Farewell and thank you to Mats
February 26, 2012 Basil Hall
As a result of the BHE move, staff members have all made plans for 2012. Tash and Nena have returned to tertiary study, while Senior Printer for over three…
Basil has just returned from two workshops in February; the first, an etching weekend in Armidale, NSW, in connection with the opening of two touring exhibitions from BHE, and…
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After nearly 16 years based in Darwin, Basil has decided to head south and relocate his base. BHE will join Raft Artspace and Melbourne business Chapman & Bailey in…
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Refresher For Darwin Teachers
February 3, 2012 Basil Hall
Senior Printer at BHE, Mats Undén, ran a reduction woodblock workshop for a group of Darwin secondary teachers in December. The two day workshop had 6 participants and each…
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One spot left in our 2012 Workshops in Greece!
December 19, 2011 Basil Hall
There is just one place still available in our July 2-15 workshop on Skopelos this year. The June workshop is fully subscribed, as is the accommodation we suggested to…
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Another Indulkana trip; this time Basil and Nena
December 9, 2011 Basil Hall
Basil has spent some time at this lonely turnoff on the Stuart Highway. On two occasions no-one has been there to meet him for up to half an hour…
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November Weekend Workshops #1 and #2, Darwin
November 13, 2011 Basil Hall
Darwin artist, Talitha Kennedy, inking her plate during the first of three workshops Basil is running in Darwin in November and December for local artists and teachers. Jan Milner-Cole…
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Mangkaja Art Centre hosts an etching workshop
November 11, 2011 Basil Hall
Mervyn Street spit biting a new etching plate during the workshop conducted at Mangkaja Arts in Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia in November by Basil and Mats. Mangkaja purchased a…
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New etchings by Judy Watson
November 3, 2011 Basil Hall
Basil and Judy examining some of the new proofs in progress at QCA in Brisbane, where they worked on Judy’s new etchings this week. We have been working together…
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Judy keeps tabs on Basil at Queensland College of the Arts, October 2011. QCA kindly allowed us to work together there this week to resolve the plates and make…
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This week we have released our new Skopelos Printmaking Workshop brochure for two workshops Basil Hall and Steph Bolt will run in June and July next year. We have…
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Checking the Progress. Buku staff examine a proof.
October 25, 2011 Basil Hall
Ruby Alderton, Annie Studd and Will Stubbs examine the first proof of one of the exciting new Seven Sisters etchings which are currently being made by the seven Yunupingu…
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Buku Larrnggay Mulka Print Space printer, Ruby Alderton, is seen here checking out one of the seven BIG prints we are currently working on with the seven Yunupingu sisters…
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Judy Watson takes her plates to USA
October 13, 2011 Basil Hall
Judy Watson, who recently commenced a new series of etchings with us, then took all her plates to the University of Virginia in October as part of her residency there.…
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The 32 painted acetates for this beautiful silkscreen were done a number of years before this important Haasts Bluff artist sadly passed away. Our screenprinter, Clinton Barker, did a great…
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New Judy Watson Project September 2011
September 14, 2011 Basil Hall
Brisbane-based artist Judy Watson was here this week to start a new project with us. Judy has an invitation to work with University of West Virginia students in Charlottesville,…
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Regina Wilson’s new etching
September 7, 2011 Basil Hall
This beautiful etching was produced in time for the Art Fair during this year’s Telstra Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards. Regina had made the plates at a…
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A series of colour etchings from Jim Flook
September 6, 2011 Basil Hall
Architect Jim Flook attended the July workshop on Skopelos and set himself the task of making 9 etching plates based on the local architecture. As all the plates were…
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Mieke Cohen made this beautiful drypoint and aquatint during the July workshops on Skopelos. An experienced printmaker, Mieke used her time on Skopelos to try a few things she…
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Leona Rollinson did this elegant linocut during our Skopelos Workshops in July 2011. I tried to get her to show it to the old ladies who lived in these…