PRINT COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA PRINT COMMISSION 2017 AND A FUTURE BOOK LAUNCH

Earlier this week, on Tuesday, August 8, the ten Print Council of Australia PCA Print Commission prints were launched at Collins Place Gallery, Melbourne. My archival pigment print, Pressed for Time, an edition of 30 (pictured above) was one of them.

Among the many visitors on the night was author Lucy Sussex (next to me, above right). Over the years, my work has graced the front cover of three of her books. Lucy has just been awarded a State Library of Victoria Fellowship, so there was much to celebrate.

Also present (above, right) was Sue Westwood, Business Manager of the Melbourne Athenaeum Library, which later this year will host an entirely different, if somewhat belated launch, that of my artist book Leaves of Absence. (Further details, including why I deliberately chose to delay the launch, will be the subject of a future post). Sue's sister, Diane Masters, is another of this year's print commission artists. 

To view all of this year's PCA Print Commission works, go HERE. 

For more snapshots of Tuesday evening's launch, visit my art blog HERE.

FOTP 2017

There are only a few days to go to the 2017 Festival of the Photocopier Zine Fair, with much preparation still to be done.

Six Moth Woman Press mini-zines will be new to this year's FOTP. The Enchanted Hair Ornaments and The Story of the Moth Masks (top row, left and centre below) were made in 2016 to coincide with the group exhibition, Eventide, at Mornington Peninsula Art Centre. In 2016 I was appointed a Winsor and Newton Global Ambassador. The Moth Women Vigilantes Rogues Gallery (top, right) was made that same year to herald the Australian launch of their revolutionary pigment markers - in fact, Winsor and Newton Australia acquired three quarters of the edition. As already documented on these pages, the three zines on the bottom row, Leaves of Absence - A mini-zine, Pressed for Time and The artist's hand were made especially for FOTP 2017.

I hope to see you there.