Store Street Gallery
Time passages prints currently on display at Store Street Gallery. See http://www.storestreetgallery.com/1-alfred-place/
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Archive: 2015
Bobby likes the art
Bobby came with me today to see the installation at the Exeter Brook Gallery. Everything is looking great for the opening event on Saturday 25th at 2pm. Angela has managed to get in all my new work from Texas. Beautifully balanced with Heidi’s georgeous work, it makes a brilliant show http://www.heidikoenig.co.uk/
‘Freedom’ An exhibition of work by Heidi Koenig & Simon Ripley
For more information about the show see : Heidi Koenig & Simon Ripley Exhibition or visit the Brook Gallery web site : http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=473ad1f4ff98b450123a2d3e6&id=1082e1d77c&e=4de1360e5e
Brook Gallery Show
Delivered my new Texan prints and saw the four that have been framed for the Brook Gallery Show – http://www.brookgallery.co.uk/artist.php?arid=79 The show opens on July 18th and I will be there on the 25th with Heidi who shares the exhibition with me. Very excited to see how they hand it all – quite a lot […]
Working with NHS commissioners
A day at Poltimore House, outside Exeter for NHS commissioners to re-think the way they work. We asked them to make a 6 word poem around a time in their lives when they saw the world anew and re-thought an old pre-conceived idea. From the poem they selected a few words to letterpress onto bags […]
Latest Litho
Examples from the most recent kitchen litho day course at Double Elephant. I always forget between courses, just how tricky it can be to get it to work. Some early disasters followed by some decent results.
Bunting and Banners
To Sandford Primary School making bunting and banners for their Strawberry Fair. Working over the day with two mixed classes of Reception, Year one and Year two aged children, divided into 3 groups we screen printed banners and collograph printed bunting plus one group printed onto paper with tubular stamps. A very hectic day with […]
Exhibition Ready
Texas prints are now all home, framed and ready for a show at Exeter’s Brook Gallery. Starts 2pm on 18th July
Monoprinting now
Proofing the etched plate all completed, now to make a variable edition monotyping under the key plate. The plate looks very sombre when printed in black, so today I tried burnt sienna – much more successful and tomorrow I’ll try a blue. Monoprinting is tricky with the registration but it really lifts the plate with […]
Etching today
Fantastically excited to be starting an etching plate today – 18inches square and working with Katherine and Alfonso. We cut, bevelled, polished and degreased and prepared the plate before the weekend and I had time to plan out a design ready for this morning. First thing, Katherine applied a soft ground and we pressed into […]