What is gelatin ‘bloom strength’ and why is it important?

I thought all gelatin was created equal. I thought one brand was much the same as another. But recently I have learned they are not! Louise posted a comment on my DIY Gel Plate Recipe blog post, asking about ‘bloom strength’. I’d never heard that term before, so had to look it up, and I […]

How to Make Your Own Gel Plate Print

So this happened …. Officeworks has started selling gel plates and asked me to share my love of the process with some ‘how to’ steps in their latest Noteworthy instore magazine – How to Make Your Own Gel Plate Print.

How to Melt and Re-pour a Homemade Gelatin Printing Plate

Homemade gelatin plates are incredibly versatile, but after repeated use, they can become damaged, dirty and a bit tacky. Thankfully, you don’t need to toss them out—you can melt your gelatin plate down and re-pour it to bring it back to life! This process is simple, and with a few easy steps, your plate will […]

Hinterland Bunyas, Curramore, 24 August 2024 – an Artist Book

I’m thrilled to share my latest artist book, Hinterland Bunyas, Curramore, 24 August 2024. This book project holds a special place in my heart. It pays homage to the iconic bunya pine trees of the Sunshine Coast Hinterland—trees that have fascinated me with their towering presence and potential for centuries-old stories.

Storytelling Through Artist Books at ‘Narratives’ Exhibition in Maleny

The ‘Narratives’ Artist Book exhibition will run from 4–20 October at The Little Red Cottage in Maleny, showcasing work by 15 book artists from the Sunshine Coast, Noosa, and Brisbane. Coinciding with the Sunshine Coast Hinterland Writers Festival, this exhibition focuses on storytelling through handmade artist books, offering a unique blend of visual art and […]

From the Bookshelf – Books about Making Books

More books! This time – books about books … specifically books about making handmade books. Every handmade book, be it a journal, a notebook or an artist book, offers its own unique opportunity for creativity and play and storytelling. Late last year I shared a post about my linocut reference books. Today I’m sharing my […]

Open Studios 2024 – Viva la Print

Welcoming art lovers and sharing my printmaking studio during the Sunshine Coast Open Studios event is a highlight of my year. This year’s Open Studios Sunshine Coast event was, as always, a lot of fun! It was my fourth time participating and the fifth time opening my studio doors to the public. I can’t wait […]

My cat isn’t going to sit on the artwork!

He isn’t going to be the boss of me! He’s not going to chase book binding threads as I sew books. He isn’t going to sit on my dedicated etching paper blotting towels. He isn’t going to walk over my gel plate while I’m trying to print. He isn’t going to sit on my printmaking […]

Open Studios Sunshine Coast – 18-26 May 2024

It’s on again – Open Studios Sunshine Coast! 73 artist studios and galleries – along 6 scenic drive trails. Artists are opening their studio doors in May – printmakers, painters, sculptors, photographers, mixed media artists and more!

The Sour Cherry Tree – a new Reduction Linocut

It’s been nearly two and a half years since I completed my last reduction linocut, Eagles Nest. I hadn’t realised just how much time had passed! It’s wonderful to be back in the rhythm of planning, carving, and printing. ‘The Sour Cherry Tree,’ my new

Beyond Bunya Dieback – Hinterland Bunyas

The silhouette of a magnificent Araucaria bidwillii, or bunya tree, crown against the skies of the Sunshine Coast Hinterland is an iconic sight. I have lived in Maleny, the heart of the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, for nearly 15 years and will never tire of their statuesque grace. But there is a problem … Bunya Dieback […]

Water’s Harvest – ‘Seeds to Leaves’ Micro-Exhibition

Water and sunlight, essential for life, combine to nurture the lush flora surrounding me in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. In ‘Water’s Harvest,’ I celebrate this essential partnership through artworks created with these elemental forces. Using the cyanotype technique,

The Repeat Offender Reward Recipients from 2023

Solveig and Roz, CONGRATULATIONS, you reached 10 workshops in 2023. Thank you !!

A Printmaker’s Cat

MY Printmaker’s Cat! The Studio is complete again … meow!  This delightful feline came into my life a couple of months ago. Monty. And in true cat-style, he is sitting on the artwork!

From the Bookshelf – Linocut Reference Books Part 2

Books! Books! Books! Printed paper. Pictures and words. A tactile experience. While screens and devices provide access to previously inaccessible resources, the pleasure and experience of a book remains

Gel Printers Summit 2023

I am so excited to be a part of the upcoming Gel Printers Summit. Drew Steinbrecher has gathered 14 top gel plate artists in one place where we share our processes, tips & tricks, and artistic thoughts for students around the world.

