Monday, 25 September 2017

In the Warrington Contemporary Open Exhibition

My original monoprint 'Hidden Depths' will be part of this year's Warrington Contemporary Open art exhibition, opening on Friday 29 September and running until Saturday 28 October at Warrington Museum & Art Gallery.



I hope you get the chance to pop along to see contemporary work selected by the judges from artists from Warrington and the surrounding areas. It's part of Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival 2017.

To see more of my work, please check out my website: www.carolynmurphy.co.uk where you will also find an online Shop with currently available work. Thanks!

Lino printing on fabric

On Saturday, I held my first ever workshop on linocut printing onto fabric in the Lake District - with the huge support of local artist Geraldine Walkington. I thoroughly enjoyed sharing my learning to date with our 5 attendees and we had a hands-on session printing onto a wide range of fabrics and getting some great results.

A few attendees were new to lino cutting completely and others were already highly skilled printmakers. Feedback was very positive and as you can see from the photos below, we had a fun afternoon and produced some lovely work.

 
The group printed onto cotton, as well as upholstery fabric and even leather.
 
 
We used water-based textile medium and acrylic paint, inking up with foam rollers.
 
 
In a short period of time, some lovely work was created... 
 
 
 
 
 
 
To see more of my work, please check out my website: www.carolynmurphy.co.uk where you will also find an online Shop with currently available work. Thanks!