The latest Braidwood workshops, April 2016
April 25, 2016 Basil Hall
Three of the four participants in the April workshop at our studio in Braidwood had been on Basil’s trips to Skopelos in Greece, but all in different years! Here,…
Silkscreen studio taking shape at BHE in 2016
April 12, 2016 Basil Hall
The Canberra silkscreen studio was almost fully set up in early 2016. We installed a new 2m exposure table in the darkroom to replace a tried and true sheet of plate…
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One copy of this beautiful original multi plate etching by Maringka Baker is still available from BHE and will be seen at our exhibition at Nancy Sever Gallery in Canberra,…
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It has been nearly 8 years since our last Basil Hall Editions exhibition, although most of our prints show regularly in exhibitions put on by commercial galleries and the Indigenous…
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Christopher Croft plates at Basil Hall Editions
April 7, 2016 Basil Hall
Munich-based Australian artist Christopher Croft (seen here working at Basil Hall Editions in 2009) is currently in the country. Although he was unable to work in the studio in…
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Basil and his Mum, Diana (94), proofed some of the latest plates from Merrepen Arts this week in the BHE Braidwood studio. 20 new editions will come out of…
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Basil and Angus Cameron (from Nomad Art Productions) have just run a great workshop in Nauiyu, S-W of Darwin, with 10 experienced artists from Merrepen Arts. These guys have…
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Nomad Art’s Angus Cameron (seen here proofing on the Merrepen etching press) and Basil have just spent a week at Nauiyu on the Daly River, working with ten artists…
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Basil Hall and Angus Cameron (from Nomad Art in Darwin) are working with ten artists from Merrepen Arts on the Daly River, 3 hours south west of Darwin this…
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The latest workshop at Basil Hall Editions
March 12, 2016 Basil Hall
Our studio has been a-buzz with activity this year, hosting four workshops already in Braidwood. We should also be commencing workshops in the silkscreen studio in Canberra soon, as…
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Darwin artist Jane Moore has been back at Basil Hall Editions, bringing a touch of the Territory to Braidwood. Rocky escarpments and the panoramic floodplains of Kakadu have been…
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Derek, also known as Dean, Smith, one of Mowanjum’s trainee printers, blotting paper for one of the many editions we did during Basil’s recent trip to Derby. Mowanjum has a…
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Mowanjum Arts in Derby is the latest arts centre to purchase a press and set up their own printing space. Established last year, the space has a great WA-made…
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Another return visitor to Braidwood
February 11, 2016 Basil Hall
Based on the south coast these days, well-known printmaker and former art lecturer Mirabel Fitzgerald prepares her paper for a number of viscosity etchings during her days at BHE’s…
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Julie has spent the last few days working at BHE’s studio in Braidwood. Here she’s burnishing a photo etching plate she made this afternoon. The artists this week are…
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Ros, Julie and Mark from the NSW south coast are currently working at BHE with Basil for three days. They are all practising artists, and, together with Mark’s wife,…
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Another Skopelos workshop this year..this one cancelled!
February 3, 2016 Basil Hall
This year we offered three workshops on Skopelos. The first – Relief Printing – is with Dianne Fogwell and Steph Bolt; the second is a general printmaking fortnight with Basil…
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More proof Braidwood is the place
February 1, 2016 Basil Hall
Trena and Poss examine a new proof fresh off the press during BHE’s latest workshop in Braidwood last weekend. The next workshop for artists will take place on February…
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It’s on again in Braidwood
January 31, 2016 Basil Hall
Basil and Pam have just run the first of our Braidwood etching workshops for the year. These workshops are available by arrangement throughout the year for groups of…
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Artists in residence at BHE Braidwood
January 19, 2016 Basil Hall
Sydney art teachers and exhibiting artists, Camille Softley and Emily Johnson have been working in Braidwood at BHE. Both have been making new etchings, with Basil in occasional attendance…