Monoprinting Workshop

I am hosting a workshop on the afternoon of Monday 29th February at the Barnoon Workshop in St Ives. Check out www.barnoonworkshop.co.uk for more information on this and other events.

Visual Diary - Island Walk Monoprints

Some simple monoprints created from flowers and plants collected from a walk around the Island in St Ives on a perfect Spring morning. I tok the plants back to the print studio and used them as stencils on a sky blue plate. Some pieces I used more than once to create a more subtle image, I was particularly interested in picking up as much of the natural colouring from the plants as possible. 

I added watercolour to some, I like the illustrative feel of these, like something you may find in a botanists diary

Visual Diary - Two New Editions

"Feisty Faerie"

Edition of 50

£60 unframed

Available to buy at www.uysgallery.co.uk

"Mermaid of Zennor"

Edition of 30

£60 unframed

Available to buy at www.uysgallery.co.uk

Visual Diary - Summer Monoprints 2013

"Marram Grass"

Sold August 2013

"Teal Bay"

Sold October 2013

"Through The Window"

Sold June 2013

"Passing By"

Sold July 2013

"White Thrift"

Sold December 2013

Love Thing

"Love-Letter"

Sold Summer 2013

"Love Song"

Sold Summer 2013

I was lucky enough to be invited by the owners of 

Trevose Harbour House, St Ives 

to create some blue and white work for their gorgeous and luxurious new Guest House. 

Two of the four pieces are pinned below:

"Trevose Trio"

"Calm Waters"

Followers of my Facebook Page Uys Gallery, St Ives will have seen these photos already, so apologies to you! More pictures of Angie and Ollies beautiful new hotel have been posted on this lovely page 'Vintage by the Seaside' by the guys who helped them to source some of the gorgeous vintage furniture that has been used throughout. 

"Prelude to a Fish"

One of my quick snaps -  taken of a piece of work before it swam away to Sweden today.

Small framed monoprint on vintage music paper (Bach)

More Work for my Visual Diary

It's been a busy and creative winter, I have been using art as a way of hiding from the elements. Here are some of the pieces I have been working on and selling from the gallery. 

"Sea View"

Monoprint and Watercolour on Vintage Music Paper

Sold - May 2013

"Silver Scales"

Monoprint
Sold September 2013

"Willow Birds"

Two plate linocut - Edition of 10
On display in the gallery

"Gentle Waters"

Monoprint
On display in the gallery

"Blue Fish Bach" 

Watercolour on Vintage Music Paper
On display in the gallery

"Azure Light"

Heavily Embossed Monoprint
On display in the gallery

Hope you like them, I've enjoyed my winter developing my work immensely and have many more ideas I want to explore over the spring. Works can be bought  from the gallery in Tregenna Hill, St Ives or via my website

www.uysgallery.co.uk

Happy New Year

"Shoal Of Fish"

I am sharing a photo of a framed monoprint that I sold on New Years Eve to Mr & Mrs Lewis from Bath who were visiting St Ives to see in the New Year.

The evening remained dry for all the revellers and the fireworks at midnight were amazing. St Ives on New Years Eve is truly a magical place! Best of luck to all self-employed artists and small business owners in 2013. Happy New Year, love Melanie x 

Visual Note Book

"Blue Fish, Gold Fish"

Sold December 2012

"Green Fish"

Sold November 2012

"Distant Blue"

Now on display at Trevose Harbour House

 

"Blue Waters"

Currently framed and displayed in the Gallery

 

"Early Evening"

Sold Easter 2013

 

"Stargazey"

Sold December 2012

Now living at "Stargazey Cottage, St Ives

 

"Skeleton Fish"

Sold April 2013

More fish, please

"Big Fish" (Sold)
A terrible photograph as it was already framed when I took it but I hope it shows some of the layering
It was bought by Mr & Mrs Andrews for their home in Hain Walk, St Ives

"Blue Fish" (Sold)
This one swam away to live in Germany with its new owners :-)

Monoprints In Development

"Filigree IV" (Top Right) (Sold)

"Horizon" (Top Left) (Sold)

"Two Fish" (Top Left) (Sold)
Now lives with Jennie Unsworth in London, she also bought "Pale Shadow" (not pictured)

"Filigree Fish" (Left)
Now on display in the gallery window
£110 framed NOW SOLD

"Night Dance" (Right)
Now on display in the gallery
£70 unframed or £110 framed

Here are the Filigree Fish monoprints in various stages of completion down on the drying racks at the Porthmeor Print Studio earlier this year. Many of these have been framed and sold over the busy summer season, I think I have managed to take a quick photo of them at the point of sale as a record! 

I'm so pleased with the way this little series of prints has been received 

as I thoroughly enjoyed making them.

Filigree Fish

I've been thinking of a new symbol to cut into my lino-block, something to compliment the filigree heart I have been working with for a couple of years now. I think I have found it in these gorgeous little fish charms, hope to incorporate them into some monoprints I made yesterday at the Porthmeor Print Workshop.

Dryads......

Inside the Balloon Room at Tate St Ives

We finally made it into the fabulous installation at the Tate St Ives. I've been promising the girls for ages and we were walking past yesterday so grabbed the moment. It was the best £6.50 I've spent in ages, as you can see they loved it. I thought the little one would be a bit freaked out by it, the balloons are about 7 feet deep in places, but she only held my hand for a little while before taking off, swimming and shrieking through the room.

It's chaotic and does bad things to your hair. You can feel the staff struggling to retain control over the piece and lots of people prefer to observe rather than participate. But we loved it!

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