Working with Sarah Peters in London who is busy working her magic to compile the right segments for the Listening party audio. Would like to prepare a link to a temporary site to promote the event. Facebook is less than accommodating with event promotion.
Need to ensure the venue is on board with the right tec kit and space. A long list of things to arrange and make happen.
The plan is to print on top of a digital print to create a hybrid surface that has links to my current work called the grid series.
To create the lino plate I used the string technique that I developed in my recent paintings. I used a water based paint to string print the lino, then over a period of 3 days carefully cut out the marks left by the print.
Once the string print was dry I cut away the marks made. After a number of different attempts to find a printing ink that has an even finish and sticks to a digital print I have found an oil based lino printing ink. In the Netherlands, I found Peter van Ginkel own brand Hoogdrukinkt which is linseed based with a drying agent and it is partially washable.I will need to see whether the print fully dries and remains attached to the digital print. 
The print has the potential to be used in different directions to create a layered string image. I would also like to print on to digital canvas prints, that’s next on my list!
Following on from my current exhibition at the 5&33 Gallery this month, my work will also be shown at the Shocking Blue concept store in Amsterdam this May.
The Store owner came to see the show and really liked my work. I am glad the work will stay out there, it’s encouraging and a great motivator.
I am currently working on a new series while also developing a set of limited edition prints that may be ready for this show.
Invite to the opening.
For the next 4 weeks my current work will be at the 5&33 Gallery Amsterdam.
A number of pieces have already been sold and the work will go on to be shown at a new location in Amsterdam at the end of the month. Details to follow.
http://www.5and33.nl/happenings/event/17-gallery/107-the-cultural-transitions-exhibition
Sold from my Wall series. Very pleased to see this piece sold, it started life on Stoke Newington High street, East London as a worn out billboard and has been given another chance to connect with it’s new surroundings, somewhere new and far from home. The piece is a digital print, edited in Photoshop and sewn onto a stretched canvas with mending yarn.
I am developing my string-print technique and printing on found objects, in this case a metal tea tin. I have cleaned the surface with white spirit and wire wool then used a metal primer spray to prepare the surface. The primer is actually a good base colour for the first layer.
I am now using plastic rope as a reusable and washable tool for print making; this produces a similar print affect as the mending yarn and comes in different widths.
The idea is to apply a layered surface to something old and discarded. This will enhance the object and while keeping its origin function and shape, the surface transforms it’s visual identity.
I will eventually spray with a matt vanish to seal the surface.
Back in the studio today, using the mending yarn to make marks on Lino. The plan is to print over my digital collages and make a limited edition print series. I have varied then thickness of the yarn to create variation in line and detail.
Work now on display at the 5&33 Gallery Amsterdam.
My current work went on display last night, 100 guests came to the opening. It was well supported and a great night, I enjoyed the opportunity to talk about my work and get it out there, well at least in Amsterdam for the next 6 weeks.
sharon moss 