Posts Tagged ‘carborundum’

Seagull Island with stripes and Plovers
May 21, 2018
Seagull Island, stripes and Plovers Late Spring is when Seagull Island, a barren stony finger of rock, resurfaces and the Plovers make a flying visit…A new plate in progress, A two plate print to add an extra stripe and texture
2018 | In progress PRINT WORK | Media: printmaking | Tags: aluminium, birds, calm, carborundum, drypoint, lake, light, lough mask, mountains, plate, plovers, process, reflection, seagulls, silenceComments (0)

Fat Old Willow at Lough Na Fooey…a new plate drying
October 31, 2017
Lough Na Fooey (‘Lake of the winnowing winds’) is a small glacial valley lake ringed by steep sides just over the Partry mountains on the far end of Lough Mask. The north east side is Mayo, the south west Galway. Its western end gets the Devil’s Mother mountain, a sandy beach, a sandy bottom, and […]
2017 | In progress PRINT WORK | Media: printmaking | Tags: aluminium, autumn, carborundum, drypoint, lake, Lough Na Fooey, original print, plate, PVA, rocks, stage, step, willowComments (0)

Limestone Pavement, Lough Mask. A new plate
April 26, 2017
The limestone shoreline on our side of Lough Mask looks like a pavement made from slabs of exposed rock, the blocks separated by narrow, shallow fissures. When the winter floods sink back, the lake leaves a thin film of white silt which settles into time/water eroded sharp-edged small holes or cups in the limestone. Chunks […]
2017 | In progress PRINT WORK | Media: printmaking | Tags: aluminium, carborundum, drypoint, lake, light, limestone, lough mask, pavement, plate, process, reflection, silence, springComments (0)

Plovers on the Rocks
September 27, 2016
A band of Plovers (well, a congregation, correctly) sitting in a cave.. ok, standing on the near shore rocks, looking out into a heavy mist muffling Lough Mask. The key to this large 90cm x 60cm Plover plate will be printing a magnificent misty sky. I haven’t discovered how to print a magnificent misty sky..but […]
2016 | In progress PRINT WORK | Media: printmaking | Tags: aluminium, birds, carborundum, drypoint, lake, light, lough mask, mist, plate, plovers, process, reflection, rocks, silenceComments (1)

Feeney’s farm from down the bend in the road
May 22, 2016
Feeney’s farm from down the bend in the road. Looking over the wall from the road, up and across a gentle green grass hill..the tree lined crest is a particularly good spot for dusk and sundown loveliness. Normally dotted with a sheep or two. This is a new large plate in progress, using different textures […]
2016 | In progress PRINT WORK | Media: printmaking | Tags: aluminium, branches, carborundum, drypoint, field, pasture, plate, process, sheep, silence, trees, woodsComments (0)

#twitterartexhibit 3 years: Ivy and her predecessors
March 5, 2016
Introducing ‘Ivy’ the 2016 #Twitterartexhibit ….alongside the 2014 and 2015 submissions. I like the challenge of a ‘postcard’ sized print – normally working on a large scale, and with the class of image I’m drawn to it’s difficult to avoid going twee when you go small! The other good part is small plates are so beautifully easy […]
2016 | In progress PRINT WORK | Media: paint, printmaking | Tags: #twitterartexhibit, acrylic, aluminium, carborundum, colour, drypoint, hedgerow, lake, lough mask, monochrome, original print, paint, plate, plovers, process, proof, treeComments (0)

Woodland Ivy, a new Plate
December 31, 2015
Woodland Ivy, a new large plate in progress I’m interested to see how this Woodland Ivy will print ..if it ‘flattens down’ too much. We’re supposed to be pushing our way through, in the thick of the scrub land woods! Click on the thumbnail to enlarge the photos, they show how the plate has been […]
2015 | In progress PRINT WORK | Media: printmaking | Tags: aluminium, branches, carborundum, drypoint, hedgerow, plate, processComments (0)

See You Tomorrow So – a plate in progress
November 8, 2015
See You Tomorrow So – click on thumbnail to enlarge…
2015 | In progress PRINT WORK | Media: printmaking | Tags: aluminium, carborundum, lake, lough mask, plate, process, rocks, scrub, silence, treesComments (0)

One Day, Below. New Plate in progress
October 22, 2015
One Day, Below…..click on thumbnail to enlarge..
2015 | In progress PRINT WORK | Media: printmaking | Tags: aluminium, autumn, branches, carborundum, drypoint, lake, lough mask, plate, process, treesComments (0)

A good start to October..
October 6, 2015
……………………all looking pretty gentle and balmy around the Lough Mask scrub woodlands these first few days of October