Inspired by designer Ally Ryde’s graphic black, white and yellow pieces, here is an exercise in randomness. Ironically, there is much concentration needed to make something look random! #365ChallengePostcards
What is essential? I broke a copy of yesterday’s piece down further and further until it became so abstracted that the focal point was lost to determine what was really essential to this design. The swimming cap!
The next piece in the Swimmers series. I am seeking to break the swimmer into her essential parts and identify the key design elements I will take forward.
Study in texture. #365ChallengePostcards
The last few days’ eco-prints will be on display at Capricorn Printmakers in the Walter Reid building, Rockhampton from 27 February. #365ChallengePostcards
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More eco-dying. I hope you can make out the hibiscus flower! Red hibiscus, with acidified (vinegar) aluminium (can) as the mordant. I find the blue version of the dye lasts longer than the red. #365ChallengePostcards
The lines created by wrapping the piece in a eco-dying bundle are just as interesting to me as the leaves! #365ChallengePostcards
I did it! Created daily every day in January. At Byfield recently, there was a large tree near the pool with leaves that turned bright red, just before they fell off the tree. Red jewels in the green. Always on alert for interesting leaves, I collected a few and bundled them with some watercolour paper … More 1 February, 2022
Not a postcard size … but today’s output, and I don’t have time to make a postcard too. Part of my ‘homework’ for an excellent online course I’m doing: Working in a Series with Lisa Call.
Kathryn Kerr 