Community Printmakers Murwillumbah

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The CROW R.I.P.

2011-03-01T01:48:00.000-08:00

'CROW' work in progress

2010-12-06T13:09:00.000-08:00

still not content-when are we?- started another after seeing Attenborough's "Birds of Paradise"

Hello Anne Stadler

2010-11-11T14:20:00.000-08:00

Hi Anne, Don't have your email address and not able to contact you from your gallery site - this would be an improvement to our website -but wanted to say how much I like your new (?) work. No. 5 stands out but they're all beaut!

Studio Space Bogangar

2010-11-01T17:14:00.000-07:00

This my studio space in my garage where there now is no room for a car. I'm assisted by my 2 helpers, Sammy (white) and Gypsy (Brindle), who both know the words "Studio Time" and rush out to wait for me to lift up the door.

Studio Spaces

2010-10-29T05:49:00.000-07:00

My studio was once our home. 5 meters by 5. It sits in the shade, hidden beneath a huge fig, surrounded by green. It's not only a place to make and print and draw, it is a space that provides solitude. This in turn provides clarity, dreaming, purpose, peacefulness and satisfaction. A young butcher bird sits on the window sill and calls out, the cows peer through the back windows and the pythons take up residence in the rafters when the summer comes.

MAISON FRAGILE

2010-10-18T01:06:00.000-07:00

Last seen at CPM "Refuge(e)" has reappeared in Brisbane at St John's Anglican cathedral as X CHANGE REFUGE(E). (note the small Afghan. prayer rug inside the shelter.)

This was one of the exhibits for B AWARE, an exhibition organised by the 8GG group. (8 milennium goals to fight world poverty)

The exhibition finishes this coming Wednesday (20th October) in case you're in Brisbane.

St John's is in Anne Street.

Between Falling

2010-10-04T03:06:00.000-07:00

Still haven't got a shot of inside the shed -i'll have to do a clean-up- but here's another drawing. Falling off the roof recently co-incided with my discovery of the amazing phenomenon of the "morning glory". It's a rolling blue cloud that sweeps down from the gulf. Daredevils in their motorised gliders 'ride' it like a surfer does the wave.

Being a wuss I have to wait for a slippery ladder to offer me 'risk' & the moment of losing control. This moment, when you realise there's nothing you can do, interested me; so the drawing.

Glad you sorted the blog out, Edith. I heard you got some help from Babette. For those wondering, Babette is powering along with her treatment, bamboozling the staff at John Flynn with her positive artist's perspective & exploring a rich vein of creativity.

Floating studio

2010-10-02T20:39:00.000-07:00

"Floating Studio" 14th Sept.

Small but cosy. Dropped anchor off the spit in Southport today after leaving Ballina early this morning. A light drizzle outside with a SW chop in the bay. A quiet time to wedge myself in the bow of the boat, letting thoughts and the days events work their way on paper. Another space to lose myself... absorbing the elements around me.

Studio spaces

2010-09-04T02:28:00.000-07:00

My studio space

Sometimes it's just nice to see where other people work from. This is my main workbench where I make my collages and artist books. The screenprinting bench is adjacent. It's in a section of the garage that I affectionally call 'my studio' and when I'm perched at my desk working away the world dissolves around me. I can watch the birds in the grevillia outside my window or just melt into my current work. I love it.

What the bloody - hell are YOU doing?

2010-09-02T15:30:00.000-07:00

This is a recent drawing I called "WOMAN" (approx. 1.5m x 2m). My mum recently died. She was 100.

I've been trying to get my work off the 'pedestal', separated from the sterility of the gallery and connected with the natural world. This could explain the lack of cropping but, in truth, I didn't know how. What does it matter if 'certainity' isnt all that important?

I often wonder what others are doing in their workshops/sheds and think that the cpm blogsite - underused &/or forgotten - might be a good place to share our ideas.

Did you see the doko. last night on Anish Kapoor?

Working Bee 7 August

2010-08-08T03:35:00.000-07:00

Forget Clean up Australia, it's Clean Up CPM! There's heaps for everyone to do, from painting, to sorting, to cleaning, to throwing out, stacking. archiving, filing, and making labels so we can find things, firing up the BBQ. There's 2 more left for the year, first Saturday in October and in December. So do your bit and join in.

