Merrepen Arts does another Collagraph workshop with us in May

Another mob we have worked with for many many years is the amazing group at Merrepen Arts in Nauiyu, NT. In fact, I can now claim to have worked with four generations of one family there. Several of the artists, including Grace Kumbi, Keiren Karritpul and Marita Sambono, for example, have had several goes at this medium, so these talented designers had no trouble adapting to a week of cutting, gluing, painting and shellacking boards. The Art Centre has a good etching press (but currently no etching blanket, so I used a sleeping mat instead) so I was able to proof a number of the images as the artists worked. Here is a small example of one of the prints, this one by Kieren – already for sale through the Art Centre.