20th of May 2023, sun shining birds chirping and ARTcycle Inc departed from Pride Square, Newtown for a curated tour of Perfect Match sites on its way to Edge Art Camp on the GreenWay at Lilyfield. Each rider had contributed $5 to todays ride. The ride itself was supported by […]
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A catalogue of images showing the research and construction and ongoing development of the Wick’d Bins https://photos.app.goo.gl/kNCCcJeVLPy3fMrL9 From the extended caption on the Wick’d Bins installed at Hazelhurst for the past two years.
The GreenWay exhibition is experiencing a “gypsy” tour of Inner West venues, including the Sydney Bus Museum for the 2022 display. I hope the resolution is ok. So hard shifting between browsers and platforms.
It is hard to describe the effect reading Victor Papanek ‘Design for the real world: human ecology and social change‘ 1973 had on me as an undergraduate art student. It shaped my entire adult existence. From the citation of David Krech (and Mark Rosenzweig) and the experiments with calorie restriction, […]
Being in a new location and with new bench to work on has proved an interesting challenge. I have had three attempts to make a new type of frame for the painting commission completed weeks ago. Three fails, but each one the technique is getting better. Lucky I have “painting […]
I don’t yet have a video of laying on the hide glue. So here is a still image showing two types of 100% pure hemp canvas stretched and ready for sizing. The hide glue (collagen) is made from pig and other animal skin and bone. It is water soluable and […]
The stone grey double weave canvas comes from Hemp Wholesale formerly of Western Australia and since the sale of the business now located in Queensland. https://hempwa.com/ The hide skin glue (no longer made from rabbits) is available online and in most good art stores. Rabbit Skin Glue: Preparation, Uses and […]
Painting conservation work showed that in 1820 90% of select European masters painted on hemp supports. The rag from hemp clothing and textiles went to paper production. By 1880 75-90 % of all European art papers were made of hemp. This percentage of hemp as a feedstock is higher in […]