Exposing screen - #Printmaking

 

Preparing a screen for printing using an artificial light source.

Screen printing is a printing technique that uses a woven mesh to support an ink-blocking stencil. In this case a light sensitive film coating has been applied to the screen prior to exposure to a light source. The processed stencil forms open areas of mesh that allows ink to be pressed through the mesh. A squeegee is moved across the screen stencil, forcing or pumping ink past the threads of the woven mesh in the open areas.

Screen printing is method of printmaking and is also known as silkscreen, seriography, or serigraph.

#Printmaking is not Art

Printmaking has always been the poor relation of the art world. The print is something we traditionally buy as a reproduction of a serious piece of work (painting). The tradition of printing has evolved and the print maker maybe an … Continue reading →

Veronica Henry charity auction 2011

Have you ever wanted to write a novel? A day with best selling novelist Veronica Henry, to learn a few tricks of the trade.

Charity Auction - West Buckland Festival

Lot 6: An intense and stimulating workshop for a group of two or four individuals given by the best selling author of ‘The Beach Hut’. This is a workshop designed to get your creative juices flowing. Read more…

Bidders are invited to make secret, silent bids  –  see details below. You may place an email bid here.

 

The objectives of the West Buckland Festival are to:

 

Provide music, art and entertainment for the purpose of enriching the lives of people in North Devon and raise monies for the upkeep of St Peter's Church, West Buckland and to provide additional funding for another Charity or Charities chosen by the Festival Committee each year.

In 2011, the Festival Committee will make an allocation of surplus funds to the North Devon District Hospital Chemotherapy Unit Appeal, to the PCC of St Peter's Church and to East Buckland and West Buckland Village Hall.

Some 5,000 cancer patients attend North Devon District Hospital each year for chemotherapy. The care and attention are good, but the surroundings aren't. This vital Appeal is to raise £2m+ to create a purpose designed Unit that is comfortable and welcoming. We hope that you will give as generously as possible and support the Festival so that we can give as much as possible to this Appeal.

The Birthday Party
(In Paperback)

Published by Orion 21 July 2011

Delilah Rafferty has lived out her tempestuous marriage to hell-raiser Raf in the full glare of the media spotlight. Now, from the luxurious comfort of her beautiful kitchen, Delilah is planning her birthday party, a night that will see a star-studded gathering of friends and family celebrate in traditional Rafferty style. But she has more on her mind than just invitations...  Raf has been offered a part in a movie he can't refuse. But will that mean he'll succumb to the temptations he's struggled so hard to resist for the last ten years - beautiful women and too much wine? And Delilah's three daughters, Coco, Violet and Tyger, are building careers of their own, only too aware that the press are waiting for them to slip up. For although the Rafferty girls might look like angels, they are only human.

As with all families, there are secrets and rivalries bubbling away, and on one gloriously starry night, it's all going to come spilling out This is your invitation to a birthday party of the year...

Glam yet emotionally astute-a sparky absorbing read which fizzes with life and zip. (MSLEXIA)

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Devon Auction West Buckland Festival 2011

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The good old days - Tascam 144

The good old days - Tascam 144, a photo by This Window on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
The Tascam 144 4 track cassette recorder


‘Like A Sickle Runs Through Corn’ was recorded on a 4 track Tascam 144 cassette recorder – I had bought this in Birmingham – the store fleeced me with excessive repayments – they were expensive bits of kit and a … Continue reading →

The machine above was also used to record: Finish the Story, The Dancing Did, Blurt, This Window etc.

Radio play can be found here June 25th 2007 - recordings used off Tascam 144

Travelled to Dartington Hall near Totnes to do an interview on Soundart Radio 87.7 fm. This was a painless affair and I was made most welcome by the presenter - thank you Nell.