REFUGE(E)

2010-06-23T17:14:00.000-07:00

EDGE Stage 3

2010-06-23T16:52:00.000-07:00

Nearing a finish, maybe? Less obscure than "off the wall Stage2" (see earlier blog) A very strongly bonded session of drawing after animated discussion about inclusivity/ exclusivity. This , in my mind, raised an interesting questions, esp. for collaborative work . ie. Are the exclusive rights of ownership of a picture confined to the person(s) who started/did it?
Is collaborative art, by definition, the domain of anyone who 'gives themselves' to the process ie. engages with the work at any stage? And if problems arise during this process is it not the role of all concerned to deal with issues arising just as families, macro or micro, deal with their issues?

Is art about the artist, the work, or the process?

Peter Schardin - Current Exhibition

2010-06-21T05:59:00.000-07:00

Peter Schardin - Landscape Allegory, Photographs & prints
Opening Saturday 12 June until 1 August 2010
My thoughts; it is about the connection one has
with the landscape,earth, ground, water etc. I dare say, the landscape has been a little misinterpreted at times and turned into a holy grail of religion,
mythology and environmental issues etc.

My interpretation is quite simple, it is about our
connection to earth, hence the absence of the
human form in my work. To me, the placement
of figures in a work may shift the importance
towards the figure, because the figure will
become a reference point and therefore detract
or maybe dominate the work.

Off the Wall : Stage Two 13th May 2010

2010-05-14T19:29:00.000-07:00

Confronting the painted over 'dance drawing ' from the previous week it was decided that each of those present, and any new arrival, 'danced' again but this time selected small areas instinctively appealing and developed them.

Bill used metho and a hair dryer to clean away, Karen and Michael drew and painted out.

Result: busy but musical with lots of 'EDGE' potential for our next visit...Friday the 20th

We Move Off The Wall

2010-05-14T19:24:00.000-07:00

Robyn, Heather, Bill Karen and Michael 'dance' around the new paper (approx. 1800 x 1500) picking from the smorgasboard on The Wall. Then paint out hoping for Eureka moments next week.

New member hits The Wall

2010-05-14T19:20:00.000-07:00

Karen from Coffs came to see what was happening at CPM and next thing she knew she was 'on the edge' and part of the Wall'

(the beauty of CPM)

Last breath from the living wall

2010-05-14T19:16:00.000-07:00

much discussion about where to go now.....

decided to lay out some fresh paper and 'DANCE' with what we felt about The Wall.

...................see next post.

CPM's Living Wall keeps growing

2010-05-14T19:12:00.000-07:00

compare the wall with earlier stages to see the changes

we're running out of room and feel that it's probably time to think about pulling it together

Chaos or eternity?

2010-05-07T00:13:00.000-07:00

Posted this on my blog today -

http://www.bboxproductions.blogspot.com/

Started a collaborative drawing today with four other people. Laid out sheets of white paper taped together, danced around each other with crayons, pastels and ink. Someone wrote on the wall chaos and eter and nity. Chaos/eternity? Is it one or the other or both?

CPM's LIVING WALL

2010-04-23T17:37:00.000-07:00

Nine weeks later, nine contributors, and the Living Wall at CPM continues to grow.
Paper is available for 'Edge' comments plus plenty of space on the wall for personal 'edge' marks & linkages. All welcome!
" 'I don't see (inspiration) as a state of grace,' writes Gabriel Garcia Marquez, ' nor as a breath from heaven, but as the moment when, by tenacity & control, you are at one with your theme...You spur the theme on & the theme spurs you on too...All obstacles fade away, all conflict disappears, things you never dreamt of occur to youand, at that moment, there is absolutely nothing in the world better than writing' ". (drawing ) JMCoetzee. Diary of a Bad Year.

Refuge(e) Exhibition CPM Member Heather Matthew

2010-04-11T16:47:00.000-07:00

Harley, a rescued Greyhound is also a refugee and looking for a home. He had a wonderful time at the opening of Heather's terrific exhibition Refuge(e) and every CPM member should look in and see the works.
Michael took this picture of Harley and Me (nothing to do with that sickly movie), as we walk through his installation at the entrance of CPM that set the scene and supported the theme of the exhibition

The Edge - a development

2010-04-01T03:51:00.000-07:00

I've been working on small A5 or 15 x 10cm postcards about the destruction of unwanted Greyhounds once they finish racing, or deemed too slow. Over 5000 just disappear in NSW, and only 1% Australia wide (there's 20,000 Greyhounds) are re-homed. Most don't survive between the ages of 2 - 4 years. In the past, Greyhounds were dropped over the edge of cliffs south of Sydney, which took me on the path of The Edge. I thank Michael for the connection, I've just been making art to see what happens.

