I made a photo-screen by applying oil onto the paper stencils to make them translucent, then placing the oiled stencils side-by-side on the ultraviolet exposing machine (there must be a…
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My aim is to create art that uplifts and inspires hopeful optimism. My processes incorporate illustration, crochet but especially the translucent and vivid medium of stained, fused and blown glass. Catalysts for my work are history, mythology and folklore.
Life Energy is a screenprint in progress. This is the source image, made by hand drawing the Chinese characters onto ordinary feint-ruled notebook paper, then cutting out the characters with…
Modern Times and Smithereens. Both are collagraph embossings (that is, printed without using ink) on damp Fabriano paper. The colour was added in Photoshop using a ‘curves’ adjustment layer on…
Second print pulled from the Queen of the Night’s hand collagraph plate. The first print was completely useless – there was no definition of the hand at all. On this…
A bit of Photoshop work. The bottom of the cubes are a little shaky, but the concept seems to work.
This is the collagraph plate after its first inking and pulling the first impressions. I’ve added PVA (“Elmer’s”) glue to the hand because the hand wasn’t distinct enough. The additional…
The new design is based on a free design called Graviora Manentfrom the Open Design Community. Thank you for the excellent head start, Grav. My version still needs a bit…
The annual comic book (“BD”, for bande dessinee) festival in Angoulême France includes a competition for best book in various categories. This year’s Fauve D’Or winner was Shaun Tan’s atmospheric…
… possibly not so great for the rest of us. The BBC says the minimum cost of building the plant is likely to be a mere £1.2bn and the on-going…
The days are short, dark and cold, but things should be colourful at the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée in Angoulême. And Scott McCloud is supposed to be there.
Latest Creations
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Amor Fati – Love Your Fate Handmade Stained Glass Panel
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Jack of Hearts Stained Glass Panel
£90.00 -
Queen of Clubs Stained Glass Panel
£90.00 -
Golden Sunrise Stained Glass panel
£89.00 -
Gryphon Stained Glass Panel
£89.00 -
Bastet-Sekhmet Egyptian Goddess Stained Glass Panel
£280.00 -
Three Hares Dancing Around the Moon Medieval Stained Glass Panel
£230.00