Exploring the Possibilities: Gelatin Plate Monoprinting in High School Classrooms

Are you looking for an engaging, accessible and experimental art process to introduce to your high school art classrooms? I’m Kim Herringe, a printmaker passionate about teaching and sharing the craft of printmaking. I’m excited to introduce you to the versatile world of gelatin plate monoprinting. This printmaking art process has been capturing the attention […]

Passion for print

Look what just happened … viva la printmaking !!! Salt Magazine Winter 2023 has just come out and I am one of the featured artists in this issue. Thank you Salt Magazine. And thank you Montville Art Gallery. If you don’t know this magazine – it’s a beautiful, high-quality, free lifestyle magazine all about the […]

1971 days ago …

1971 days ago I ran my first workshop – Linocut 101. So much has happened over those 1971 days … I have run nearly 200 public and private group workshops … shared my studio space with nearly 600 workshop students, encouraging them all to trust the process and release the attachment to the outcome … […]

Open Studios 2023 – That’s a wrap!

There is something so very special about opening the studio doors and inviting people in … to look, touch, see, chat, explore. This was the third Open Studios Sunshine Coast event I have participated in, and the 4th time I have opened my studio doors to the public. And I can’t wait to do it […]

Open Studio Sunshine Coast – 19-28 May 2023

It’s on again – Open Studios Sunshine Coast. 77 artist studios and galleries – along 7 scenic drive trails. Artists are opening their studio doors in May – printmakers, painters, sculptors, photographers, mixed media artists and more!

March to Art: Create – ANVAM Exhibition

The Repeat Offenders Reward for 2022

Earlier this year I introduced the Repeat Offenders Reward program …

sky dancers – Northern Beaches Artist Book Awards 2023 Finalist

Excitement and gratitude … my sky dancers artist book has been shortlisted for the Northern Beaches Artist Book Award 2023. These beautiful birds have definitely become a focus for my work over the past two years.  The same birds* are currently on display at the FIELD NOTES exhibition at The Zone Gallery in Maleny. *when […]

Field Notes … the exhibition

Notes created by the researcher during the act of conducting a field study to remember and record the behaviours, activities, events and other features of an observation. When working on the idea of this exhibition, we were motivated to share more than ‘just the final result’ of the work we create. More often than not, […]

Sky Dancers … for Field Notes

I have watched the crackle grow from 6 to over 50 birds over the past 3.5 years. They are a sight to behold and sound to savour as the fly up the valley and over my studio and home. I can hear them coming from down the valley … squawking and crying and chattering. They […]

Equanimity – PCA Print Exchange 2022

I’m continuing to explore a theme and working with my boat and waves, but with different compositions and layouts. I’m loving de/embossing with layers. The ins and outs, ups and downs. All for the love of print and paper. I created a series of 3 embossed prints for the Vessel exhibition this month, there is […]

The Howard Street Wall

“Not often when walking down a humble footpath and past a bustling shopping centre are we also walking through an art gallery, but in Nambour you get to do exactly that.” writes Rebecca Mugridge for Hinterland Times.

Vessel Exhibition 2022

I am super excited to share that I have 3 new printmaking pieces included in the upcoming Vessel exhibition at the Old Ambulance Station Gallery in Nambour.

Liquid Amber – a little book collection I made for me

I’m bunkered down at home with the plague aka the rona aka the covid. Just me in my studio (oh, and husband and the dogs!), my mile-high pile of printed papers, quiet time, some needles, thread and Pinterest.

A Library of Little Handmade Books

2022 is turning into the Year of the Book. Handmade books. Artist books. Little books. Meditative making books. I made a library of books

Introducing The Repeat Offenders Reward

In the most fun way, when you attend more than one of my workshops –  you are officially a Repeat Offender !   And in a spirit of generosity and gratitude, when you attend ten (10) workshops, I will gift you the Repeat Offenders Reward … a FREE workshop*.

Open Studio Sunshine Coast – 18-27 March 2022

It’s on again – Open Studios Sunshine Coast. Artists are opening their studio doors at the end of March – printmakers, painters, sculptors, photographers, mixed media artists, shoemakers and more! 73 creative spaces – artist studios and galleries – are participating in this 10 day event.

sky dancers – Libris Awards 2022 Finalist

Very excitement … my sky dancers artist book has been shortlisted in the 2022 Libris Awards. And what an impressive shortlist it is. 58 finalists from around the country.

Truth, Healing and Prophecy Exhibition 2022

I love that the year is finally kicking off. It has been a slow start for me this year (after my glorious 2 weeks at Summer Workshops in at the beginning of January in Brisbane). But this weekend the Arts Connect Inc Truth, Healing and Prophecy Exhibition

Dear Blue … I love You … Pushing Cyanotype Boundaries

Did you know … blue is the most common favorite colour, worldwide; purple comes in second (according to studies carried out by various global marketing big wigs). Blue is absolutely MY personal most favourite colour – a deep cool Phthalo and Prussian

The New Year Learnings Continue – Week 2 of 2

Wow-ee … this week I met the super energetic, fabulous and extreme sport enthusiast and printmaker extraordinaire Sharon Smith. Sharon shared with us her own explorations with printmaking processes. This, on top of week one at Studio West End … holy toledo batman

New Learnings for a New Year – Week 1 of 2

7 days ago the clock ticked over for the psychological reset for a fresh, happy, full of hope and possibility New Year. 🤞 🤞 🤞 I don’t know about you, but I was in bed and fast asleep well before midnight on New Year’s Eve – I needed to rest for my gift to myself […]

Release the Attachment to the Outcome

The Jacarandas have finished their flowering. Their leaves are luscious and fresh and ripe for printing. And the poinciana trees! And the flame trees! Spring is like Christmas for gel plate printing.

