Gelli Print Print Day – featuring Botanicals

11th April 2024

The botanical gelli print day was a very enjoyable time of learning and experimenting for 17 PPA members who brought in plant materials; weeds, leaves and seaweed – there was even some Spanish Moss.
All of which provided some beautiful prints. Members shared tips and we discussed methods of registering prints, cleaning rollers, applying transparent layers over prints and tried out some transparent metallics.

Our next Gelli Day- Thursday 2nd May – will feature both hand cutting stencils and using a ‘Cricut’ machine to cut stencils, all the more to add to Gelli creativity.

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PPA Print Club

The Print Club at PPA Cremorne on 17th April 2024 was well attended.

Ten members enjoyed a stimulating session. We learnt two plate registration.

Big thanks to Robert Ives! 

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Paper Pulp Play Day No 2

8th April Primrose Park

The second paper pulp play day was enjoyed by 15 members

Play Day was great fun today. Fifteen members caught up with each other and made some wonderful things. A few made sheets of paper, some made 3D works, others were experimenting with strips and woven items. We had a young visitor who made some lovely sheets. There was lots of chatter and laughter. A great day and we look forward to the next one.

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Airspace Group Show

Featuring PPA member Mandy Burgess

Image from Airspace Exhibition – Cyanotype on mulberry paper by Mandy Burgess

For more information about the exhibition click: https://www.airspaceprojects.com.au

Book Making- Primrose Paper Arts Southern Group

Primrose in the South, for members only
Saturday 30th March, from 10 am, duration 3-4 hours
At Woodie’s Cubby House, 
88A Como Road, Oyster Bay

Access is through the gateway into the carpark in front of the building

Join us for an enjoyable few hours in a casual session making a book. This time we will attempt a book using 2-thread coptic binding. If this doesn’t appeal to you, you could finish off books you already have started, or repeat a form you have done before. There is no charge. Bring your lunch.

4 Needle Coptic Binding, showing spine

Please RSVP to primrosepaper@y7mail.com

Materials:

These are for an A5 or similar sized book; or adjust the materials for the page size you want to bind. Bear in mind that the pages are folded. PPA will provide thread and glue.

• pages for your book: aim for 10 signatures, e.g. 10 sheets of A4 (or similar sized) watercolour paper, approx 250 gsm. We will fold the sheets in half for the finished book. Or you can use thinner paper, as long as the number of folded pages is divisible by the number of signatures you are making, and the stack ends up being at least 12 mm thick.
• enough thick cardboard to make 2 covers, each to be slightly bigger than the page size. If you can only find thinner cardboard, bring that, or enough to be glued double.
• 4 needles with eyes big enough for say, 6-stranded embroidery thread
• an awl
• cutting knife
• metal ruler
• cutting mat
• decorated paper for the cover, enough for 2 pieces approx A4 size for the covers, or the size of the cover plus approx 2.5 mm bigger all round.
• decorated paper for the inside cover, 2 pieces the size of your pages. 
• brush for gluing, tall container for water.

4-Needle Coptic Bound Book

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Mezzanine Exhibition Opening

‘My Favourite Things’ 7th March 2024
At Primrose Park, Midora Lane, Cremorne

Friends, food and discussion at exhibition opening

An enjoyable evening was attended by friends, family and members of PPA. Exhibiting artists were in attendance and happily discussed their artwork.

Artwork by Sydney Pemberton

Members were encouraged to include samples of their favourite Gelli Prints which were arranged in an arresting display by Gail MacDonald.

Primrose Paper arts welcomes everyone who would like to visit the exhibition which will be on display until the morning of Thursday March 28th.

Some of the works are available for sale.
Members are in the studio Monday and Thursday.

Paper Pulp Play

11th March Primrose Park

An exciting day learning methods of using pulp in different ways

Participants learnt how to make bases to coat in pulp, either string grids or wire shapes. Also shaping pulp on a frame to achieve interesting designs. If you think of pulp purely as a means to make sheets of paper (which is great) then add these exciting possibilities to your creative store of ideas is a real plus!

Thank you Dinah for leading this great ‘Paper Pulp Play Day’.

PPA Print Club

March 10th 2024 at Primrose Park

We had a very interesting Print Club on Sunday 10 March.

Robert Ives assists Juni with her Cyanotype

We played with Cyanotype printing which was wonderful.

Beautiful Cyanotypes

Different sizing of the paper was explored and drypoint printing was further enjoyed.

Midori’s drypoint Prints

Thank you, Robert, for bringing a lot of joy to the print making processes!

PPA March 2024 Mezzanine Exhibition

Judith Wilson selected for Shanghai Biennale

PPA Member Judith Wilson’s work “The Gardener” included in 2023/24 Biennale in Shanghai

The Gardener

Congratulations, Judith for being part of this prestigious exhibition. Judith has previously exhibited at Shanghai Biennale 21/22 with her work ‘Courtship’.

There are several opportunities to visit the ‘Strange Notions” exhibition by Untethered Fibre Artists group. The first showing was at Gallery Lane Cove Oct/Nov 2023, but if you missed that the exhibition is still available to enjoy:

Gallery M - Adelaide – February 9 to March 3
Manning Regional Gallery – Taree – March 28 to 18 May – Official opening April 5

Judith has previously exhibited ‘Alternate Conversations’ (not shown here), with Untethered Fibre Artists at Timeless Textiles Gallery in Newcastle and at Willoughby Incinerator as part of Primrose Paper Arts ‘Altered States’ exhibition, and Ridge Street Gallery in October 2023.

Synthesis.Transitions #1

Fantale

Shown here are two of Judith’s works courtesy of her Instagram account.

To view more of Judith’s work please visit her Instagram account and her website click on links below:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/judithwilsonartist/

Website: https://www.judithwilsonartist.com/

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