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January 10, 2010 Basil Hall
Ten artists from around the world will share in a unique collaborative experience on Skopelos (seen here from our rented house above the harbour in June 2009) at the…
January 10, 2010 Basil Hall
Ten artists from around the world will share in a unique collaborative experience on Skopelos (seen here from our rented house above the harbour in June 2009) at the…
Basil and Mats are running an International Printmaking Workshop on Skopelos in Greece in June 2010! Here is a view of the Skopelos Foundation, where ten artists from Australia…
December 31, 2009 Basil Hall
Meng worked with Mats and Basil briefly before her Nomad art exhibition to produce a multi-plate colour etching based on the glass pieces in her Parap show. One plate…
December 18, 2009 Basil Hall
Acclaimed paper-cut artist, Pamela See has made her second visit to BHE to apply her skills to printmaking. Pamela has begun experimenting with woodcut and etching techniques in the…
December 13, 2009 Basil Hall
Angus Cameron shot this bustling street in downtown Parap on December 12. Traders were attempting to have their annual Christmas Market (just to the left of this scene) and Nomad Art…
Inking up one of Judy’s new plates for Nomad Art’s exciting project for 2010. Thank you to Russell Craig and Jonathan Tse for allowing us once again to use…
Australian artist Christopher Croft, currently based in London, has spent a few days in Wet Season Darwin making the first in a proposed series of photo plate etchings from drawings on…
December 4, 2009 Basil Hall
Tom E. Lewis, Leon George, Scott Hall, Frankie Lane and Roy Ashley are all here this week making new work for Djilpin’s Melbourne exhibition early next year. Here Tom and…
November 20, 2009 Basil Hall
University of Queensland Art Museum is currently hosting an exhibition of paintings, sculpture and works on paper by Judy Watson. The work was made by Judy during a residency…
November 16, 2009 Basil Hall
Judy is seen here applying a tusche wash to three aquatinted plates Basil brought with him from Darwin in November. In fact, Basil managed to carry 16kgs of zinc…
Here is our printing set up at the Peppimenarti workshop we ran recently for Durrmu Arts. Nena and Basil drove out along the corrugated road past Daly River with…
October 25, 2009 Basil Hall
This termite mound has been well and truly captured from all angles. It can now be seen in various beautiful etching plates currently being drawn in Darwin at Basil…
October 18, 2009 Basil Hall
After two days of talks and exploration, the artists began to draw and work on plates and acetate at the VOQ (visitors centre) and in our campsite. We were…
Seen here are Jorg Schmeisser (back), Fiona Hall (hat), Djambawa Marawili and Howard Morphy during Djambawa’s generous introductory walk and talk through important burial grounds and significant sites along…
A view of the new camp set up at Baniyala by the community led by Djambawa Marawili. Basil’s sleeping platform is on the left. The camp has showers, toilets,…
Delivery of the etching plates and assorted etching “nasties” for the Darwin Project in east Arnhem Land was a complicated business. Here some of the party are collecting the…
Seen here welcoming Jorg Schmeisser to BHE are Mats, Rue (still here!) and Basil (about to leave). Jorg is in the NT for Nomad Art’s latest expedition and project…
In August a group of 15 volunteer guides from the NGA visited the studio, armed with questions about the work BHE does now in over 20 communities. We hired…
In September we were delighted to show a group of important Elcho Island artists around BHE. Seen with Basil are (l to r) Tommy Minburra, Judy Manany, Richard Gandhuwuy…
Basil Hall Editions has had the company of Singapore teacher Rue Abdul for nearly three months. Rue has been making collagraphs, assisting in the studio (here she is blocking…