My Nan had time for me, she made time even when she was busy. Both vitally important in how I have succeeded in life….not that I play poker for a living… I will explain.
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She also taught me 2 other very important lessons….how if you can make something out of nothing you will always survive and how to play cards. I spent every Summer with her and every Friday night and she taught me a lot of common sense and established that women were a force to be reckoned with.Ī little Christmas tree decoration my Nanna made with me and I still hang on my tree every year. I take great joy in knowing I made her feel this way. She was proud of me and always told me so. She came to visit us in both of our adventures overseas. My nan supported me 100% in all my endeavours from being a child through university and into my teaching career, and my move to Bermuda and Spain. My nan was always a strong willed character and I wanted her to fight this battle but in reality she didn't even know what was the real world anymore or what her battle was, complicated with health problems this has been a traumatic few years for my mum and her sister and I have felt helpless. This year has flown by and I honestly don't know where the time has gone.Ī busy art year for me, with wedding fingerprint trees going to all corners of the world, but a very sad year for our family with the loss of my gorgeous nan.ĭementia had taken it's cruel grip on my lovely nanna a few years back after my granddad passed away and it became so upsetting to not be able to communicate any longer with her and to see her health deteriorate. I can't believe I am sitting here writing a year after my last post. I quickly sketched some very basic animal outlines. Paper: good cartridge/drawing paper but not too thickīlock printing ink (water based or oil based depending on your finish preference and cleanup choices.)ĭecide on an image to create.
The good thing about a glass chopping board is that it's thick, has rounded edges and can be moved easily………if you have a granite worktop this can also be used or a metal surface. The glass I use (can be easily sourced…it was a glass chopping board, originally it had a vinyl picture adhered to the back.this I peeled off to create a clear piece, it has to be smooth. The additive technique, painting directly onto a piece of glass with a water based block printing ink. There are many ways to create a monoprint here is just one of the processes that I use: Monoprinting is easy to set up, easy to clean up, no need for a press, quick, experimental and as it's name implies each piece is an individual run as it is only pulled from the plate once. Hand pulled prints are my number one purchase when I buy art…….I also love creating them. There is something about print making that excites me, the processes involved, the experimentation, how 2 prints are never the same even in the same run.