Maleny Printmakers Collectables 2021

Back for its 6th year year, Maleny Printmakers is proud to present Collectables 2021 … an exhibition of original, collectable, hand printed fine art prints.

Hinterland – Solo Exhibition

I am super excited to be showing work in a public space … a selection of my recent reduction linocut, cyanotype and artist book fine artworks will be on display

Eagles Nest – a new Reduction Linocut

There is something intoxicating about big, fluffy, dramatic, rolling, rumbling cumulus clouds. Especially when enjoying them at altitude. I live on a mountain range approximately 450 metres above sea level (not high by international standards, but high enough in Australia). I don’t know how high above terra firma these clouds are floating, but it almost […]

sky dancers – an Artist Book

It was a special afternoon and a privilege the watch and hear these glorious feathered creatures dance from tree to tree, screeching and squawking, chattering and crying. Then they flew away. And how best to celebrate an afternoon watching a crackle of yellow tailed black cockatoos devour the banksia trees? Make a book.

Nearly home – a new Reduction Linocut

I find it a deeply comforting feeling … nearing home at the end of a long day. Driving those familiar roads. Anticipating that feeling of belonging as I arrive home at my safe place. The landscape a warm golden green as the setting sun kisses her goodnight. Sometimes the setting sun lights the dusk sky […]

Kavieng – a new Reduction Linocut

In the grand scheme of time, our international COVID travel shutdown has been very short. But the memories seem so far away. I was mad-keen to escape the unpleasant news cycle of now, so I dove into my travel photos. I needed to escape to moments and memories of the distant beautiful places I have […]

Printmaking Paper – Part 4: Paper Size

And finally the last in my paper Four Part Series. Let’s have a look at Paper Size (as in the physical dimension of paper and not paper size that relates to adding a degree of water resistance to paper).

Paper – Part 3: Storing Printmaking Papers (and other information you didn’t know you needed to know)

There are so many different aspects to paper. Beyond identifying what makes printmaking paper printmaking paper, there is storage, preparation, to-stretch-or-not-to-stretch, watermarks, pricing and a million other questions I haven’t even thought about yet. This article is Part 3 of a 4 part series looking at printmaking paper. The full 4 part series covers:

Paper – Part 2: My Favourite Printmaking Papers

So many Printmaking Papers to choose from. Different paper mills. Different textures, colours, fibres. What to choose and what to buy? Here I share with you the papers I use now for different printmaking processes, and have used in the past.

Paper – Part 1: What is Printmaking Paper

I love paper! I love how it feels, and I especially love what you can do with it. I love deckled edges, handmade papers, machine-made, thin, thick, smooth, textured and toothy papers.

Maggie … Princess of The Studio

No studio in complete without its own fur-companion, its own feline or canine apprentice … and in The Studio I had my own stoically independent Princess of The Studio, Maggie.

Howard Street Wall Mural, Nambour – Summer Recess

Viva la Public Art! 12 artists in the Sunshine Coast Council area were asked to create individual works for inclusion in a public mural for the Howard Street Wall in Nambour (opposite The Old Ambulance Station Gallery). I am so excited to have been invited as one of the 12. The Howard Street Wall project […]

PTSD Love Stories … A Documentary Film

4 years in the making … hours of filming and interviewing and retakes and raw honesty and … PTSD Love Stories is finally going to air.

Introducing … Paul

Yes … Paul … my new etching press.

Published!

I am so excited to share that some of my gelatin plate monoprints have been featured in the gallery section of the revised reprint of a book about gelatin plate monoprinting … Gelli Arts® Printing Guide: Printing Without a Press on Paper and Fabric Using the Gelli Arts® Plate

Note To Self – the complete first series

Sometimes we need a little (or a lot of) encouragement or a gentle reminder or love or swift injection of motivation … and as hard or as easy as it may be, I think sometimes that sentiment is best when come from Self.

Magpie Stories – the books

You’re not supposed to touch the prints … but you CAN touch books! I used non-editioned prints from the Magpie Stories reduction linocut series in a series of artist books. Each book the haptic realisation of intimate tales of each magpie story.

Magpie Stories – the prints

Magpies … people seem to either love them or hate them. Quintessentially Australian … an icon associated with many an Australian backyard and many a mad dash on a bicycle

Creating and Sharing Space for Creative Respite

I’m (quietly) launching a short video about my printmaking and

Note To Self – a hand-printed postcard series

husssh … the critical inner voice. Be kind. Be gentle. To You. Encourage and support your Self as your would someone you Love.