Refuge (e) - Member Exhibition Heather Matthew

2010-03-31T03:24:00.000-07:00

See more of Heather's artwork and installation at CPM Art Space opening on Saturday 10 April 2010 at 3 pm and continues until 6 June 2010. CPM's first edition Zine "On The Edge" will be launched. Support CPM by buying a copy only $10.00, a collector's item.

Group Lunch at Grafton Regional Gallery 20 March 10

2010-03-27T01:06:00.000-07:00

A great photo by Graeme Eggins of everyone enjoying lunch in the courtyard at the Grafton Regional Gallery.

zen edge

2010-03-22T16:34:00.000-07:00

"when we are experiencing nonverbally we are walking the razor's edge - we are the present moment. When we walk the edge the agonizing states of separateness are pulled together, and we experience perhaps not happiness but joy. Understanding the razor's edge (and not just understanding it, but doing it) is what Zen practice is. The reason its difficult is that we don't want to do it. We know we don't want to do it. We want to escape from it."

"When we walk the razor's edge we're not important; we're no-self, embedded in life. This we fear - even though life as no-self is pure joy"

From "Everyday Zen" Charlotte Joko Beck

"EDGE" wall at CPM

2010-03-22T00:10:00.000-07:00

As you can see what started on Australia day at Coolangatta has grown. Several artists have offered their 'edges' and really got us asking interesting questions. Just when we think it's taking shape as a single work someone with a different style or take on the idea creates a detour and causes us to think outside the edges of the our comfortable'box'. This is an exciting part of collaboration. But how do we amalgamate all these 'takes' into a cohesive, understandable whole? Or do we? Are we any closer to the edge?
What's your 'edge'? What do all our 'edges'have in common? Are 'edges' to be feared? Is there an archetypal symbol, colour, etc. for the edge?
The wall at CPM is big. Come and collaborate.

EDGE and the void

2010-03-14T23:06:00.000-07:00

From Mental Health, Art and Transpersonal Experience 2

THE EDGE

"Existentially and energetically, the edge is the state which we may approach intentionally or quite unconsciously in which there is a risk of being radically other than we are typically.
This can describe situations where physical death is imminent, social death is close (annihilation of the social self), the void is encountered, and all situations of entering a zone of *ineffable potential............................"
Dr. Ralph Locke

*ineffable- indescribable- incapable of being expressed in words.

CPM Group Exhibition Grafton 17 March - 25 April 2010

2010-03-07T03:29:00.001-08:00

Osprey at Balding
Rhapsody

CPM Group Exhibition Grafton 17 March - 25 April 2010

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Peter Schardin
Ancient Landscape

