Print Making

This week at work (Art Technician at York St John University) I have been working with First year student on two original print methods; Lino print and Dry Point Etching. Both of these are amongst the most basic of original print making techniques but these can even have great effect. I have really enjoyed being in the print studio and its great to equip the students with this somewhat different way to approach there practice and I hope many go on to develop these skills.

Bring Art home

Yesterday I collected a piece of art I bought a few weeks ago by Melanie Alexandrou, it's a drawing of a Sea Gull. It is a nice simple good quality drawing which is refreshing. Mel graduated last year and in this show there was drawing, lino's and woodcuts; the graphic quality of her work is high as is her skill in these original print processes. The reason I have chosen to blog about this is after collecting the work I realised what a joy it is to bring it home, find a spot on your wall and even going through the process of hanging. I think there is an important link between this joy and the prospect of living with an artwork, the idea of placement and bringing art into your home to interact with it.



On top of this purchase for myself I even managed to pick up my first Christmas present from the show which is not something I usually start this early but I am looking forward to giving more original art to people this year.

Nathan