January 29, 2023 Basil Hall
Almost immediately after Sturt Workshops, I headed off to Horsham in Western Victoria for Summer Brushes, another Summer artists extravaganza run by Grampians Brushes for painters and printmakers, with…
Straight after New Year, it was off to Mittagong for the annual Summer School. This year I offered a 5 day course in Collagraph block making & printing, as…
November 23, 2022 Basil Hall
I have just come back from the Tiwi Islands, where I ran a new workshop for Jilamara Arts. It has been 5 years since my last etching workshop, with…
November 13, 2022 Basil Hall
Pam and I visited the Kangaloon studio of master printer, Max Miller last weekend. It was part of the Southern Highlands Art Trail and I was really happy to…
On December 9, an exciting exhibition opens at Sturt Galleries in Mittagong, NSW. Over 20 artist/printmakers have each selected a craftsperson with whom to collaborate on a work. The…
At the beginning of November, I ran a collagraph workshop at Megalo, the Canberra Printmaking access studios. A couple of old faces from my Studio One days in the…
October 12, 2022 Basil Hall
Dear everyone, This is the only Collagraph course I am running in the next six months that is NOT fully subscribed! This year I have run an increasing number…
October 6, 2022 Basil Hall
Jan Liesfield did this great print during my recent collagraph workshop in the Grampians in Victoria. She was one of the more experienced participants in the group of 11.…
I have just got back from running another fun six day workshop at Hall’s Gap in the Grampians for Grampians Brushes. Over 320 participants and 17 tutors converged on…
I have just completed the first in a series of new collagraph works, examining aspects of our history/histories, as recorded by trees. Who can trust anyone else? Using the…
July 14, 2022 Basil Hall
It was great to reunite with the Merrepen Arts gang again after a few years’ break. We have concentrated on completing older editions in recent years, but now it’s…
May 30, 2022 Basil Hall
I am away running a workshop in the Northern Territory in early June, so there are no workshops planned in Canberra that month. Let me know if you are…
April 12, 2022 Basil Hall
We have numerous workshops coming up at our studios in Canberra. April 23/24 Intaglio (etching & collagraph) is FULL April 27/28/29 Intaglio has ONE PLACE May 6/7/8 is FULL…
Our next workshop for the year has been a Collagraph workshop at the new studios of Nomad Art in Avenel, Victoria. Conveniently located only 100 or so kms from…
March 29, 2022 Basil Hall
Another shot from our recent collagraph workshop in Sydney at Warringah Printmakers. The next collagraph foray is at Nomad Art Productions in Avenel, Victoria from April 8-10. I’m also…
The Warringah Printmakers invited me up to do another workshop for them last week. I actually did two x 2 day workshops in collagraph making and printing this time,…
February 17, 2022 Basil Hall
We now have more studio space and feel that workshops with 4-5 people can be very safely accommodated, so we are off and running again, having had two days’…
February 1, 2022 Basil Hall
COVID-SAFE PRINTMAKING WORKSHOPS IN BASIL HALL’S CANBERRA STUDIO. No vacancies now in these two. Email if you’re interested in future workshops: Feb 15/16 FULL April 23/24 FULL Etching (drypoint,…
January 30, 2022 Basil Hall
In 2022 Basil Hall Editions celebrates 20 years as an independent small business, dedicated to working collaboratively with artists on printmaking projects, running workshops, providing advice and assistance and…
January 11, 2022 Basil Hall
I first saw a version of this colour technique in Paris in 1995, when I was on my Churchill Fellowship. Jorge de Sousa, a Portuguese artist/printmaker had a technique…
