Portals
“Portals” was the second work I made after I’d returned to Italy. I’d finished it on the anniversary of my grandmother’s death in June, and that evening a moth flew in through the window and landed on the portal
mARTEdì: Pitigliano, Dante & Handpainted Summer
Pitigliano Made in May at Il Bisonte with the Printmaking Sisters’ workshop from the photo below, which I took in June 2012. Pitigliano was the first Tuscan town I visited when I … Continue reading
mARTedì L’Estate Tuscan Countryside Prints
It’s already been 8 months since the printmaking workshop at Il Bisonte – which means only another 4 till the next – hurrah! And I don’t think I ever posted … Continue reading
Lives Creative – The Printmaking Sisters, Firenze
Lives Creative will be a weekly-occurring post, delivered Thursdays, highlighting and promoting an artist, writer, maker or downright creative person in the Monte Amiata region of Southern Tuscany. Having said that, … Continue reading
The Printmaking Sisters are in the house at Il Bisonte
Annie Day and Robin Ezra have been coming to Firenze’s Il Bisonte studio for six years and have by now an internal map of the city. In that time they have … Continue reading
A Month In The Renaissance City
I’m currently in Firenze for a month of creativity, senza distrazione… I’m embarking on a week of refresher stuff for my jewellery [in particular, stone setting] with silversmith and … Continue reading
Summer Lino Fun
Yesterday i spent a gorgeous afternoon with gorgeous friends Amanda and Rosie, and their friend Steve, with a lunch al fresco, a gorgeous walk through chestnut woods of the Amiata, … Continue reading
Lino Prints
It was a very hot morning in the studio – the thermometer on the fan said 30˚C – hotter still using a bamboo baran in the place of a press. … Continue reading
Latest Printmaking Experiments
Top two: Snow Leopard. First ever attempt at collagraph (print and plate). Third down: rough sketch for collagraph, Fox Forest. Fourth and fifth: black bird & poplar, lino print.
