Basil overseas until late June
June 21, 2009 Basil Hall
The blog has been a bit quiet while Basil has been in Europe, owing to technical difficulties (camera software not talking to travelling laptop), so please bear with us…
Etched in the Sun: London
May 2, 2009 Basil Hall
“Etched in the Sun: London” is Basil Hall Editions’ latest exhibition. The exhibition, which opened in Canberra in 2008, (seen here) has been updated with exciting new prints. Work…
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Keith Steven’s stunning new colour etching, printed by Basil and Mats, will be seen next as part of “Etched in the Sun: London” at Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, from…
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Ernabella artist Nura Rupert met up with Basil at Yulara in March to do some new sugarlifts. Thanks to Maruku Arts, we were able to work at their warehouse…
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What a colourful sight! Kitty Richards, a senior artist at Wiluna, and her fellow lino-cutters, Shiela and Nyapurla, all wore fabulous hats on the last day of Basil’s linocut…
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Tjukurba Art Gallery Manager at Wiluna, Heather Charlton worked hard with Basil recently, aided by her visiting friend Sue, to produce over 120 multi-colour woodblock prints (12 editions of around 10)…
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What a beauty! The BHE Jumbuck ute, which has already had trips (with the etching press in the back) to Beswick and Jabiru and has forded floodwaters outside Nauiyu…
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After the March workshop with Basil, senior painter, Jimmy Baker worked closely with Amanda Dent at Tjungu Palya Art Centre over a period of some weeks to paint the…
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Tjungu Palya artist Wingu Tingima found the acetate sheets she was painting on a bit shiny and borrowed Brian’s sunglasses at a silkscreen workshop run by Basil in Nyapari…
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Several months after the Nyapari workshop with Keith Stevens and other artists, Keith got to see his new etching and signed the edition with his wife Tjampawa (and Basil)…
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Tjungu Palya artist Keith Stevens at work on a zinc plate etching during Basil’s workshop at Nyapari in late 2008. The edition has now been printed and signed and…
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Have a look at this beautiful softground drawing and the other five in Jenny Sages’ 2002 series of prints entitled “Red Shoes from Vinnies”. These were based on a…
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Keep that left hand behind the tool
March 17, 2009 Basil Hall
The sure hands of Elcho Island artist Joe, as he cuts his new woodblock using a design he has developed based on the movement of salt water currents. This print…
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Senior Elcho artist Peter Datjing discusses his first two blocks with Basil during the February workshop conducted on the island.
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Tommy Minburra, Elcho Island carver, working on his third reduction woodcut during the latest printmaking workshop conducted by Basil Hall and Sean Smith for Elcho Arts in March 2009.…
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General Studio View January 2009
March 2, 2009 Basil Hall
A general view of BHE, taken in early 2009, showing part of the printing room, including the silkscreen area and, beyond Mats and Sean, two of the etching presses.
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Sean and visiting Canberra printmaker Antonia Aitken editioning one of a number of beautiful prints from the Warmun artists (Kimberley region, Western Australia) 2009
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Peter and the gang of heavies from Porky’s Pickups help us turn over the bed of the red Hilton press. It has developed a dip in the centre over…
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Mount Borradaile Workshop 09
February 24, 2009 Basil Hall
ALAS, THIS WORKSHOP IS UNDER-SUBSCRIBED OWING TO THE STATE OF THE WORLD AND WILL NOT GO AHEAD THIS YEAR. Following the great success of our painting and printmaking workshops…
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The first workshops of 2009 have been run at Merrepen Arts and on Elcho Island. Basil & Mats ventured through the floodwaters to work with a group of 15…