Editions – An Upcoming Printmaking Exhibition, Nambour

Its not often that we can enjoy a curated collection of printmaking artworks from a range of professional printmaking artists

Open Studio – 20-21 March 2021

Step beyond the screen and come and say hello! I’m opening The Studio, my printmaking art studio, to the public, along with a host of other artists in

The long way home – Local Artist Local Content 2021 Finalist

I am thrilled to share that my ‘The long way home‘ reduction linocut print has been selected as a Finalist in the Local Artist Local Content 2021 Art Prize.

Pressing Matters – Cover Girl

My 15 minutes of fame … my studio brayer wall has made the cover of issues #14 of Pressing Matters magazine.

3 Little Artist Book Projects

What do you do during that week between Christmas and New Year? Those 7 days of what I call ‘no-mans-land’ … when Santa has climbed down countless chimneys and we wait for that stay-up-past-midnight night to see in the new year.

21 days in my art world – 2021, Days 15-21

Gosh how quick the month goes! Week 3! I’ve enjoyed the challenge of pondering each day’s prompt for week 1 and week 2. Here we run through days 15-21 …

21 days in my art world – 2021, Days 8-14

We’re into the second week of Tara Leaver’s  #21daysinmyartworld challenge. The first week, covering days 1 through 7, was fun. It was very similar to the 2020 challenge, and lovely to revisit what I wrote last year. Here we run through days 8-14 …

21 days in my art world – 2021, Days 1-7

I did it last year, and I’m chuffed to be doing it again this year – Tara Leaver’s  #21daysinmyartworld challenge. The challenge is running in Instagram, and I’ll be adding each post to this page as my own collected record of the campaign.

Where did that bird fly?

What happens when you stop … when you stop to ponder a moment … or an encounter or a found treasure or a lost memory?

It was a Wild Wet and Woolly Sunday

Sunday was wild and wet. The first major weather event of the long anticipated la Nina weather system hovering overhead. So when the weather gets like this, there is only one thing to do … yep … you guessed it … gelatin plate monoprinting 🙂

Have Gel Plate Will Travel

After my initial surrendering to my mind and body screaming at me for some rest and respite … after some sleep and walking and reading and artist book making …

Surrender

Its no secret that this year has been nuts! I mean – strange, crazy, unexpected, scary, unprecedented (how many more times can we squeeze that word into 2020?), just crazy! And just like so many other people, I have had my own ups and downs as the year unfolded. As we’re edging closer to December […]

Seasons 1 + 2 – Postcard Print Exchange Artist Books

Who can remember the last time they received a handwritten note, letter, postcard, whatever, from someone for no other intention than to say hello and share some joy and connection?

From the Bookshelf – Colour Reference Books

How often do you look through the reference books in your library? Small library, big library, it doesn’t matter … but a library all the same, with books of process, technique, inspiration and reference.

Gel Plate Printing Tip – Colour and Composition

Do you feel comfortable arranging elements on your gelatin plate to create a satisfying and balanced composition or design?

Finding The Sweet Spot

Cue the trumpets and load the confetti cannon … after a 32 year career working in a design/advertising/marketing space (with 31 of those years on a computer), 35 years yearning to create fine art (the last 10 of which I have been) and 40 years of dreaming of becoming a teacher (which became a reality […]

The long way home – a new Reduction Linocut

Who else likes to take the long way home? Slowly meandering along back-roads, delaying the start of a working week or extending the delights of a lazy Sunday afternoon drive.

Take a Peek inside my workshop studio

Thanks to the talents of an extraordinary photographer, I am able to bring you inside one of my recent printmaking workshops. Richard Muldoon from Vivid Photography spent time with

Wandering … a new Gel Plate Monoprint Series

I share a lot of my linocut printmaking work in my blog … I think its time I share some of my approach to gelatin plate monoprinting!

From the Bookshelf – Cyanotype Reference Books

What reference books sit on your bookshelf? Specifically … good, solid reference material about the Cyanotype process?

Out for the day – a new Reduction Linocut

It feels like a distant memory … those days when we were allowed to travel about for the day, exploring, stopping for coffee or lunch and wander somewhere in nature. We’re experiencing such strange times at the moment …

Avoid losing legit emails in you spam inbox

Did you know that (as of March 2020) 54% of all emails are spam, with Russia generating the largest share of spam emails. Not the normal content for a blog article on my site, but I’ve been finding that my workshop notification emails to students have been ending up in peoples email spam/junk inboxes. Many […]

Still – a new Reduction Linocut

The older I get, the more I like to rise with the sun, or even before she starts her day. And from where I live, it feels like the world is starting fresh every time she rises. I am fortunate to live somewhere where I have a lot of open space around me, and enjoy […]

Doubt … Queenscliff Print Exchange

How would you illustrate ‘Doubt’ in print? For a third year now I am participating in the annual Queenscliff Gallery & Workshops Print Exchange. The 2020 theme … Human Emotions. The exchange coincides with the Queenscliff Literary Festival. This year, due to that annoying and rather destructive virus, the Festival has been cancelled, but the […]

PTSD… A Love Story – An Artist’s Artist Book

What is love? What is PTSD without Love? What is the terrain between Love and PTSD?

