Basil exhibits woodblocks at Altenburg Gallery
December 17, 2013 Basil Hall
Basil has recently shown two of his own woodblock prints (using the JDS process described in the previous blog below) at Altenburg and Co Gallery in Braidwood. The blocks…
We have been doing some editioning for Djilpin Arts recently. The woodcuts were carved at a workshop earlier in the year and some prints were commenced then. Now we…
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Another studio shot as a proof goes through and Garry Shead examines some earlier ones done in Braidwood in December 2013. The new prints should be available early in…
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Sydney artist Garry Shead has been at our studio in Braidwood working with Basil recently on a new series of etchings. Here Garry is burnishing one of his plates…
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Imagine yourself in Greece in May-June 2014!
October 10, 2013 Basil Hall
The time has come to start the publicity for next year’s Skopelos printmaking workshops with Basil Hall and Steph Bolt. Now in their fourth year, the printmaking fortnights on…
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This picture of Tiger, one of Indulkana Art Centre’s artists, comes courtesy of current staffer and printmaker Beth Conway. A very successful woodblock workshop was run by Basil and…
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Basil moved swifly from Maningrida one week to Warmun (Turkey Creek) in Western Australia the next (after a quick stopover in Darwin to wash his clothes and join up…
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Luckily Babbara Womens’ Centre had a full sized print rack, which local muscle was able to move efficiently up to the Art Centre, next to their etching press for…
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Basil has just returned after running a workshop for artists from Babbara Womens’ Centre and Maningrida Arts in Central Arnhem Land. We decided on doing reduction linocuts, as artists…
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BHE Workshop at Firestation Print Studio, Sept 2013
September 5, 2013 Basil Hall
Last weekend, Basil ran a multi plate colour etching workshop for 8 participants at Melbourne’s Firestation Print Studio. Two days was a bit tight for etching 24 copper plates…
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Basil Hall Editions Workshop Proof Exhibition, Braidwood NSW
September 4, 2013 Basil Hall
Basil Hall Editions will exhibit around 30 works in a small exhibition at the Braidwood Community Arts Centre in Wallace St, Braidwood, NSW this month. Opening to the public…
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Our next workshop is for Iwantja Arts at Indulkana in the APY Lands of South Australia. Iwantja has a long tradition of relief printing (but most forms of printmaking…
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The new brochure for next year’s Skopelos workshops has just come out. If you are keen to find out more about our exciting workshops in Greece, contact Basil by…
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Excursion on Skopelos
July 3, 2013 Basil Hall
Steph Bolt lights a candle in one of the old monasteries on the hill which towers over Skopelos Town. The monastery visit is just one of the extra curricular…
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The Basil Hall Editions Skopelos Workshops are over for another year, and (just to explain the image), Basil turned 59. A beautiful basket of local herbs and a bottle…
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One of the eight participating artists in this year’s Basil Hall Editions’ workshops in Greece, Charlotte Kimberlee, is seen here commencing work on a large sugarlift etching being undertaken…
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Kat Kershaw, one of a group of Australian artists currently working with Basil Hall and Steph Bolt on Skopelos Island, Greece. Kat is pictured painting her section of a…
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Kate Furnell leads a discussion in our Milos studio about the collaborative print being undertaken by our first group of artists on Skopelos this year. The final work, comprising…
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An outdoor drawing studio, Skopelos 2013
June 8, 2013 Basil Hall
One of the first days of our 2013 printmaking workshops in Greece was spent drawing en plein air a few kilometres from the studio. We took the Glisteri road…
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Three of the participants in our May-June 2013 workshop working on a large group devised copper plate etching which will be editioned back in Australia at Basil Hall Editions.…