Printbank Mackay International Postcard Swap 2015

 Earlier this year, I created an edition of 3 postcards, and posted them each to Queensland, to be part of the inaugural Printbank Mackay postcard swap.

I lined up part of the linoblock that I was carving for my solo show Urban Reveries and printed it onto some lovely paper that I had hand marbled a few weeks earlier.

The theme for the exchange was 'First'.

I have actually tried tightrope walking on a real tightrope wire a few times. I even took some classes. And it is harder than I imagined. Much harder! Every step feels like the first!

The exhibition of all the postcard entries is Friday July 17 at the Mackay Town Hall. (It is a very long way from me in Melbourne, so I sadly won't be there!)

So if like me, you can't get there, you can see the other postcard entries here , but only until August 2015.

I am really looking forward to seeing my return postcards in the mail soon!!

Exhibition of the 2014 alumni of the onefourfour project!

Last weekend, saw the exhibition of the onefourfour 2014 alumni, at The Art Room in Footscray.

In 2014, 12 artists, including myself, created an artwork for each of the 12 months, to a monthly theme chosen by each artist. That makes 144 artworks in total!

It was a beautiful show. Thanks to Ilona Nelson for her great leadership.

You can see all of the images and find out more at the onefourfour website

The project continues in 2015 with a whole new set of 12 artists.

But here's the 12 images that I created for each month. Each is 6x6inches.

It was a great project, and gave me the opportunity to experiment and create work outside my usual practice. Some of these works even turned out to be the beginnings of bigger works. (But that is a story to tell for another time!)

Harold and Mary, linocut and ink on found map
theme- light

Portholes to beneath the surface, linocut on found map
Theme - Surface

Crossings, mixed media
Theme- collage

L-form bacteria, Collograph, edition 6
Theme - form

The Eureka SpaceStation, linocut
Theme - space

This place is marked for future great handstands, photograph
Theme - place

Once in the morning and then at night, everyday of the year, Linocut
Theme - repetition

Epic Misplaced Adventures #34W, linocut
Theme - winter

A moment of encounter with potential transformation, mixed media
Theme - fear

The colour of politics/The politics of colour, artist book
Theme - colour

The moth that is eating my carpet from underneath, mixed media
Theme - underneath

Reflecting once again, upon the evil weed, linocut
Theme - reflections