Hexagon Artist Book Template

Lets take the humble (yet terribly versatile) snake book structure and adapt the page shape to a hexagon …

From the Bookshelf – Linocut Reference Books

Suddenly ‘time’ is something we seem to have a lot of. Are you looking for some new reading material? Here I share with you 3 of my favourite linocut reference books from my own bookshelf …

Inky Ramblings from my moment in history

WOW what a year this is turning out to be! After the start with the fires, who in their wildest dreams could have imagined whats unfolding now? In spite of whats happening at the moment, I hope this email finds you well and healthy – both mentally and physically!!

21 days in my art world – Week 3 – Days 15 to 21

And now we’re in week 3, the final week of Tara Leaver’s #21daysinmyartworld challenge.  👏   👏   👏 

21 days in my art world – Week 2 – Days 8 to 14

I made it to Week 2 of Tara Leaver’s #21daysinmyartworld challenge. Woohoo!

21 days in my art world – Week 1 – Days 1 to 7

A few years ago Tara Leaver started her January #21daysinmyartworld challenge. I decided to take part for 2020, but I am starting a week late. I have been receiving the daily emails, but only now sitting down to catch up on them. As I start the challenge and start to to write this post its […]

Gel Plate Printing Tip – mountain ranges

One gelatin plate, 2 paint colours, some paper and a brayer … that’s all you need to create a mountain range monotype print.

You are here – Local Artist Local Content 2020 Finalist

I am excited to announce that my ‘You are here‘ reduction linocut print has been selected as a Finalist in the Local Artist Local Content 2020 Art Prize.

The Art of Being a Carer

When he is well, he is amazing and when he is not well, it’s really hard. I know that my studio is where I feel safe and comfortable, so that’s where I go.

10 years to becoming an overnight success

I boldly declare myself be an “overnight success” I do, however, make that declaration with the disclaimer that it takes ten years to become an overnight success; and the word ‘success’ holds a deeply personal meaning and experience.

Today is not tomorrow: PTSD Understories … a Group Exhibition

Curated by Dr Robin Rodd, College of Arts, Society & Education, James Cook University, and hosted by Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville, Today is not tomorrow: PTSD Understories is a group exhibition

‘Grounded’ Workshop during Carers Week

Are you an unpaid Carer for a family member or friend?

Grounded – a solo exhibition

I am so excited to announce my upcoming, first ever, solo exhibition … Grounded.

Kyoto Hanga International Print Exhibition: Japan and Australia

The Caloundra Regional Gallery is curating and presenting The Kyoto Hanga International Print Exhibition: Japan and Australia, in partnership with the Print Council of Australia and Kyota Hanga, Japan. I am proud to be one of 25 Australian printmakers invited to participate.

Open Studio – 17 August 2019

Step beyond the screen and visit my new studio as I officially declare her Open For Printmaking and Workshops. Enjoy a unique opportunity to step inside the hidden sanctuary of an artist’s studio. My studio is my own quiet and safe space. It is where

Victor Frankenstein. Alchemist. God? … Queenscliff Print Exchange

For a second year now I have participated in the Queenscliff Gallery & Workshops annual Print Exchange. The exchange coincides with the Queenscliff Literary Festival and is open to artists far and wide within Australia.

Gel Plate Printing Tip – printing a white silhouette

How do you print a white silhouette with a coloured background when printing with gelatin plates? Here I share my process with you …

March To Art: Narratives – A New Exhibition

The Australian National Veterans Arts Museum (ANVAM) is holding their annual exhibition of art by veterans and family members, March to Art. The theme for 2019 is ‘Narratives’. The exhibition runs from 23 April until 12 May at the No Vacancy Gallery in the Queen Victoria Building in Melbourne. I was honoured to be invited […]

Ahh The Serenity … a new Printmaking Studio and Workshop Space

Never ever ever in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I would call home a place as beautiful as where I am now. And with that find myself a new studio space; a bigger space, and a space perfect for creating my own art and teaching others all that I know about printmaking.

Hangin’ out with Nature’s Skyscrapers

What does it look like when a printmaker artist joins a BioBlitz and is hoisted 43 metres into the rainforest canopy, high above the forest floor?

Printmaking Workshop Location – Maleny

My printmaking workshops are held in my own private art studio in North Maleny, just 3-4 minutes drive from the heart of the Maleny township.

The Brutal Art of Slowing Down

Slow. Slow. Quick. Quick. Slow. 2018 is done. 2019 brings new hopes and printmaking adventures. I took some considered time-out yesterday to reflect on the year that was 2018. It was a great year, with challenges, wins, losses.

You are here – a new Reduction Linocut

We were headed for a warm and wet Autumn. Toward the end of March I was driving home to Maleny from Brisbane. Rain followed me up the Bruce Highway, along Steve Irwin Way, then up the hill from Landsborough toward home. I couldn’t resist the urge to detour along Mountain View Road to see if […]

Printing with Cyanotype on Eggshells!

