Working on some Port Hedland Linocut designs to get some limited edition prints in the gallery ahead of Christmas time. Have found the Essdee ink at home isn’t as good as the Matisse block ink we have at the Hedland Arts studio but will give another crack - good draft though!

This thread is a documentation of my work at Hedland Arts: From practice in HARTZ Studio, arts practice in community and governance/coordination of the committee & studio.

Getting back into fine line drawings, had a play around during open studio today. Had 2 people join for the first hour of OS and had the studio to myself. Also carved a cool linocut print I’ll put in next update. Prepping to return to Hamilton, NZ in November through to January - keen to meet some local artists, curators & galleries and grow my network back home. I also have a Hamilton specific project I'm looking forward to getting started on.

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This week I presented to Hamilton City Council on four overlooked surfaces creating new opportunities for artists: utility boxes, bus shelters, construction hoardings and vacant shopfronts.

Thread of print making works & process

The lighting is terrible in my house but I've made some good progress on commission for client Lane W. There's still a but to be done but for my first chicken / rooster I'm enjoying the process of finding light and building structure through the feathers.

laugh ya arts off! booze & a brush! locked & loaded friday 2nd october 6.30pm (7pm start) stables on alpha, alpha st, kemureti (cambridge) whether you're solo's, twosums, threesums or a gangbang, come along, drink some booze (or beverage of choice), make sum friends, have a laugh, relax, forget the world and make sum art! we supply the materials and clean up the mess, you have the fun! *earlybird pricing *group discount available *2 odd hrs of laughs, fun and mess making *art materials supplied *take home your art work *the dulcet tones of the awesome Luna Music keeping your ears happy while the art comforts your eyes *yummy food & a good range of beverages available (not incl in ticket price) $55 earlybird price ($65 after 18th September)

Artist Feature 009: Isabella Rose Young. Tāmaki Makaurau / Te Tai Tokerau analogue photographer and moving-image artist @isabellaroseyoung works intentionally slowly across 35mm, Super 8, darkroom printing, painting and writing. Her daughter appears throughout the work, but we never see her face. We discussed privacy, disappearing materials, and what the arts lose when visibility matters more than making.

Artist Feature 008: Lucas Cantlon. Pōneke-based photographer, producer and director, Lucas works across documentary, live production, radio, music and photography, moving between the crew and the stage often enough that the two stop being separate positions. They have a keen eye for the vernacular, and photographs that capture the feeling of a time and place. We discussed what a performance looks like from behind the camera, what humour can say that sincerity can't, and why Wellington is far from dead.