Showing posts with label Sasha Grishin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sasha Grishin. Show all posts

Monday, November 2, 2015

Australian Print Triennial: A Handful of Highlights


Pictured above is a montage from last weekend's Australian Print Triennial in Mildura (click image to enlarge).
Top left: Opening Keynote Speaker Robyn Archer
Top right: the Goldfields Printmakers were well represented. L-R: Loris Button, Penny Peckham, Catherine Pilgrim, Kir Larwill, Dianne Longley, Deborah Klein, Melissa Proposch and Diana Orinda-Burns. 
Bottom left: (L-R) Silvi Glattauer, Jazmina Cininas and Martin King. 
Bottom right: Myself and old friend Heather Shimmen. 

The weekend was a roller coaster ride of thought-provoking talks, demonstrations, workshops and Q and A sessions, punctuated with interludes of amazing live music and countless animated conversations conducted over marvellous food. Who could ask for anything more? I can't begin to imagine the months of effort and planning that went into organising this event, especially as it's the first ever triennial. The attention to detail was astounding and we were treated like royalty.

Thankfully my own contribution (see previous post) was well received - but then I couldn't have wished for a more receptive audience. 

Julie Chambers and Kevin, thank you so much for your incredible generosity. We artists are blessed to have you our lives. Thanks also to the amazing Art Vault team, to Sasha Grishin, Helen Healey, Robyn Archer and everyone else who contributed to making the Australian Print Triennial an unqualified success.

Friday, February 28, 2014

Craft Arts International - Profiles in Print

The current edition of Craft Arts International includes an essay by Professor Sasha Grishin that focuses entirely on my printmaking practice; the most detailed and comprehensive to date. It is lavishly illustrated, as the images below will testify. My grateful thanks to Professor Grishin for approaching me with his idea for the article and of course for the article itself. It is one of a series he has undertaken profiling Australian printmakers and I'm proud to be included in their number.

Pictured below:
Profiles in Print - DEBORAH KLEIN by Prof. Sasha Grishin, pages 50-55, Craft Arts International No. 90, 2014.