A while ago I wrote about new adventures playing with cyanotype. While the colour range may be limited, what you can do with it is not! I saw a photo on Pinterest where Hannah Lamb had printed with the cyanotype process onto eggshells … I had to give it a go!

Maleny Printmakers Collectables 2018

Back for another year, Maleny Printmakers is proud to present Collectables 2018 … an exhibition of original, collectable, hand printed fine art prints.

What made you become an artist?

A few months ago I was asked, by an Arts student, to share some insight into what motivates me as an artist. I was flattered, and enjoyed the experience to dig into my own thoughts about the What, Why and How I go about my arts practice.

After Dark Reduction Linocut Prints

What secrets lurk in the rainforest of Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve once the sun has set on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland?

Meet the Artists at Razorback Gallery

Exciting developments on the Fine Art Gallery front in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland will re-ignite the solid reputation the region had as an arts centre for South East Queensland.

Beerwah Rising – Local Artist Local Content 2018 Finalist

I am excited and proud to announce that my ‘Beerwah Rising‘ reductive lino print has been selected as a Finalist in the Local Artist Local Content 2018 Art Prize.

Razorback Gallery Montville – Meet the Artists 25 August

What are you up to on Saturday 25 August? Please come on up to the Sunshine Coast Hinterland for the opening celebration of Montville’s newest fine art gallery – Razorback Gallery.

2016 Printmaker Survey by Sophie Graine

A few years ago Sophie Grain from Two Hoots Creative put out a call to lino printmakers around the world to complete a survey. And respond they did! In her own words …

After Dark – preparing for a new printmaking exhibition

What happens in the rainforest once the sun has set? The night shift kicks in to gear at Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve with bioluminescent fungi, inquisitive marsupials, owls, moths and flying-foxes. And these are just some of the interesting ‘night shift’ plants and animals that inhabit the rainforest at night.

After the Rain – a new Reductive Linoprint

It’s late on a Sunday afternoon. It has been a warm and humid day. The summer rain has come and gone. The clouds hang low over the ridge and there is a feeling of cool respite from the heat of the day. After the rain. And that was the beginning of my latest reductive linoprint!

Artist Profile – Kim Herringe

Finding your passion, no matter what stage of life or age you are, is a special gift. It took me a long time to acknowledge how much I loved printmaking, and even longer to stand tall and proud and shout from the rooftops that I am a printmaker, and artist, and a teacher (of printmaking).

Playing with Cyanotype and Printmaking with the Sun

Cyanotype (aka sun prints) is fun! Spontaneous. Unpredictable. Experimental. Well, at least the way I do cyanoytpe it is!

The Art of Combining Passions … Printmaking and Teaching

I am passionate about 2 things … printmaking and teaching. Since early school years I dreamed of being a high school art teacher, but life and circumstance carved out a different path – one that saw me spend the best part of 30 years behind a computer in the design and advertising industry. Creative, but […]

Gelatin Plate Printmaking Recipe

Monoprinting with gelatin plates is a helluva-lotta fun! The softness of the gelatin plates allows you to capture and print great detail in your artwork. When to comes to printing with gelatin plates, you have 2 options – either make your own, or buy them. I use both options! Below I share with you the […]

‘Beerwah Rising’ Reduction Linoprint

I finished my latest reduction linoprint two Sunday’s ago … 16 colours over 14 layers. This print was a visual collision of a few art loves of mine … the Glass House Mountains,

Art Workshops in Maleny

Fresh air, green rolling hills, dairy farms, rainforest pockets and sweeping views down to the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane … Maleny. Maleny is the perfect destination for artistic inspiration and expression. Breathe the fresh rural air and join in art workshops in Maleny.

‘Glass House’ Reductive Linoprint

Wow … “Glass House” is finished, editioned and framed. This labour of love reduction linoprint has taught me lessons in both printmaking and patience, and has already made its way into several homes around Australia – from Maleny on the east coast to Perth on the west coast.

Printmaking Workshop Expenses and Materials Costs

How to share a printmaking practice, in a book, away from the studio

How do you demonstrate printmaking practice and process to people viewing your work in a gallery space when you’re not there yourself? How do you make a personal connection with people interested in your work when you can’t be there to talk with them, about your practice or the work they are viewing? And how […]

Printing with the sunrise, rolling waves of ink, breathing

Oh it felt good to be back in the studio this morning. A 4am phone call to my husbands phone. Number not-recognised so not answered. The sun was only just starting to think about waking up. The rooster across the way making his morning presence known. I lay and listened to the birds come to […]

A Wife. A Carer. A Printmaker.

I have had an artist book idea bubbling inside my head, and heart, for a while now. It will be a letterpress and linoprint story about the new life I started 3 years ago … when I met the man of my dreams. My world was turned upside-down, inside-out and sideways … for all the […]

The Trials and Tribulations of reduction linoprinting

Lino printing is, in its own right, a relatively simple form of relief printmaking. Reduction linoprinting is a little more complex, but can also be quite simple once you understand the basics. I however, have a tendency to make this simple process complicated with a lot of detail and many layers. I started work on […]

To giclee print or not to giclee print? That is the question.

