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4 weeks to go! Cultural transitions exhibition at the 5&33 Gallery Amsterdam

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.

: Digitally manipulated image with mending yarn stitch and acrylic

: Nine canvas – Grid Series.

String-print on found objects

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. IMG_20150401_122253

Opening night of my exhibition, Cultural transitions, Amsterdam

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.