Thursday, November 27, 2008

My gocco arrived!

This amazing little machine is a small scale screen-printer for hand printing multiples. It's got an exposure unit incorporated into it's compact design and has a movable press bed for accurate registration. It was designed in Japan initially as a toy or home printer and is a popular craft accessory in many homes in Japan. The manufacturing company has now ceased production but I managed to grab one just before Riso replace their product with a digital stencil maker. Now it's time to design some prints...

posted by Paula Henihan at 7:21 PM

Monday, November 17, 2008

Updating - finally!


Yeah! I have finally learned how to update my website. Thank you thoughtwax for all your hard work in creating my self-addressed online presence. And now - after about four years (of patience and silent wishes) I have gained control over my site, well semi-control!

posted by Paula Henihan at 9:11 PM

Saturday, November 08, 2008

Listening to Lyrics

Do you realize the sun doesn't go down, it's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round.

The Flaming Lips, Do you Realize??

posted by Paula Henihan at 11:12 AM

Thursday, November 06, 2008

Viewing Art - Vanessa Donoso Lopéz at The Stone Gallery


Vanessa Donoso Lopéz (image above) is currently showing at the Stone Gallery. It's a show worth seeing although seriously tight for space. The work feels spontaneously fresh. Each piece displays diverse methods and actions of making. A winsome and playful paper installation is contrasted by the loaded printed textile shrine-like piece installed in a regrettably tight hall space downstairs. I have to say the contrast in this sort of in-between space for me was slightly confusing. Although I do commend the individual works highly, I don't know if everything should be included in the show.

I particularly liked Lopezs' collection of little two headed specimens which speak to me of a fantastical land of the imagination while simultaneously bringing to mind dark notions of experimental scientific research. 

Lopezs' paper pieces reminded me of Hans Christian Andersons' admirable intricate paper works (below).

posted by Paula Henihan at 4:23 PM

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Make

Time to start making again.... always a difficult place for me. This image is a detail of my mixed media drawing on paper titled Make.

posted by Paula Henihan at 9:17 PM

Print Installation

Emergence, made by me.

posted by Paula Henihan at 9:09 PM