I have been asked many times over the past few months for ‘reprints’ of two of my favourite reductive lino prints – ‘Watching’ and ‘Ruffled Feathers’. ‘Watching’ has sold out, and ‘Ruffled Feathers’ is available only as a framed print from the Montville and Peace of Green galleries. So, to giclee print or not to […]

Image transfer to a lino block

This is a simple image transfer technique to get a photocopied or laserprinted black and white image to a lino block, ready to carve for printing. The printed image MUST be photocopied or laserprinted. NOT printed from an ink jet printer. Toner used in copiers and laser printers is fused to the surface of the […]

Printmaking Inspiration – William Rice

In any art or craft there are people who inspire and motivate us to improve our skills. There are many artists I continually reference – for ideas, skills, tips, inspiration. Some artists have passed on and others are very much alive and printing. I am building a library of books full of pictorial reference of […]

Art in Hospitals – St Vincent’s Private Hospital Brisbane

St Vincent’s Private Hospital Brisbane run an annual arts program – “Outside In“. It is now in its 4th year. The program exhibits original artwork across every level and ward of the hospital in a series of temporary art exhibitions. Exhibiting artists generally come from Queensland. Artists represent a broad range of art media including […]

My Favourite Linoprinting Tools

I love many different printmaking processes and media, but my favourite has to be working with, carving and printing lino. Lino printing is a form of Relief printmaking. Relief a printmaking process that doesn’t need a printmaking press; and working with lino is versatile and easy. Over the past 7 years I have created my […]

Collectables 2017 – An Exhibition

The Maleny Printmakers are preparing for their next “Collectables” exhibition. This will be the 3rd event – time to come along and grow your collection. When: Friday 1 – Sunday 17 January 2017 Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 10am-4pm Where: Forest Art Collective, 20 Coral Street Maleny Click here to view on Google maps – hhttps://goo.gl/maps/qMhJ3uLXtep […]

Part 3: Editioning Fine Art Prints

In this final of 3 articles you can read about how to edition printmaking prints. Understanding this is essential to signing and editioning your own work; and also understanding the value of a print your are observing.

Part 2: The Art of Printmaking

In Part 2 of this 3 part series I continue to share with you information prepared by the Maleny Printmakers and Sonja Georgeson that works to explain and demystify the art of Printmaking. In this article I share different types of printmaking; different printmaking methods. It is not a complete list, so if you think […]

Part 1: What is Printmaking?

Printmaking is a mystery to many people. It is a fine art form in its own right. Just like any other artform, it requires practice, patience, skill and persistence to master the craft. I am a proud member of the Maleny Printmakers. We are a small group local (Sunshine Coast) printmakers, promoting the beauty and […]

When is art too expensive or too cheap?

When you buy something from an artist, you’re buying more than an object (or a video, or a book, or a story). You are buying hundreds of hours of errors and experimentation. You’re buying years of frustration and moments of pure joy. You’re not buying just one thing, you are buying a piece of a […]

Why do we create?

The video above is a moment of me in absolute pure unadulterated creative bliss! Sanity. Now. Respite. Creativity in action. Clarity. Trust. My own art therapy. I believe that at heart every single one of us is creative. You don’t have to be able to draw or paint or play music to be ‘creative’. We […]

Monoprint versus Monotype

Monoprint versus Monotype. Argh! What is the difference? This is something that has confused me for years, but until now (I’m a little embarrassed to admit) I haven’t had the inclination to properly understand the difference. However, I have been invited to be a part of a postcard print exchange, and one of the printmaking […]

Ruffled Feathers … A new reduction linoprint

Finished … my latest piece is an 11 colour reduction linoprint, referenced from a photo I took years ago. This sulphur crested cockatoo was hanging about in the Sydney Botanical Gardens with his flock over 10 years ago. Watching them play and interact with each other was a joy and pleasure. They ooze character. This […]

The Nature of Printmaking – An Exhibition

Very excited … I am exhibiting with the Maleny Printmakers and Press Gang Printmakers in January 2017. When: Friday 6 – Sunday 15 January 2017 Hours: 10am – 4pm daily Where: Maroochy Bushland Botanical Gardens, Arts & Ecology Centre, Palm Creek Road, Tanawha Click here to view on Google maps – https://goo.gl/maps/BKzVTiByYqE2 (next door to […]

The evolution of an artist

My husband looks for TED/TEDx Talks that he thinks will interest and inspire me. He found this gem for me this morning – ‘The Beautiful Awful’ by Alyssa Monks. Alyssa takes us on a personal journey of the evolution of an artist. Alyssa is a painter, and her work is beautiful.   While watching, it […]

The Wise Elephant … prints on the Adana Letterpress

Oh what a glorious day! A whole day in the studio, printing. Today I FINALLY got to have a good play with my Adana 8×5 tabletop platen letterpress. I printed a poem written by a friend a few years ago (thank you Brendan!). Apparently the best way to learn is to make mistakes. Well today […]

