cambridge Artworks Art residency

This September I was thrilled to have been selected to be Cambridge Artworks artist in residence for 3 weeks! I was super excited about this opportunity and thought you’d like to see what it involved. It’s called The Caravanserai Summer Residency and is situated in a bright blue caravan that has been transformed into a bespoke studio space. They call it their ‘Cabinet of curiosities’. My winning proposal was to make a series of artworks called ‘Joy in a box’ inspired by the idea of fun family caravan trips, of deckchairs and funfairs. I planned to use the time to explore pattern, printmaking & collage towards developing a new body of work.

GELLI PLATE PRINTS

Week one and two I spent time learning Gelli plate printing - using leaves, kitchen utensils, stamps, stencils, lino cuts, corrugated card, bubble wrap, cotton reels and Lego on a variety of papers.

Here is a little video summary of what I was experimenting with in week one.

And here are my further discoveries in week two.

SCREEN PRINTING

Week three I moved on to learning screen printing.

Here is my summary video of this final week

This has been a fantastic space to go to for focus and to get me out of the house after the long summer break. The permanent artists who work in the adjoining studio complex were so welcoming and it was a great chance to experience being one of a group of creatives. This has served me well as a springboard into home based printmaking techniques, following my introduction to printmaking as part of my Masters in 2019.

I’ve had a lot of fun but I’ve just got started, and can’t wait to see where this leads. Watch this space!