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…
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…
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Gill Burke, seen with two of the participants at this weekend’s BIG workshop, has just helped Basil run a successful weekend with artist representatives from Albury, Central Coast, South…
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New prints for Ikuntji Arts
February 6, 2019 Basil Hall
I have just finished two new editions for Ikuntji Artists in Haast’s Bluff NT; this one for Mitjili Napurrula (for those of you not familiar with her distinctive motifs).…
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Hazelhurst Summer School Printmaking Workshop
January 16, 2019 Basil Hall
Beautiful Hazelhurst Regional Gallery in the south of Sydney has just hosted a number of Summer Schools in their printmaking , painting and ceramics workshops attached to the gallery…
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First up for 2019..A BIG Weekend in Braidwood with Gill Burke
January 10, 2019 Basil Hall
Gill Burke (centre), seen here on Skopelos Island in 2013 with two other Australian artists, has just returned from doing a more recent workshop, this time in Wales with…
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Limited edition T-shirts. Help stop Adani and save our ground water reserves!
December 31, 2018 Basil Hall
We don’t as a rule do T-shirts, so please don’t flood us with requests for football jumpers. However, this Adani business has stirred up the creative genes and resulted…
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Canberra silkscreen studio December 2018
December 30, 2018 Basil Hall
Time to update our old shot of the Canberra BHE silkscreen studio on this site. The greenery has grown nicely over the last two years, making the shed look…
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David Frazer workshop on Skopelos in 2019
December 28, 2018 Basil Hall
I won’t be running a printmaking workshop in Skopelos next year (2019) for the first time in many years. It’s time for a holiday and a refreshing break. Instead,…
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Final Braidwood printmaking workshop for 2018
December 16, 2018 Basil Hall
Three Skopelos veterans returned to BHE this weekend for our final workshop for the year. Here Janine and Margot, two of the participants, hold Margot’s latest copper plate etching.…
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Australian Print Triennial winds up in Mildura
November 4, 2018 Basil Hall
The Australian Print Triennial, run by Mildura’s Art Vault has just concluded after four jam-packed days of forums, exhibitions, debates and fine food. Many thanks to Kevin, Julie and…
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We have recently been completing a number of editions of silkscreen prints for sisters Sarrita and Tarisse King, who visited Canberra a few months ago for a week of…