Southern Highlands Printmakers visit BHE
February 22, 2015 Basil Hall
Pam and Basil had a group of visitors from the Southern Highlands Printmakers (plus a few locals too) at the studio on Saturday. It was nice to connect and…
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Clint Barker’s Burleigh Bongos 2015
February 19, 2015 Basil Hall
Clint Barker has just finished a four plate colour etching at Basil Hall Editions. At left is the final proof, printed by Basil, Clint and Rebecca Drew in Braidwood…
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Mark Ward makes lino cuts in Braidwood
February 14, 2015 Basil Hall
Mark Ward has also been at Basil Hall Editions having some of his linocuts editioned on the Hilton press.
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Former Sydney College of The Arts printmaking lecturer, Mirabel Fitzgerald worked with Basil last week at the studio, while Clint (see previous entry) went in to Canberra to commence…
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Clint has just completed this beautiful new etching from three plates at Basil Hall Editions’ Braidwood studio. The image was hand drawn in sugar lift, deeply etched and inked…
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Still a couple of places left in the June Skopelos Workshop!
February 7, 2015 Basil Hall
Canberra artist, Sasha Nixon, sketching in a small Skopeliti museum during our 2013 printmaking workshops on this beautiful Greek island. Basil and Steph Bolt take groups there every year…
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The cladding is now almost complete on Basil and Pam’s new shed in Ainslie, ACT. Basil Hall Editions will instal the silkscreen and relief workshop equipment here in about…
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Sparing no expense, Basil Hall Editions has its latest staff member, Vida the guard dog, patrolling the lane way behind the studio, ensuring our artist in residence, Clint Barker,…
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Clint Barker, this week’s artist in residence at Basil Hall Editions is seen here inking up his etching plate. It is currently being inked intaglio in a darker blue-black…
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Clinton Barker residency at BHE
February 4, 2015 Basil Hall
Clint often works at Basil Hall Editions as a screen printer, and has editioned many of our silkscreen prints over the last 7 years. This month he is here…
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The NAS Summer School Printmaking class of 2015
January 19, 2015 Basil Hall
Here is the fabulous National Art School Summer School Printmaking group with Basil and their exhibition at the conclusion of five full on days of printing.
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Collaboration and co-operation at Sturt
January 15, 2015 Basil Hall
Well, it’s official! You CAN fit ten busy artists into a small art room for a week and make great prints! Here is the printmaking class of 2015 at…
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An early shot of the scene this week as 16 printmakers work with Basil in the National Art School’s well-equipped print department. The workshop is part of the NAS…
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The participants at this year’s Sturt Summer School Printmaking workshops with Basil have taken numerous pictures of the busy week eleven of us spent in Frencham School’s art department…
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Classy colour etching from Mittagong workshops
January 7, 2015 Basil Hall
Two and a half days into Basil’s colour etching workshop at Sturt, Rosie Stevenson produced this beautiful colour work. The key plate is a hard ground line etching with…
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Well, we are starting off the new year with two Summer schools in the first two weeks. Here, Basil is meeting with 10 students at the Sturt Summer School…
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New Numbulwar screen prints on the way
December 18, 2014 Basil Hall
Our latest workshop saw Basil travel to Numbulwar on the east coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria for the first time. Organised by Fleur Parry and Tom E Lewis…
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Skopelos Workshop 2017 almost full
December 4, 2014 Basil Hall
This year we are offering a double header in September! TWO tutors for the price of one: David Frazer and Basil will run a fortnight of printmaking in beautiful…
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November Workshop in Braidwood
December 2, 2014 Basil Hall
This was the last in the 2014 series of workshops in Basil’s own studio in Braidwood. Four participants came from Sydney, the Southern Highlands and locally to spend two…
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The Sydney Printmakers held an opening on November 14 in Chippendale, and Basil was asked to say a few words. The exhibition comprised the work of 83 artists from…