A colourful new woodblock print
January 10, 2016 Basil Hall
Bettina Bernstein’s colour woodblock, completed (just!) during last week’s Summer School course run by Basil at Sturt Workshops in Mittagong.
At the conclusion of the week, each of the groups participating in Sturt’s annual Summer School puts on an exhibition of the work produced by the artists. This is…
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Basil has just returned from a fun week teaching at Mittagong at the annual Sturt Summer School. Around 270 students and 26 tutors attended this year so the organisers…
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Another Townsville shot during the BHE workshop
December 2, 2015 Basil Hall
A better shot of the Umbrella Print Studio space in Townsville, with part of Basil’s group at his workshop last weekend. A tutorial on the second day gives everyone…
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BHE’s silkscreen studio buzzing
December 1, 2015 Basil Hall
Happiness is a full rack, as this site has said before. Basil is currently working on a number of new David Bromley silkscreen prints in the studio in Canberra.…
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Moments earlier, in Townsville
November 30, 2015 Basil Hall
Another gratuitous pineapple shot, photographed moments before to show the colour plate about to be printed over by the beautiful key plate at Basil’s recent workshop in hot, steamy…
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The fabulous Umbrella studios in Townsville, (Far North Queensland for our overseas readers) invited Basil back for a second stint this year. This time we had eleven eager etchers and,…
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Regular pin-up printmaker plays concertina book
November 25, 2015 Basil Hall
Speaking of our annual workshops on the Greek island of Skopelos, Basil used a project Steph Bolt and he have often done with their groups there as a focus in Armidale recently…
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Val Lewis showing off a proof of her first etching (Val has done a relief printing course at our studio on Skopelos with Gaye Patterson and Steph Bolt), while…
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The New England Regional Art Museum has once again invited Basil back to do another workshop in the studio below the gallery. 12 New Englanders attended and we did etching…
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Dawn’s diptych
November 4, 2015 Basil Hall
Tasmanian artist, Dawn Blazely is seen here working on a sugar lift, which will later become a diptych or possibly a small concertina book. Dawn usually paints in her…
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Tasmanian artist, Liz Pinner is seen here with Basil during BHE’s recent workshop on King Island. Four pages of a small story written and illustrated by Liz are hanging…
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Basil and Pam have just returned from King Island in the Bass Strait. Over 5 days, Basil, Andrew and Dianne Blake (local organisers of the printmaking workshops on King…
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The Yuendumu Doors in Adelaide
October 17, 2015 Basil Hall
Whilst in Adelaide for the Tarnanthi Festival, Basil also visited the SA Museum next door to view Yuendumu’s famous (school) Doors. The 30 small etchings he made with the…
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Balnhdhurr- A Lasting Impression is the name of a beautiful exhibition celebrating the first 20 years operation in Buku Larrnggay’s Print Space in Yirrkala, NT. The show opened as part…
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While he was at the Tarnanthi Festival in October, Basil visited the Art Gallery of SA four times to view its permanent collection in addition to the outstanding Tarnanthi…
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The scene at the official opening by Paul Keating of the inaugural Tarnanthi Festival in Adelaide on October 8 at the Art Gallery of SA. Curated by a team…
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Another Workshop in Braidwood
September 27, 2015 Basil Hall
Our latest weekend workshop has just taken place in the Braidwood studio. The four participants experimented with soft ground, multi plate colour, chine colle, aquatint and photo etching, so…
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Rosie Holmes from Mowanjum
September 25, 2015 Basil Hall
Mowanjum Arts in Derby has been getting into prints in a big way lately. There is a new press, an energetic studio manager, Rosie Holmes and a growing stock…
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The Fire Station: a blaze of colour
September 21, 2015 Basil Hall
Basil and most of the participants at last weekend’s “Painterly Prints” workshop at the Fire Station in Victoria. (6th from left is Margaret, the FS technical officer – many…