press set up

today I put the blankets on the press and got it ready to start printing tomorrow. I'll start by finishing off some larger size prints I could not do till now.








I've also been scanning some pen drawings. I call these my bus stop books.

new etching press

My new etching press has arrived.
I'm keen to get going with it and pull my first prints. I will get a sheet of polycarbonate to cover the metal bed first. It's all shiny and new and ready to get going, hopefully this weekend.






Bus stop books
I have also been glueing some spines of little drawing books ready to make the leather covers. This one is finished. I call them my 'bus stop books'.

new etching press

My new etching press comes today. At last I will have my own one. I can hardly wait. I will be able to print whole sheets of paper without breaking my back. I will make some great monotypes. I will be so very happy. My friends will come to help me get it inside the studio. unreal Ay?!!!

artist books

Adelaide fringe festival 2008
I took some artist books to IMPRINTS Booksellers in Adelaide in February and March. Some books will be going with their new owner to New York USA.
This one is called The 1980's. I cut up all of my student works and put them into out of date diaries. This is the first of those. I added my images to a diary of australian women artists.



I also made some books that go into boxes. I had to eat the chocolates before adding the prints to the cover of the box lid and base.
There is a monotype on the very fin paper that covers the box.
The folded up book inside is on cotton paper about 280gsm and printed with water based monotype paint. The book has 2 leather ties.