Watching – A Completed Reduction Linoprint

Finished! A 7 colour reduction linoprint with hand-coloured eyes. I start each reduction lino print full of hope and anticipation that, while I know it will be challenging, I’ll love the process and be (hopefully) thrilled with the result. Then, as the image meanders through its processes, the love-hate relationship starts. With each new reduction […]

Onyx has a new home

I am now the proud owner of 30pt Onxy. All 16+kg of her! I love explaining to the Australia Post ladies at my local why these little packages from so far away are so heavy! This lovely collection arrived after two separate purchases through eBay, all the way from the USofA. I’ve unpacked her neatly […]

New reductive linoprint – Tawny mum and chick

New ink, new brayer, new paper – and so far – magic! I still have another reductive linoprint in progress, but I’m stuck on it, so I have started another image that has been waiting in the wings for a few months. I took this photo years ago and am now bringing it to life […]

New Collagraph plates to be made!

If seems that I am on a continual state or ‘preparing’ to print. Life is busy and finding the time and space to actually print has been tricky. That said, I do appreciate the time to at least prepare for my next print run. I’ve decided to prepare some collagraph plates. I found this beautiful […]

Chatter along the lines of letterpress

Hooray – my gorgeous new Adana 8×5 has arrived. After staring at it for a week, a little scared but terribly excited about it, today I printed! This is the first line of a poem I’ll print up as I practise on my press. My intention with this little beauty is to combine my linoprinting […]

Levelling the press

Yesterday the Maleny Printmakers held their first Members Studio Visit – and my studio was first cab off the rank. The idea of our studio visits is for each of us to have a stickybeak into each others working studios, sharing tips and ideas about how we work within our studio spaces. We are all […]

Its a Letterpress Christmas in July

I’m heralding a new era in my printmaking practice – I’m entering the world of Letterpress – full throttle! My new letterpress type cabinet is en-route, full of type. She’s wrapped, packed, palleted and in transit right now. The pic above is here leaving Tassie. My Adana 8×5 will be en-route shortly from the UK. […]

Editioning Fine Art Prints

I’m a printmaker. I love printmaking. And I call myself an artist (it took me a number of years to build up the courage to say that out loud let alone type it for the world to read!). I produce hand printed fine art limited edition prints in a range of different printmaking mediums.

What was the trigger for my arts practice?

I was asked to speak on a panel of Printmakers at Arts Connect Inc “Artists Speak Out” last night in Maleny. I felt honoured to have been asked, and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. It gave me some time to reflect about my art, and why I am pursuing it; and is helping me step up […]

Maleny Printmakers – Roots

Maleny Printmakers annual exhibition is on again – Roots. Please join us to view works exhibited by: Michèle Devèze Kevin Grealy Julie Hanrahan Kim Herringe Jacky Lowry Stephanie McLennan Throughout the month of June Monday 30 May – Sunday 26 June 2016 Opening Night 6pm Friday 4 June 2016 Where: VIANTA Arts – 70 Simpson […]

Join the Conversation

I’ve done it! I’ve created my own Facebook page – facebook.com/KimHerringeArt. Please Like me! Like my page and follow how my creative exploits are going.

Maleny Printmakers – Belonging

Maleny Printmakers annual exhibition is on again – Belonging. Please join us to view works exhibited by: Michèle Devèze Sonja Georgeson Julie Hanrahan Kim Herringe Jacky Lowry Stephanie McLennan Easter Weekend – Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday 3-6 April  2015 Hours: 10am – 4pm daily Where: 37 Coral Street, Maleny (at the end of the driveway, […]

Maleny Printmakers – Journeys

Maleny Printmakers is holding their 2nd exhibition – Journeys. Please join us to view works exhibited by: Susan Bowers • Andy Bridge • Fiona Dempster • Sonja Georgeson • Julie Hanrahan • Kim Herringe • Andrina Hoddinott • Jacky Lowry • Stephanie McLennan • Tory Richards • Barry Smith • Nancy Stockmann Easter Weekend – […]

Printing Press nursery almost ready!

Only 5 weeks to go!!! It feels like an eternity but my new etching press is nearly here. Its currently en route over the seven seas from Italy. I feel like an expectant mother getting the nursery ready for her new baby! Studio space to place my new press – CHECK! Cartridge and acetate for […]

Maleny Printmakers – The Nature of Printmaking

Introducing the Maleny Printmakers and our first exhibition… The Nature of Printmaking. Please join us to view works exhibited by: Susan Bowers Fiona Dempster Sonja Georgeson Julie Hanrahan Kim Herringe Jacky Lowry Stephanie McLennan Tory Richards Barry Smith Nancy Stockmann

My brave new word of printmaking

After 20 years of wishing and hoping and 3 years of committed effort to realise my dream I’m finally on my way! A love for all things print since I was a kid, typography, art and drawing has lead me through a career in design, advertising and marketing to space where I can create my […]