JANUARY 2011 UPDATE

This is a general invitation to all members to attend the wine-and-cheese afternoon following the General Meeting on 12 February, at which we will discuss the planned exhibition, SEED, at the Royal Botanic Gardens. Bring along your collections of seeds or anything you think will inspire members to get their creative juices running. See the January Newsletter for further information.

Here are some extra images of possible outcomes for the next three workshops:

1. Engineered Book Structures, 26 February and 12 March

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     DAY 2

 

The following two workshops have been organized to inspire those members who are contemplating entering either 2D or 3D works in our exhibition at the Palm House in August.

2. Boxes and Books: Construction Around the Found Object, 8-10 April

Diana Brandt writes:

I did a workshop with Sandy Webster in Geelong some years ago., at which I made the first of my boxes. Sandy is certainly very inspiring and her work is quite different from anything we have previously done at Primrose. She is extremely talented and outgoing and there seems to be no end to what she can do. Her strength lies in her ability to combine different media in an interesting way.

 

 Don't forget to visit Sandy's website.

3. Using Monotype to Crack Your Creative Barrier, 14-15 May

Here are additional images of Sandra Pearce's work:

You can see more of Sandra's work on her blog.

A happy and creative New Year to all.

JEAN

DIVERSITY IN PRINTMAKING

Susan Baran will be exhibiting her work with three other printmakers at the Dank Street Gallery, 7-19 September.

Susan invites her friends to join her for drinks at the gallery on Tuesday 7 September, 5-7 p.m.

Click on image to enlarge

JEAN RILEY
President

THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW

The images below represent a small sample of the exhibition 'That Was Then, This is Now' by five members of Primrose Paper Arts. The exhibition will be on view, on the mezzanine level of Primrose Park Art and Craft Centre, until 30 August.

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Here are two Native American paper sculptures by Allen and Patty Eckman. To see more images and learn more about their technique, visit their website.

JEAN RILEY

President

THE SECRET LIFE OF PAPER

In March 2009, paper artist extraordinaire Helen Hiebert visited Primrose Park from her home in Portland, Oregon on her way to the IAPMA conference in Burnie, Tasmania. She kindly gave me a copy of her beautiful short film, The Secret Life of Paper, and her permission to share it with you.



Below are some examples of the work we produced at Helen's Paper Lanterns Workshop.

More of Helen's work can be found on her website, along with details of how to obtain her DVD Water, Paper, Time.

JEAN RILEY
President

LEARNING THROUGH PAPERMAKING

Jeanette Bakker has sent this short but heartwarming video of how papermaking has inspired one group of children:



Thanks Jeanette!

FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS

An invitation to an exhibition of works by Mo Godbeer, who will be running the Encaustic Painting workshop in September.

Preliminary notice of an exhibition by seven members of Primrose Paper Arts to be held in the Mezzanine Gallery of the Craft Centre throughout August.

MARIANNE LITTLE AND MO GODBEER

Here is an image of the concertina Japanese Screen Binding for Marianne Little's Book Weekend. (Reminder: the book can also be constructed as a codex.)

And another example of Mo Godbeer's encaustic painting to enthuse you.