have found one.

Sylvia Hewitt: Little Pressures 25th February until 22 March 2012

Brush & Press Studio is proud to present an exhibition by emerging printmaker Sylvia Hewitt.
 
An exhibition of artist books and Intaglio prints, developed in the varying techniques of printmaking. A visual journey of the past two years of knowledge gained through the tuition from a number of workshops, TAFE, and studio practice. This exhibition is running in conjunction with, A Pressing Year, at Art on Kings, shop 6 & 7/203 Kings Rd, Pimlico, Townsville, Qld, Australia.

Sylvia Hewitt began her printmaking journey in early 2010 when she signed up for a collagraph workshop I was instructing. Since then Sylvia has enthusiastically devoured as many techniques and processes she can and has recently purchased a printing press. Her exhibition is a delightful exploration of etchings, collagraphs, artist books and box sets.

The exhibition can be view until 22 March 2012

Brush & Press Studio
375 Fliinders St, Townsville, 4810
Mon: 10 am-4.30pm
Tues: Closed
Wed: 10am-4.30pm
Thur: 10am-4.30pm
Fri: 10am-4.30pm
Sat & Sun: 9.30am-12.30pm