Display of small outdoor sculptural pieces

 

This is the first time that I have put a few small sculptural pieces on display at the Deckled Edge Press studio. The pieces nestled well into the garden beds at the front of the studio building. The native grasses and leaf mulch provided a soft backdrop. The 19cm cube with inked routed line seemed so natural in the mulch.

The set up of the trio of posts show how they would fit beautifully into any home garden.

The bending leaf forms work well in sets of 3 and 7.

And the 11cm cement cubes with rusted bits set into them can work on a entry stairway or in at the garden

I was pleased I was able to get these pieces done so they could be shown as a group.

Open Studio tomorrow and other bits

 

Fiona and I have an Open Studio event at our studio (Deckled Edge Press) tomorrow (Saturday 13/3 10am-4pm).

It will provide folk with the opportunity to try their hand at letterpress printing using colours including the gorgeous pink above. We will have three presses operating - folk can print with words and decorative pieces such as in the photos following.

There is a small exhibition of works and posters relating to women's issues in recognition of International Women's Day on 8/3. There will also be 10% off everything in the gallery-shop.

I did get around to completing my climate crisis poster as you can see below - we are being encouraged to accept a new world that provides us with enough and is sustainable. The poster has three layers and three colours - three printings. The proof photo shows how things can evolve.

The poster complements my poetry book that I printed recently.

Morning light and new arrivals

 

On my way home from a walk I was taken by the lines and curves of the mown field adjacent to our village. Almost like a French countryside scene in Maleny. I loved how the morning light was sliding over the landscape at a low angle and just highlighting textures and elements from the side including on the tree below.

The newly installed bench seat seems to just snuggle into the garden - I'm sure G will like it.

Though most of our bushes have on ly been planted for a few months we are being rewarded with some gorgeous delicate blossoms.

There is beauty in the falling and fading blossoms.

So much natural beauty to offset some of the ugly happenings at the moment. 

For our time and other fragments

 

On Saturday I did some printing whilst at DEP. I was moved to print some micro posters (post card size) on how some folk can manipulate the situation to discredit those who who want to have a fair and balanced hearing.  I printed in rubine  to represent the rage against such manipulation and misuse of power. I printed on different papers - but loved the symbolism of the one above the rubine on black - raging against the darkness.

I printed on the micro poster on the gallery press - I was able to leave Fiona's not just a daughter type set up - I thought it was fitting that these two posters were set out on the same press.

I also did the second printing on an A5 poster on the climate crisis. I have a third printing of text to go yet on this poster.

The 11cm cement cube was released from its form.

I put in time to rivet the leaf forms to the stems on Sunday. The leaf forms on stems will be sold at Deckled Edge Press open studio Saturday 13 March - set of 3 and a set of 7 - as shown in the photos below.

Progressing a number of quite different pieces. 

Scatty bits

 

I have not had as much time as I would like in the workshop today. I had a couple of community related responsibilities  - but given they relate to environmental and social issues they warranted the time.

I did progress the stems for some bending leaves on stems - photo above and below.

I continued a repair task on a fractured crystal box for a friend. I'm replacing the chipped off bits with a white polymer material - the product starts with white and green but after a minute of kneading it turns white. The material can be sanded into shape once it has dried.

I continued pouring cement forms. Fiona was a bit keen on an ampersand and other punctuation bits - they came out of the moulds well.

Fiona and I poured a 11cm cube some time back with a peace dove set in it -  but the silicone mould bulged in various directions so I made a timber frame to hold it in shape. It will be interesting to see how it turns out this time.

The bench top has quite a few bits I have formed - I now need to continue the process of sanding off rough edges.

I got quite a bit done; but as I said a bit scatty.

How did it get dark so quickly?

 

As you can see from the photo above and below, Fiona and I woke to a foggy morning that was also dark enough for the night lights still to be on - but it did make for quite mysterious welcome to the day.

By the time I walked the fog was lifting and there were birds and blossoms to be enjoyed.

I returned to home via G's orchid house to discover a couple of new beauties on show including one that has a long stem of micro orchids. The orchids almost looked luminous in the foggy light.

The day has remained misty - the plants can quietly draw in clean moisture.