CPM Group Exhibition Grafton 17 March - 25 April 2010

2010-03-07T03:26:00.000-08:00

Frank Stadler

Veil of Decay II

2010-03-07T03:25:00.000-08:00

Anne Stadler

Cutaway Creature

CPM Group Exhibition Grafton 17 March - 25 April 2010

2010-03-07T03:24:00.000-08:00

Steve Sawkins

Waste Management

CPM Group Exhibition Grafton 17 March - 25 April 2010

2010-03-07T03:23:00.000-08:00

Robin Saunders

Blanket

CPM Group Exhibition Grafton 17 March - 25 April 2010

2010-03-07T03:22:00.001-08:00

Bill Klease

Undersided

CPM Group Exhibition Grafton 17 March - 25 April 2010

2010-03-07T03:21:00.000-08:00

Heather Matthew

A Honeyed Heart

Abide with Me

CPM Group Exhibition Grafton 17 March - 25 April 2010

2010-03-07T03:18:00.000-08:00

David Kill

The Real Meaning of Christmas

Left Long Enough Alone this Gene Pool will turn into a River

CPM Group Exhibition Grafton 17 March - 25 April 2010

2010-03-07T03:17:00.000-08:00

Lindsay Hunt

The Johnny Virus Cometh

CPM Group Exhibition Grafton 17 March - 25 April 2010

2010-03-07T03:15:00.001-08:00

Phillip Gasson

17 Fish Tales

18 Fish Tales

CPM Group Exhibition Grafton 17 March - 25 April 2010

2010-03-07T03:13:00.000-08:00

Beverley Eggins

A Life in 12 Chapters

CPM Group Exhibition Grafton 17 March - 25 April 2010

2010-03-07T03:11:00.001-08:00

Carolyn Dodds

The Lion and the Lamb

Girl Relaxing

CPM Group Exhibition Grafton 17 March - 25 April 2010

2010-03-07T03:08:00.000-08:00

Michael Baartz
Sky Elergy 4, 5, 6.

CPM Group Exhibition Grafton 17 March - 25 April 2010

2010-03-07T03:05:00.000-08:00

Babette Angell
Rock Art Site Mt Borradaile
Rock Face 4

Following the Edge

2010-03-06T19:28:00.000-08:00

The first of many plaques, finding the time to get there when I'm deep into Greyhounds!

Following the Edge

2010-03-06T19:25:00.000-08:00

First drawing influenced by the memorial plaques around the edge of the cliff - Babette

2010-03-05T20:31:00.000-08:00

"you can't depend on your eyes if your imagination is out of focus" M Twain.

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Docklands

2010-02-26T22:19:00.000-08:00

I love the old wharves around the inner Sydney Harbour and Heather evokes those memories:

Docklands' creaking wharves - timbers silvered by salt-caked sea and sun. Giant trees felled and planted again dead in the depths creating squealing platforms to lauch form edge to edge. Great carcasses rust along side the shimmer and tinkle of yachts and shiny faces baked. You can feel the rank smell of burbling mud, alive with crusty hermits, when the edge shifts in time with the ebb and flow of the great ocean's moon walk.

Edgeiness

2010-02-23T02:40:00.000-08:00

Its also where all the debris washes up, the tidal flotsam, the litter against the edge of the fence.
I like the idea of flotsam and litter, allows a bit of wrongness, a bit of edgeiness into the discussion.
The edges of piers are always fascinating, the possibilities of jumping, the edges of different materials touching, colliding, interacting...rust and rot...the stain of time and weather.

2010-02-23T01:03:00.000-08:00

In Permaculture theory the edge - the zone where systems interact - is vital and is the most productive place. Examples of edges include the place where water meets the earth, where the garden meets the forest, where food meets the edges of the stomach or where people from different cultures, political positions or locations meet.

Observers at the edge

2010-02-21T16:39:00.000-08:00

THE SHADOW MORPHS

2010-02-21T16:21:00.000-08:00

the morphed shadow floats towards the edge

more shadow-play at the edge

2010-02-18T20:31:00.000-08:00

More shadow-play

.........from THE EDGE

2010-02-13T18:30:00.000-08:00

The coloured drawing at top of CPM blog has been modified by The Shadow and is hanging in the workshop. This means that approx. seven artists have contributed to the one drawing so far.

Heather Matthew had the idea of publishing an ART ZINE (A5 booklet of artists'works) in March and is thinking of using this drawing for the cover.

All CPM members are invited to contribute further by drawing over, collaging on to, painting out, etc., to make this a truly collaborative (not competition) CPM drawing FROM THE EDGE.

If you want to blog the image after drawing then photograph it and post it on the CPM. printstudio.blogspot.com site or send to Tamsin or Michael. If you wish to become a member of the CPM blogteam, again email Tamsin or Michael

shadow play

2010-02-07T21:00:00.000-08:00

Mon Ami, can you print this drawing from THE EDGE then by altering and reposting unlock the mystery of THE SHADOW ?"wrapped in our shadows, reaching short of our ranges, We'll play oblivion, Abstracted from the knowledge that deranges, Blow by ungoverned blow. Interceptions by Peter steel

2010-02-07T20:52:00.000-08:00

More over the edge

2010-02-03T20:11:00.000-08:00

Here's a pic that looks over the edge, not that inviting to jump. Like the idea of text, but on hold because Greyhounds are getting in the way of this project.

Future ideas involve painting.

Babette

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cult leader sends blessing from The EDGE

2010-02-01T16:11:00.000-08:00

Ilya notices something in the sky, at the EDGE..

more from the EDGE

2010-02-01T16:06:00.000-08:00

shadowy figure appears mysteriously in drawing!

