Basil Hall Editions (Braidwood) ready for action in January 2013
December 20, 2012 Basil Hall
This is looking better! The relief press has been refurbished and now has a hydraulic ram (still needs a paint). Most of the shelving is in and we are…
Mimili artists at work
December 13, 2012 Basil Hall
A line of Mimili artists at work on the acetate sheets they painted for a new series of screen prints to be published in 2013 at Basil Hall Editions.…
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After four days at Indulkana, Beth and Basil drove each day the following week to the nearby community of Mimili, where we worked for the first time with the…
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Basil Hall Editions, Braidwood (October 2012)
October 9, 2012 Basil Hall
A quick update on our Braidwood studio. After a number of long weekends unpacking boxes and moving equipment around the room, the presses have arrived at their final positions…
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Email BHE for a Skopelos Workshop brochure for 2013
September 17, 2012 Basil Hall
How do you concentrate on your printmaking with a view like this out the window? Our brochures are now available for the 2013 workshops, so email Basil on info@basilhalleditions.com.au…
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BHE Alice Springs was to have been the go in 2013!
September 12, 2012 Basil Hall
Now that the decision has been made NOT to locate part of the BHE studio to Alice Springs, this article has been removed, but the original intention is all…
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Not all that pretty yet, but the new BHE studio in Braidwood, NSW is taking shape. The press is hidden under the pile of studio stuff in the centre…
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The new Braidwood studio is still under construction, but we can offer a sneak peek of the leadlight windows we found in a nearby second hand furniture place in…
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Seven Sisters exhibited in Darwin
August 25, 2012 Basil Hall
Here is part of the exhibition of the Seven Sisters etchings currently hanging in the Botanical Gardens as part of the Darwin Festival. Put on by Buku Larrnggay Mulka…
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Basil Hall Editions may have moved south, but work continues on projects begun in the Top End. Basil is currently printing up editions of the “Seven Sisters” etchings by…
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Skopelos Printmaking Workshop dates for 2013
August 12, 2012 Basil Hall
A lot of you are already asking about next year’s Skopelos Workshops. We haven’t done the new brochures yet, but here are the dates: May 27-June 9 First workshop…
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The moving saga continues
August 2, 2012 Basil Hall
This might be a bit more fun if it was us building the new studios in Alice Springs and Braidwood…but here is the scene last night as our old…
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Our master screen printer
July 26, 2012 Basil Hall
I have more serious shots of our fabulous screen printer, Clint Barker, but, well, he DID pose for this one (all water-based ink, of course!). Clint has come up…
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This was such a nice shot of both Tash Rowell (left) and Beth Conway, they have to share a photo! Tash joined BHE almost at the very beginning, so…
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Nena Zanos (on the left in this shot with Mats and Basil) was with us for over 5 years, starting as our print curator and then becoming more and…
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After our move to new, larger premises in Woolner, Mats Unden came over from Sweden to join BHE as Senior Printer for three years. Mats’ profile is on the…
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A tribute to the BHE staff in Darwin: 2002-2012
July 25, 2012 Basil Hall
Here’s a shot of the gang in the earlier years, when BHE operated from under the house in Nakara: (Top row, l to r) Simon White, Monique Auricchio and…
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Well, after all those tantalising glimpses of Greece, it’s back to reality…and the reality is we’re moving out of our fabulous Darwin studio at the end of the month!…
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A goat headed for a dish
July 20, 2012 Basil Hall
“Giouvetsi”, named by artist Dinah Johanson after a favourite risoni and goat dish served on Skopelos, also became a beautiful aquatint/etching. A copy was presented in an IKEA frame…
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Rosemary Mostyn made this strong etching on her second last day, using only bitumen as a block out and a little aquatint in the dark areas. It has been…