A Greek Aquatint Box
September 6, 2011 Basil Hall
We now have a great little aquatint box on Skopelos, all ready for next year’s workshop! Featuring a little Greek “bling” and a hand-painted handle purchased on the island,…
Now that we have returned to Darwin after two successful pioneering workshops on Skopelos, plans are already underway for next year! Here is a view from our apartment window…
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Anthropologist John Carty from Canberra conducted interviews with many of the Mulan artists during the recent Paruku Project near Balgo, WA. Here he is back at camp listening back…
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Paruku Project, Mulan 2011
September 5, 2011 Basil Hall
The Paruku project, organised and orchestrated by NSW artist Mandy Martin, and involving scientists, anthropologists, writers, artists, pilots, benefactors and fabulous camp cooks took place in August near Lake…
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A Return to Skopelos
June 29, 2011 Basil Hall
We’ve been in some pretty grubby clean up rooms, but this balcony at the Skopelos Foundation in Greece makes a picturesque spot to work on your plate. Trisch Wilson-Adams…
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Art Melbourne, May 19-22
June 13, 2011 Basil Hall
The organisers of Art Melbourne, Single Market Events, kindly invited Buku Larrnggay Print Space and Basil Hall Editions to share a stand at the recent Art Melbourne event in May.…
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Here’s a picture of Tash, who missed being in the last photo (as she was probably the photographer). She is heartily sick of hearing about Greece, and we haven’t…
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This week, both Mats and Basil will be flying to Greece to conduct our 2011 workshops on Skopelos. We will be joined by Melbourne printmaker, Steph Bolt, who is…
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Our party of 17, including facilitators Mandy Martin and Basil Hall, returned safely to Darwin after a highly successful four day painting and woodblock workshop/trip to Mount Borradaile. Although…
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Art Melbourne a great success
May 23, 2011 Basil Hall
The Art Melbourne stand was a great success. The Fair ran at the Royal Exhibition Buildings in Carlton from May 19-22 and our stand, which included an etching press…
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BHE at Art Melbourne
May 17, 2011 Basil Hall
Basil Hall Editions opens its exhibition and printing demonstrations at Art Melbourne (Exhibition Centre, Carlton) on Thursday evening this week! Running from 19-22 May, the Affordable Art Fair this…
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An early morning view to whet the appetite!
April 25, 2011 Basil Hall
Arrangements are well underway for the two printmaking workshops on Skopelos in June-July this year. Materials have arrived from Holland, airlines and accommodation for over 30 people have been…
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One of Nyapurla Morgan’s beautiful new reduction linocuts, produced in small editions of 10 at the April workshop in Wiluna, run by Basil, the Tjukurba Co-ordinator, Heather Charlton and…
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Wiluna artist, Nyapurla Morgan carving a lino block. Basil has just returned from one of the longest trips we make each year. To get to Wiluna, we have to…
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A group of the Ali Curung artists working on their blocks during the March workshop run by Mats and Sara. In the foreground, one artist is using an electric…
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Following the Beswick workshop in March, Mats and Sara continued down the Stuart Highway (with the etching press in the back of the car) to Ali Curung, which is…
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Senior Printer at BHE, Mats Undén, assisted by former Bula Bula Arts staffer, Sara Higgs (above, cleaning a plate), conducted a workshop recently at Beswick for Djilpin Arts. This…
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Another piece of rock art to whet the interest!
March 17, 2011 Basil Hall
I think I took over 60 pictures like this of the rock art; each one more astounding than the last. I refer to the art here; not my pictures!…
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Here’s an example of some of the astounding pre-and post-contact art we’ll be taken to see by the experienced guides at Mount Borradaile, when we aren’t swimming in the…
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Not content with making you jealous over the Greek workshops this year, BHE in collaboration with prominent Australian painter and printmaker Mandy Martin, is offering a four day painting…