Thursday 12 August 2010

Art exchange... and a little trouble with the Zerkall

... at Firstsite

A few days ago Firstsite had an art exchange... I had completely forgotten that it was happening.  My brain...

The idea was to take in a piece of your work, a photo, a muffin, a drawing, anything.... that you wanted to give away, in in exchange you could swap it for a piece of work by the two artists taking part.

So there is me walking past the gallery and the penny drops!!!  I have nothing with me to offer in exchange... or so I thought.

In my basket I had some crochet that I have been working on just like this.. not much of an exchange I thought... but the artists were keen...
So I swapped this...for...
An amazing piece of evidence, from the case of ...
  
'The Shocking Truth behind Goldies Deprived Childhood'
Sue is exploring the stories behind myth, fairytales and modern culture.
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 by Sue Bridgeman

It is a beautiful ceramic spoon and I can't get over how lucky I am to own it, it is a treasure and I love it, I definitely got the better exchange. Thank you Sue. I am thrilled.

Print update
 Zerkall, the lady in the art supplies shop said, she sold a lot of it to other lino print makers, worth a try I thought, it's relatively cheap and it looked and felt so lovely in the shop... Now, I am having a little trouble with this Zerkall paper, I soaked it for 5 minutes then dried it between blotting paper as usual.... it keeps sticking and fibers lift off. I got one good print out of EIGHT!

I shall try it with a monoprint later today to see if that works better.  Perhaps I shouldn't have damped it down???........ HELP!!

The one print that I'm happy with...

4 comments:

  1. Lovely print, Julie!! Good luck with the technical stuff.... and the spoon you got for the trade is great.

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  2. Love the lines.. I know I have said that before but I have a thing for beautiful lines ..

    and I am envious of the spoon too.. it must feel wonderful

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  3. Wow what a lovely swop - shame i missed it !!!

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  4. Hello Julie, love your blog. Have you tried using the Zerkall paper dry or perhaps with just a lightly dampened j cloth behind it?

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