A week of this and that

 It was an art-filled kind of week, but mostly made up of bits of this and that.  For me, living an art-life is never simply about making art; it involves so many other aspects - reading about art, visiting galleries and shows, teaching, doing small creative acts for folk, fixing up the websites and so on.

This week I did a couple of small jobs for folk, and together Barry and I ran a Letterpress workshop for nearby printmakers (from up Noosa way). I also fiddled and faddled a lot and spent many happy hours pottering in the studio.

It is clearly heading towards the end of the year, Christmas celebrations, holiday excitement and all the rest of it. So I hand wrote some Christmas tags for gifts for a group of people.

I added some words to this piece of work a friend had been gifted, just letting folk know the name of the flower and bud.

The Thursday workshop 'before' shot - all prepped and ready to go.

The workshop 'during' shot - showing lots of enthusiastic efforts and preparations.

We proofed with carbon paper, and I always love the look of the used paper.

And this. The simplest of words - Pop!

Whilst we waited for another press to be free, here it is by itself on simple, plain cards.

And here it is on some industrial looking prints. What a great addition it makes to the work, and how beautiful do the prints make the word look?!?

A little sampler of different typefaces.

And a sampler of wood type too.

As ever, I missed shots of the other lovely work that went on, but everybody tested and tried ideas and went away enthused by the possibilities...