"Baking not Blogging"

2009-04-28T20:53:00.000-07:00

We've all been too busy test cooking and printing for our recipie book.........I wonder why Bill is keeping his cookie recipies such a secret ???

Anne's "Bananarama Cake" linoprint

2009-03-18T18:43:00.000-07:00

From the viewpoint of a relative newcomer I think Murwillumbah is really quite an attractive town with some fabulous old buildings. Does anyone have any favourites or any stories about any of them? Im hoping to do some artwork from the Austral building. Has anyone else done any artwork about any of these old buildings?

Mike Parr etching - fundraiser for CPM

2009-03-06T15:02:00.001-08:00

Fundraiser for CPM.
Acquire a Mike Parr signed limited edition etching/drypoint print (pictured above) and support CPM.

During his 2005 visit as judge for the CPM National Print Awards, Mike Parr conducted an etching/drypoint and woodcut workshop at the CPM Studio. As a result of this workshop, CPM are accepting expressions of interest to acquire a limited edition etching/drypoint by Mike Parr printed at CPM. The print is unframed, the image size is 300 mm x 290 mm and the paper size is 1 metre x 500 mm. The sale of this print will go towards refurbishment of the studio in preparation for celebrations of twenty years in the Murwillumbah community.
Please email your interest.

Celebrate 20 years of printmaking at CPM

Images of Uki Exhibition 15-16 November 2008

2008-10-11T03:13:00.000-07:00

The call is going out to all artists to submit work to the Images of Uki Exhibition.
It's not too late to grab an entry form at the Uki CTC, Precious Earth Studio in Uki or Jabiru craft shop in Murwillumbah. Artworks of any media can be included in the exhibition and all work must depict an aspect of Uki. So contribute to this worthwhile fundraiser and help renovate and maintain the historic Uki Hall.

More information can be obtained by picking up an entry form or calling (02) 6679 5414.

Freshly Pressed

2008-10-08T14:47:00.000-07:00

This exhibition of prints is by artists Tamsin Ainslie, Heather Matthew, Doug McNeill, and Edith Streiner who received a Mentorship Award at CPM in order to develop their printmaking skills using a variety of print processes, which included etching, drypoint, collagraph, screenprinting and aquatinting. The Mentorship Program was funded through a recent NSW Government initiative, the Community Development Support Expenditure Grant, where funds from Sports and Social Clubs in the Tweed area assist local community organisations.

'Freshly Pressed' exhibition is on from Saturday the 11th October - Sunday 7th December, CPM Gallery, Bray Park.

Rowlands Creek Road

2008-10-06T17:37:00.000-07:00

Jo's image set to be included in the Uki Hall Exhibition in November, entries needed for a great cause - for the upkeep of the hall.

more cusi-dog etchings

2008-09-25T04:53:00.000-07:00

Exhibition - Recent Works

2008-08-10T15:48:00.000-07:00

Exhibition – Recent Works by artist Gabriela Soelkner is opening Saturday 9 August at 3 pm and continues until 7 September 2008 at the CPM gallery, Bray Park, Murwillumbah.
Recent Work is an exhibition of woodcut prints and mixed media drawings inspired by icebergs, with their hidden immensity beneath the surface, and the exposed ' tip of the iceberg.'

For more information on this exhibition & to view the artworks online, visit our website cpmprintstudio.com

Cats Dogs and artistic blocks

2008-07-04T15:24:00.000-07:00

image courtesy of Lindsay Hunt.

CPM website

2008-06-15T18:45:00.000-07:00

The website is finally up and running! It's being updated and more info will be added as we go, check it out here:
cpm printstudio website

Stampede!

2008-06-01T14:49:00.000-07:00

Anne says…. what about a game of stamping everyone ? Post your favourite stamp image here (preferably a home made one) to see if we can have a virtual mini exhibition…You can upload images yourself or email your images to Tamsin (75 dpi) to do it for you.

Welcome to the very first CPM blog!

2008-05-19T17:17:00.001-07:00

A place where all CPM members can upload images, discuss work, write about news, make comments, become involved, be inspired, post upcoming exhibitions and events, or just keep in touch...

Here is a very rough print of Cusi-Dog (you can see I have a long way to go) who is my main subject for the mentorship I am currently undertaking and enjoying immensely.