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Experiments in Collagraphy
The other day, Porcupine Art Club Director and fellow artist Catherine Cribbs, held an informal workshop with some club members on making collagraph plates for printing. (Catherine is also avid print-maker – among her various other media she works in … Continue reading
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Tagged 2018, August, Collagraphy, Experiment, Porcupine Art Club, Printmaking
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Photographic Experiment: Water Drops
This was a simple kitchen sink set-up done at a Porcupine Photo Club meeting. A plastic glass was placed upright on another inverted glass in a sink. A piece of cardboard with a scrap of black cloth was used as … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, Close-ups, Experiment, Photography, Water Drops
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A Warholesque Take on a Frozen Bubble
There was a Winter Hiking Day event at the Hersey Lake Conservation Area, just outside of Timmins today. The Mattagami Regional Conservation Authority and the Wintergreen Fund for Conservation arranged the annual hike, and there was also a survival demonstration put … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, Close-ups, Experiment, February, Photography, RAW Files
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Something Different: Working on a 3D Printer
The first time I ever seen a 3D printer was in 2007 in the University of Western Ontario’s Faculty of Engineering. At that time, like the computer of 40 years ago, it was a costly piece of technology limited to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, 3D Printing, Experiment, Technology and Art
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Will This Work Or Fail Spectacularly?
For several months, I had been toying with the idea of trying melt some gold at the glazing stage of my pottery. I looked online to see if there were any artists that had experimented with gold flakes and glaze, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, Experiment, Glazing, Gold Flakes, Pinchpot, Pottery
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Bits, Pieces, and Parts Thereof – The Completed Painting
I finally completed the large-scale project, titled “Sweet Nectar”, which is on display at the Timmins Museum: National Exhibition Centre for the month of June, 2015. (Part of the Porcupine Art Club’s themed show, “Bright Earth”.) The completed piece stands … Continue reading
Glazing With Glass – Unexpected Outcomes
Last week, I experimented with putting some glass ornamental flat marbles in the bottom of two pinch pots to see what would result after firing. The first pinch pot was about a cereal-sized bowl, coated on the exterior with floating … Continue reading
Glazing and Drying
Several other small pieces that had been bisque-fired were glazed in this session. Clockwise from top left: A linocut dragon disc, a linocut headframe disc, one square from a vintage stamp, an extruded tube ring with holes, another vintage stamp … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, Glazing, Linocut, Maneki Neko, March, Pinchpot, Pottery, Teapot
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Linocut in Clay
The dragon and headframe linocut forms I made earlier are now being put to the test in their intended medium – clay for firing. I rolled out some slabs and pressed out a dozen dragon impressions and about five McIntyre … Continue reading
Experimenting with Zentangle-style Drawing
I came across a damaged Zentangle kit in a clearance bin at a Curry’s in late December. I was more interested in the pigment liner pens than anything else, but since the kit included the paper, I decided to experiment … Continue reading
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Tagged Drawing, Experiment, February, Pen & Ink, Zentangle-style
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The Gaelic Nisei 