Not all work during Skopelos Workshop!
July 12, 2015 Basil Hall
Basil had his birthday during our first week on Skopelos and celebrated it at Apolefsi, one of BHE’s favourite dinner haunts. Someone let the cat out of the bag…
Resplendent in their BHE aprons, part of Basil’s group this year watch as an early proof goes through the press. During the two week course, the artists (all with…
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Jane Skepper examines a proof in the Milos Studio, during Basil’s June-July workshop. In the foreground, four beautiful Greek churches (colour etchings by Cathy Blake) go under the drying…
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The Milos printmaking studio on Skopelos has been buzzing for the last two months! First there was a workshop run by Melbourne artists Gaye Patterson and Steph Bolt in…
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New Shirley Purdie etching edition underway
May 14, 2015 Basil Hall
Today we are up and running on Shirley Purdie’s new edition. Visiting ace printer, (all the way from Tasmania), Antonia Aitken is seen doing the a la poupée plate.…
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Basil and Antonia Aitken are busy over the next two weeks proofing and then editioning etchings by Shirley Purdie, Peggy Patrick and Gordon Barney. These beautiful prints were commenced…