January 17, 2024 Basil Hall
I have been going through the solander boxes and have pulled out 115 beautiful prints from my days at Studio One National Print workshop in Canberra (1987-1996). The works…
November 14, 2023 Basil Hall
Costas Kalafatis is a world class musician, and each year he has entertained us at various tavernas and restaurants on the island during our printmaking workshops. With a variety…
Here is a great shot of the Skopelos studio during this year’s wood engraving experience with David Frazer. Our Milos space is under nine apartments, where most of our…
I have now handed over my interest in our beautiful Skopelos adventure. A number of years ago, David Frazer bought one of my shares in the studio equipment and…
After a Covid hiatus, we finally made it back to Skopelos to assist David Frazer on two wood engraving workshops at our studio on the island. 23 participants plus…
October 29, 2023 Basil Hall
In 1995, I was lucky enough to be in Yirrkala as their new etching press was about to be installed in the new print space. Andrew Blake (Buku Co-ordinator)…
Another mob we have worked with for many many years is the amazing group at Merrepen Arts in Nauiyu, NT. In fact, I can now claim to have worked…
Caspar Fairhall from Perth was with me for a week in July, making new etchings on zinc. We had previously collaborated on a silkscreen by correspondence, but this time…
Nagula Jarndu are a womens’ collective of fabulous fabric designers and printers in Broome, WA. This was our first time collaborating with this talented mob, and our brief was…
Yes, it’s the eleventh series of prints we have been involved with at Beswick! We went out there in May armed with collagraph materials this time, and many of…
The first Indigenous artist to express himself as a printmaker was Kevin Gilbert in the late 1960’s. Some of those prints were proofed or editioned by hand at the…
In March and April, I was involved in an exhibition called “Belonging” with the Southern Highlands Printmakers, and exhibition three recent prints. Exhibiting at the same time was the…
January 29, 2023 Basil Hall
Attune was the title for the Southern Highlands Printmakers’ latest exhibition; this time paired with craftspeople to produce a multi-media exhibition at Sturt’s beautiful gallery in Mittagong. Woodwork, fabric,…
Akki Van Ogtrop, curator at large and current President of the Print Council of Australia, has recently selected around 70 works by Master Printers Ron McBurnie, Michael Kempson and…
Almost immediately after Sturt Workshops, I headed off to Horsham in Western Victoria for Summer Brushes, another Summer artists extravaganza run by Grampians Brushes for painters and printmakers, with…
Straight after New Year, it was off to Mittagong for the annual Summer School. This year I offered a 5 day course in Collagraph block making & printing, as…
November 23, 2022 Basil Hall
I have just come back from the Tiwi Islands, where I ran a new workshop for Jilamara Arts. It has been 5 years since my last etching workshop, with…
November 13, 2022 Basil Hall
Pam and I visited the Kangaloon studio of master printer, Max Miller last weekend. It was part of the Southern Highlands Art Trail and I was really happy to…
On December 9, an exciting exhibition opens at Sturt Galleries in Mittagong, NSW. Over 20 artist/printmakers have each selected a craftsperson with whom to collaborate on a work. The…
At the beginning of November, I ran a collagraph workshop at Megalo, the Canberra Printmaking access studios. A couple of old faces from my Studio One days in the…