Playlist: This Window - 4 extracts from 15 Minute Wonders for ZH27 (USA):


1/ Goat
2/ Jig-Saw Man
3/ Procession With Crosses and Banners
4/ Rehersal 08-04-07
5/ Extract Mix - 2007 (not on album)


Playlist: Finish The Story

1/Apparently He Couldn't Hear Me (unreleased)
2/Trapped In The Hometown (first released 1990)
3/Solace (first released 1990)

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Portrait of St.Austell – woodcut print for sale

Woodcut printed over high quality printed page from a book outlining the history of St.Austell in Cornwall. This series of woodcuts is available to purchase. This image was exhibited in the 150 Building at West Buckland School, North Devon. Each … Continue reading →

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Printmaking Store

This series of woodcuts is available to purchase. This image was exhibited in the 150 Building at West Buckland School, North Devon. This woodcut is printed over pages of an old directory of important people from the early 20th century. … Continue reading →

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Exhibition of North Devon Arts

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SILENT AUCTION LOT 3

Overlooking Dylan Thomas' estuary with stunning views. A paradise for bird lovers, Pembrokeshire Coast Path walkers and for the castles of Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. Sandy beaches such as Amroth, Tenby and Saundersfoot nearby. The cottage provides a cosy home from home with all modern amenities, all year. 

Bidders are invited to make secret, silent bids from 15th August - see details below. You may place an email bid here.

Lot 3 : A week for a maximum of FOUR people at the Estuary Cottage of Alan and Kathy Kettle, at Laugharne on the Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire border - the village of poet and playwright Dylan Thomas. This also includes complementary entrance to The Dylan Thomas Boathouse.

The cottage will be available at a date acceptable to Alan and Kathy and agreed with the person (or persons) who have made the highest bid for this Lot.

Minimum Bid £200

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The text below has been taken from:

How to be Pretentious, look stupid and fail

This text is subject to prescriptive/predictive rules of a system aesthetic. This text has been written on four computers, two of which are on a network and two of which are stand-alone systems. Each computer is running a different version of a Windows operating systems, (Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME and Windows XP). The text is written in Microsoft Word, three are using version 2000 and one is version 97. Three versions are operating with an English dictionary and one (v.2000) is using an American/English dictionary. This text has been written in two locations, my homes in Bromsgrove and Woolacombe. This text has been subject to 100′s of system protocols, however the structure of the text is predictable; each computer has its own subtle nuances and offers syntax and grammatical recommendations. I am not completely responsible for this text, my systems are. My main contribution is editing and using the cut and paste facility. If I had attempted to write this in its finished running order, it would have taken me longer to write…my spelling is appalling and my grasp of grammar is minimal…the written word is not my preferred method of expression. This text would not exist without the existence of the system.

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I do not encourage the use of pirated or hacked software.

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Photographs of exhibition

Images of Printmaking and Painting exhibition: "Peter Bright - June - July 2011 Exhibition: 150 Building, West Buckland School. Images of exhibition - click links at the bottom of the page for more.

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Long Gallery 150 Building - Printmaking

Long Gallery 150 Building, a photo by This Window on Flickr.

View down the long gallery of the Peter Bright Exhibition of Prints, Drawings and Paintings in the 150 Building, West Buckland School Monday 6th June – Friday 1st July (open 0900 to 1600 Mon. to Fri.)

 

I will mail you a postcard of an image that was exhibited recently in an exhibition of mine. I have always loved the idea of Mail Art - the forerunner of the Internet!

Mail art is a worldwide cultural movement that began in the early 1960s and involves sending visual art (but also music, sound art, poetry, etc.) through the international postal system. Mail Art is also known as Postal Art or Correspondence Art. The term networking is often used to describe Mail Art activities, based on the principles of barter and equal one-to-one collaboration.

After a peak in popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Mail Art phenomenon has gradually migrated to the Internet, whose “social networks” were largely anticipated and predicted by the interactive processes of postal collaborations. Nevertheless, Mail Art is still practiced in the new Millennium by a loose planetary community involving thousands of mailartists from the most varied backgrounds.

Mail art. (2011, June 5). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 09:11, June 10, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mail_art&oldid=432628954

To receive your postcard click the button below - the £1.00 is to cover postage etc.

There is a good article about the exhibition in The North Devon Journal:

'BOLD and arresting artwork will catch the eye at West Buckland School this month. The striking exhibition of prints, drawings and paintings is by Woolacombe artist, Peter Bright.

In it, Peter revisits images and ideas from his past and re-execute them in print and paint.

A picture of the astronaut inspired the paintings on canvases, on the theme of, 'What Happened To The Space Age?' Read more...

Beauty and the Beast - painting 2011 a painting by This Window (aka Peter Bright). What is the relationship between the woman and the ape? Who is the beast? ...

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