Woodblock prints at Sturt in Mittagong, 2017

Here is the happy gang at the end of another successful Sturt Workshop, held in the Southern Highlands town of Mittagong each year. This year, Basil ran a woodblock course, during which participants were able to cut a number of blocks. We used Shina ply, kauri pine ply and cheap Bunnings ply (for grainy backgrounds) and during the five days we managed a reduction print, quite a number of multi-block colour prints and numerous chine colle prints, hand coloured from behind in the technique Basil has been promoting at a number of workshops now. The group also collaborated on a 3.3 metre long concertina book (seen in the picture). They each took one home with their own personal covers.