Refreshing walk after 5 days in the King Island studio
November 10, 2017 Basil Hall
After 5 days’ printing it was time for a quick explore along the south of King Island with Andrew and Dianne Blake, the organisers of our latest workshop there.…
Bonnie Starrick from Tasmania at the press on the final day of her 4 day workshop on King Island with Andrew and Dianne Blake and me. Bonnie completed a number…
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Another great Tassie crowd at the King Island Workshop
November 9, 2017 Basil Hall
Courtesy of the Tasmanian Regional Arts Fund – (part of Regional Arts Australia), Andrew and Dianne Blake once again were able to include four indigenous Tasmanian artists in my…
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9TH PRINTMAKING IN PARADISE ON SKOPELOS IS., GREECE
October 23, 2017 Basil Hall
DETAILS: WHEN: September 3-14, 2018 WHERE: Milos Studios, Skopelos Is, Greece WHAT: Etching (copper plate) & Wood Engraving HOW MUCH: $2950 (Early Bird Price – until Dec 31) or…
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SKOPELOS PRINTMAKING IN PARADISE 2018 IS ALREADY TAKING BOOKINGS! We have only just returned from this year’s successful trip with David Frazer accompanying Pam and me this time.…
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For the fifth time, I have just been invited back to work with the Black Gully Printmakers, who operate out of a studio under the New England Regional Art…
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After the Skopelos crowd departed…
October 10, 2017 Basil Hall
After our workshop participants departed in late September, I had a chance to cut a couple of new woodblocks on Skopelos in our wind-down week on the island. I…
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There are three workshops slated for the next few months: the first is at New England Regional Art Gallery in Armidale from 21/22 October; the next, about a week…
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Wood engraving workshop to happen again in 2018!
October 8, 2017 Basil Hall
Following the success of David Frazer’s introduction of wood engraving to our course programme on Skopelos this year, we have twisted his arm into coming again in 2018. He…
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Pam, Basil and David return from our Skopelos workshops
October 6, 2017 Basil Hall
The team has just returned to Australia after another exciting Skopelos Printmaking in Paradise adventure. This year, David Frazer joined Pam and me. This meant that we could offer…
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Launch of 2017 Skopelos Printmaking in Paradise
September 4, 2017 Basil Hall
David Frazer and Basil Hall at the launch of our 2017 Skopelos printmaking workshop. So far the hardest decision the group has had to make is whether to go…
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It’s Monday September 4, and Davis Frazer, Pam and I have just kicked off Day 1 of our latest Printmaking in Paradise workshop on Skopelos Island in Greece. Here…
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The Canberra studio hosts another woodcut workshop
July 29, 2017 Basil Hall
This weekend I’m running another weekend workshop in Canberra for three locals and one Sydney visitor. We’re once again doing our popular coloured woodblock two-dayer; one that I’ve offered…
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Since I returned from the Tiwi Islands in May, the studio has been busy working on the 28 editions created by the Jilamara mob at that workshop. The first…
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Yirrkala’s Buku Print Space is busy as usual
June 12, 2017 Basil Hall
A quiet moment after hours on Friday gave Basil a chance to photograph the busy Print Space at Buku Larnggay Mulka this week. He is working with the Yolngu…
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A fortnight in the Buku Print Space, Yirrkala
June 8, 2017 Basil Hall
Basil has found himself doing a surprise stint at Buku Larrnggay Mulka, Yirrkala’s State of the Art art centre in N-E Arnhem Land. He will be there for a…
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A special event on Skopelos in 2017
May 29, 2017 Basil Hall
During our Skopelos Printmaking in Paradise workshops last year, we witnessed a fabulous full moon rising over the bay on the Summer Solstice. Carefully balancing his camera on an…
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Another excellent mono print from the Creators’ Artspace printmaking workshop run by Basil in Albury-Wodonga last week. (Anne’s full name will be inserted when I ascertain her surname). She…
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Abi Thompson from Wodonga made this beautiful etching (soft ground and aquatint) and combined it with a hand-painted mono print plate at Basil’s recent etching workshop held at Creators’…