There are pros and cons to having your artwork shown on an online platform, especially when your 3D work was made with the intention of requiring public engagement that involves touch. I've made this video before the closing of the exhibition when Travelogic was shown for the first time last year. I never got down to editing it because there was no urgency to, but this time calls for it! So here's a short clip of how you can possible view and interact with the artist book. If you have seen this video and read this post, please let me know how you feel!
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I recreated the workspace from last year for some photos to be taken for the gallery's publicity materials for Printmakers' Assembly. The ones I had from last year were badly taken because I was in a rush to complete - almost 65 hours in the making of one book in the edition. Also, some processes were difficult to document on my own. It sure feels good to see my sketches and un bound panels up on the wall after some time of stagnation and not knowing how to proceed from the sudden loss of job and adjusting to a new routine, what they are calling a 'new normal'. I feel more positive looking at these again, that I actually was very productive. We're still in the midst of the circuit breaker and there will definitely be no physical show for Printmakers' Assembly. Could it be to the artists' advantage, in a sense that the audience will get treated to insights into the artists' work spaces and practices, as compared to a superficial presentation in a white cube.
I particularly love sharing processes, especially in art making and print making, an area where even a lot of artists don't know about. I sincerely look forward to more resource pages that will be archived by Printmaking institutes. With the circuit breaker comes many new initiatives and they are pretty positive I must say! Printmakers' Assembly will be launched live on www.stpi.com.sg on 21 May 2020 at 18:00 (SGT). Hope you'll check it out! This marks the last workshop of the month of October!
The McNally School of Fine Arts Degree students made some marbled covers and attached them to their french link bound journals. This is part of a new initiative, The Analogue Room, that aims to be a community space for students and the LASALLE Alumni to create hand-crafted works as new ways of examining the environment and the world. On hindsight, I would break this workshop into two sessions in order to manage - everyone loved marbling so much they couldn't stop! Nonetheless, I had a great time! Thank you for having me today! As part of the October Open Studio sessions happening at The Gentlemen's Press letterpress studio, I conducted a Children's Day workshop. We had a lovely morning of easy marbling, which the kids created stab-bound books with. I really love how Juniper's cover turned out with her tiny handmade embellishments. HAPPY CHILDREN'S DAY!
Here's a glimpse of what I'll be showing at the One more folded sunset exhibition, which will open on the evening of 17 September 2019. I'm almost done with stitching... feel like I could add more but it has to stop at some point!
Here's some work in progress after screen printing - embroidering!
Cutting paper stencils and printing away! Here's how it's done with an old card, instead of a squeegee. |
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