An exhibition of 3D pieces by 39 members of Seacourt Print workshop.
29th January - 15th May 2011
This is my piece hanging in the gallery space. It is made of strips of commercial litho plate inked up with relief inks at Seacourt. It was quite a challenge to make it hang in the wave form, and I had plenty of help and suggestions from friends and family! There are two copper pipes bent into the S shape, and the strips are hung from them with welding rods which I cut and shaped. The whole piece is hung from a beam above and "anchored" with fishing line attached to Portaferry beach stones (only borrowed!).
This is my statement written in the accompaying catalogue for the exhibition:
"Living beside Strangford Lough, I am drawn as an artist to make images which reflect sea, sky and land, and how the light at different times affects the visual qualities. The still glow of fragile grey light varies the focus on islands and shorelines. The long low hills and linear shorelines are enhanced and elongated through a horizontal letterbox viewfinder. I feel compelled to make vertical breaks, interrupting the flow, like frames on a photographic film.
Using scrap metal for monotypes, I discovered that the grey coating on exposed commercial lithographic plates was receptive to relief printing inks, and highly durable once dry. I use printmakers rollers freely but carefully to apply the ink to the surface for the seascapes. The finished plates are usually float-mounted in box frames, but for this exhibition they will hang in strips mid-air in the gallery space.
At SPW, I enjoy the more direct printmaking processes; monotype, drypoint and collagraph with the immediate results they allow."
This exhibition is well worth a visit. Mainly 2D artists, we were out of our "comfort zones"!
The gallery is lovely and they do a great lunch in the foyer overlooking the garden and FE Mc William's replica studio.
Notebook
Getting ready!
