Category: Printing

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Moving Forwards – 8th April 2024

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I continued working with the print mentioned in the last blog and created two new books.

The first is simply called ‘Refolded Cloth’, its made from Indian Cotton rag paper, a real favourite, it is 15cm tall with a line of red silk running stitch through the centre of the pages.

The second book is called ‘Adaptations’ and is made from Japanese Hosho paper for the pages and Indian Cotton rag paper for the folded covers with a circle of tissue surrounded by running stitches.

Neither of these books have formal hard covers, this is a new departure for me and there are several ways that I could develop these ideas further.

I then began considering, again, Fragments, they are forever with me and seem to open up so many ideas and opportunities.

This book called ’26 Fragments’ sprung from a pile of folded, small Indian paper pieces, that were in my drawer. I embossed an oblong recess in each, to receive a printed fragment and on the facing side I placed a tissue paper fragment with text. They were folded to face each other, as that is the way that the book falls open. There are 26 folded pieces bound together with Coptic stitch. The book is 6.5cm high, 6cm wide and 4.5cm deep.

I then returned my thoughts to the Collaboration with Fiona Dempster, see here, and I made us a catalogue each. Each book is 10.5cm x 30cm, the pages are produced on the computer. It is a Japanese bound book with papers from us both on the cover. Amazingly Fiona’s copy only took 8 days to travel across the world.

What next? I don’t know but I’m ready for the next challenge 

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Work in Progress – 13th March 2024

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I have been working through my thoughts around Alterations and Adjustments and the idea came to me that you couldn’t alter etc unless you unpicked seams.

So I combined these ideas with the thoughts about postcards that had been bubbling around my mind.

I designed a new plate directly from Baroque woven silk, there is always a consideration as to what finished pieces I will make from the precious plate, as to what size I will design. Here there was the consideration that my Hosho Japanese paper was 39.5cm wide. So my plate was 38cm.

I then spent several sessions printing and here are my cards and postcards which I have now finished. Books are still work in progress.

Folded cards with pewter coloured prints, hand formed title, machine holes and silk thread. Hosho Paper

Postcards, Indian cotton rag paper, print and hand punched holes, extending the design to the edges.

Postcards, print and embossing with a print fragment and silk thread.

There are two books planned and maybe more as this printing plate is proving to be very resilient , which isn’t always the case.

However if the rain would stop the garden will be calling me!

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Small Steps – 8th February 2024

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Over the past few years I have been compiling a sample book from the previous year using the plates that I had designed. It’s an idea that I quite like and somehow regret that I hadn’t thought of it earlier!

The small blind printed fragments are in groups of six with two machine lies between them. there are three sets of silk stitched threads along those lines. These reference the unpicked seams project that I have been working on. The cover features a piece of card from Fiona Dempster, see here, from our collaboration, which includes her handwriting underneath the blue print.

The weather has been against printing in the studio, but I did manage a day printing postcards. The designs are drawn from scribbles and prints held in my notebooks, rescaled to fit into the postcard size and shape. They are now drying before I can prick ‘unpicked seams’ on them and stamp the reverse. Roll on warmer days!