Kerri Weymouth residency
September 17, 2019 Basil Hall
Kerri used a photo plate and combined it with a beautiful colour plate to provide some plate tone and body colour behind the decorative bands behind her main object.…
After I got back from the Telstra it was time for another workshop in Braidwood; this time with artists Treahna Hamm, Jo Southorn and Kerri Weymouth. We got through…
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This year’s workshop with Djilpin Arts at Beswick, saw the purchase of a new small press and a workshop which involved collecting local bush foods and medicinal plants for…
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The Djuki Mala dancers performing “Singing in the Rain” to much laughter and applause at the opening of the Telstras this year. Congratulations to Buku Larnggay in particular for…
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One of August’s highlights each year: the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair. This year was a record breaker, with a mouth-watering array of art and craft from numerous art centres…
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A new lino for Mark Ward
August 18, 2019 Basil Hall
A recent Basil Hall collagraph
May 21, 2019 Basil Hall
Following a workshop at our Braidwood studio by visiting Scotland-based artist, Sarah Ross-Thompson, I decided that a collagraph would be a great way to depict the construction of an…
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Again, always click on these to see the full story and the whole image. This WordPress blogsite always squares them up! Karen Mills worked on images from her childhood…
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You will need to click on the image to see it all, but this is one of visiting artist, Fiona MacDonald’s two latest silkscreens, done during her residency at…
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Well known Alice Springs painter and printmaker, Neridah Stockley, has been at Basil Hall Editions to make some new images. We have been trying to get this to happen…
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Karen Mills and Fiona MacDonald residency #2
May 11, 2019 Basil Hall
Darwin artist, Karen Mills and NSW artist Fiona MacDonald have just completed their residency at BHE. I opted to edition as they worked, so each artist could respond to each…
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One of Karen Mills’ recent proofs at BHE
April 3, 2019 Basil Hall
Karen has been making her zinc plates (4 here) using litho tusche. It’s not applied directly to the plate, as Judy Watson has done extensively during her career, but…
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We have just had a week wth Karen Mills from Darwin. Those of you on social media will have seen her posts about Braidwood and the prints she made…
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Karen Mills & Fiona MacDonald residency at BHE
March 26, 2019 Basil Hall
I’m really delighted to have Karen back after 4 years to make some more etchings in the Braidwood studio. This time it is twice as good because she has…
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Steve Fox (former Buku Larrnggay and Maruku Art Coordinator, former Director of 24 Hr Art in Darwin, former owner of Mogo Raw Arts & Blues and Territory Legend) decided…
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Scotland-based artist, Sarah Ross-Thompson, has just visited Braidwood to run a collagraph workshop at our studio. She very generously shared her considerable skills by taking the 6 participants through…
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Raymond Walters’ new etching series
February 17, 2019 Basil Hall
Here is a sneak preview of one of Raymond Walters’ new etchings, from a series of 5 to start with. This image measures 42 x 42 kms and is…