Summer Exhibitions II

Here are some photos from the Crawford College of Art (CIT) Degree Show which I thought was really excellent:-

The last 3 photos are from a cardboard house which was slightly creepy, like an underground air raid shelter.  It was so realistic that I actually did feel as if I was trespassing.

The photos below show my favourite works of the whole show.  The photographs of the glass tiles are by Erika Szel and the collages are by Emer Kelly

A couple of images from the exhibition Crawford 100 at Wandesford Quay Gallery



Breda Lynch



Interlude

A few photographs showing the work I've been doing to date this summer:-

Summer Exhibitions I

I've seen a few exhibitions so far this summer and will be posting photos of all of them eventually. 

To begin, Galway Mayo Institute of Technology Degree Show:-

Apologies for not listing artists - if you're burning to know, drop me a line.

Assessment photos

Assessment Eve

Before I post up photos of my studio corner which is finally completed for assessment tomorrow, I thought I would post a photograph of my best print this semester.  It is banished to my sketchbook because it is printed on newsprint - sort of like a beautiful but degenerate relative that is hidden away in the attic for the sake of the family name ...



This is a monoprint on woodblock using lots of white spirit and the end of a spatula dipped in litho ink.

Scuttery dandelion woodblock

Note the colour of the dandelion woodblock. 

You may think it looks luscious and caramel-ly. 

However it is known amongst us connoisseurs* in the LSAD print studio as 'scutter'.  It features prominently in our sets of prints and we have each come to admire the other's prowess in being able to mix a fine shade of scutter. 

This skill cannot be learned, it is an innate sense in which one must be almost able to smell the shite as one mixes the colours.  Only then can a realistic scuttery colour be produced.   

Not everyone holds it in the high esteem which we do but this does not concern us.  We are not scutter evangelists.

*  The marvellous Mags Codd and myself

Halfway house

Here's a quick photo I took whilst assembling one of the collages (see last post). I like.

And notes to self 1)  don't use cheap glue
                          2)  to flatten several sheets of glued together paper, cover with acetate sheet and roll like the bejaysus with a (clean) print roller.  This last tip is brought to you courtesy of Derek O'Sullivan (all hail).