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9 mai 2009

Random screenprinting #3

This is another example of my experiments with screenprinting during Liz Nilsson 's workshop. In this case I put a piece of plastic lace under the fabric and then printed with green dye using an open screen.

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Tags: print, design, screenprinting, lace

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7 mai 2009

Attention: birds overhead

Another etching from my course at Graphic Studio Dublin . In this post you can see a preliminary sketch . And these are some pictures of much more populated wires I photographed in Galway some time ago. I like the pictures but I decided to kill some birds...

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Tags: etching, print, drawing, birds

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6 mai 2009

Random screeprinting #2

Another experiment from Liz Nilsson 's screenprinting workshop. I was trying to use in a different way the screen with circles I had prepared for this design, and somehow the mesh got blocked so I got these 'faulty' print with some not printed spots....

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Tags: print, design, textile, screenprinting

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5 mai 2009

IF: Hierarchy

'Hierarchy' for Illustration Friday .Collage, digital.

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Tags: collage, illustration friday, digital

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5 mai 2009

Random screenprinting #1

This is another screenprint I made at Liz Nilsson's workshop in her Dublin studio. I started printing a monochromatic base (lime green), then added some spots of colour with a rubber stamp, dropped some dye with a brush, and finally I overprinted the...

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Tags: print, screenprinting

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4 mai 2009

Birds

One of the most interesting activities I've been doing this year was the screenprinting course at Liz Nilsson 's studio here in Dublin. The course consisted of six lessons and during this time the basics of screenprinting on textiles were explained, as...

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Tags: print, design, birds, screenprinting, pattern

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1 mai 2009

From my sketchbook: the olive tree, study for a print

This was inspired by the beautiful olive trees I always see in Sicily when go there on holidays. It was supposed to be a sketch for a dry point print, but I'm not happy with the results of the print, so I show you just the drawing. Maybe I'll come back...

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Tags: nature, etching, print, sketchbook, Sicily, holidays, ink, landscape, trees, photography

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29 avril 2009

From my sketchbook: textile inspired

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Tags: collage, sketchbook, mixed media, textile, drawing

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28 avril 2009

IF: Theatre

Colour pencils on paper.An ornament from an ancient Greek theatre, for Illustration Friday .

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Tags: drawing, decoration, illustration friday, ornament, pencils

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28 avril 2009

Experiments with silk paper

I've been doing some experiments with silk papermaking at home. The basic materials are cocoon strippings (gummy silk), baking parchment, water and an iron. The process is pretty simple: Place a piece of parchment on your ironing board and spread the...

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Tags: fiber, mixed media, paper, papermaking, silk, textile

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27 avril 2009

Little retro collages

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Tags: collage, retro

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26 avril 2009

Moodboard for the spiritual girl

This is another moodboard I made for a "client" - role played by my friend Elena- for my Interior Design course, describing her personality and taste. As a good Italian she loves sun, sea and food. She's very interested in buddhism and meditation, other...

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26 avril 2009

Moodboard for the dynamic girl

One of the exercises of my Interior Design course was to make a moodboard for a "client" -in this case a person of the course played the role of the client- describing her personality after a short interview with her. My client was a woman in her late...

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Tags: collage, moodboards, photograpy, design

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25 avril 2009

From the sketchbook to the press

I've talked about my interest on building sites and their geometry. This is a sketch about that theme I did for my etching course at Graphic Studio Dublin . You'll see birds too. That's another thing you discover when you start looking upwards. And this...

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Tags: cities, construction, etching, print, sketchbook

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24 avril 2009

Extremely close and incredibly cute

(picture by me at Dublin Botanic Garden)

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Tags: animals, garden, nature, photography

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