2022 marked 1900 years since the building of Hadrian’s Wall, celebrated in activities and events along the length of its site (see the official HW1900 website). One of the events was a print exhibition in which printmakers were invited to make a work exactly 300mm high to be tiled into a long line for showContinue reading “Hadrian’s Wall 1900 Exhibition”
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Fruitful Exhibition, and beyond
When Florence Arts put out an open call for work made in response to the prompt “Fruitful,” I recalled a quote I’d heard that described quantum mechanics as the most fruitful science we’ve had in the last hundred or so years. I forget where I heard it, but it came into my head anyway. MyContinue reading “Fruitful Exhibition, and beyond”
Mutation
I’ve been following a thread of research on artificial evolution, i.e. evolution simulated with software genomes, and its application to making creative work, for well over a decade. The topic has re-emerged in my work over the past year or two, and remains as an open inquiry. This post is about some related pieces madeContinue reading “Mutation”
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A long development process went into a series of hybrid monoprint/linoprints that took me from painting to drawing to printmaking, being led all the way by the materials. An exciting process to go through. It started with a painting made with household and acrylic paints on paper, inspired by Hieronymous Bosch’s The Garden of EarthlyContinue reading “0xFFD8FFEE”
Pandemic Art
During the initial lockdown period in early 2020, as we discovered what SARS-Cov2 was all about, I had just started a printmaking module and was getting to grips with new processes. My subjects were drawn from the pandemic-saturated media, playing into my interest in multiples and variation. Bottles Bio#1 Bio#2 Virions
Steve Meyfroidt, Artist 