Nasreen Mohamedi

I visited Tate Liverpool last week mainly to see "Mondrian and his studios", but was knocked sideways by the exhibition that accompanied it "Nasreen Mohamedi" (1937-1990).  It was a quiet revelation to me.  Spare, concise but fascinating.  Another female artist whose work is unknown to many.  Get to see it if you can.

Bees in my attic 

Last week I produced a number of monoprints with fresh cow parsley I had picked from a field nearby together with grasses and wild flowers.  I was delighted with the fresh, spontaneous prints, apart from occasional contamination from sap and bruised blossom.  My attic studio was full of the smells of the meadow....   Yesterday I noticed I had acquired some new companions though.  Bees have taken up residence in the roof space, the other side of the latte and plaster wall to my studio space.  Attracted by the pollen I wonder?  (Printed on Canaletto paper 10cmx10cm)

Say Hello to Ruby

Here is Ruby, she comes visits me in my attic studio.  A great help, and a tireless editor of any prints that find themselves poorly stored, that is within reach at dog level.  A great incentive to keep things tidy, an admiral ambition....

Starting afresh

After many years potting I've had to stand down from the potter's wheel, put the lid on the kiln and shut the workshop door.  In the last year I've been printmaking and it's been immensely absorbing.  Lots to learn though.  Transferring 3D skills in design and production to a 2D medium is demanding and requires a lot of rethinking.  It makes me appreciate more and more the knowledge, technique, skill and
talent required to produce a really good print.

 Vessels 1 -    2 colour reduction print - Lino.  

I produced this at Leeds College of Art - p/t printmaking course.  My first linocut there.  I couldn't quite give up on the ceramics though!  It was to have been a 3 coloured reduction print, but I quite like it as it is.  I did it in 2 colour ways.  May come back to this simple design again - touch of the Patrick Couldfield's I think.....