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2015 Event Gallery

Jumping Ant Arts is quite an active group and here are some of the workshops and events that have been held so far this year (in reverse chronological order.) Come back and see what we have been doing lately, the newer additions will always be at the top of the page. 

Woodcutting the Wetlands - A printmaking workshop with Owen Hutchison

October 2015

This workshop was made possible with funding from the Regional Arts Development Fund (a joint initiative between the Arts Council of Australia and the South Burnett Shire Council).

 

The workshop was tutored by Owen Hutchison, a qualified artist from Sandgate in Brisbane. Owen brought along a display of his work which we all enjoyed viewing and discussing the processes he used to create them. During the workshop we learnt how to prepare both linoleum and plywood blocks, and how to transfer the prints on to multiple blocks to then carve to make three colour prints. We learnt how to mix the basic printing inks to attain the colours we wanted for our prints and then went on to make test prints. The photo below is some of the work completed during the workshop.

Design drawn on

Design drawn on

One colour test print

One colour test print

Two colours printed

Two colours printed

Three colour print and lino block

Three colour print and lino block

Melody with her work

Melody with her work

Janelle busy carving

Janelle busy carving

Applying the ink to the block

Applying the ink to the block

Fran with her carved lino block

Fran with her carved lino block

Fay carving her lino block

Fay carving her lino block

Carmel carving

Carmel carving

Carmel busy carving

Carmel busy carving

Donna and Janelle carving

Donna and Janelle carving

Silk Painting, Mosaics and Printmaking

September and October

 

During the September Silk painting workshop some members honed up their silk painting skills whilst others had their first go at it, experimenting with gutta and salt effects. The mosaic day in October saw some members working with mosaics and others working on their printmaking. 

Melody painting on silk

Melody painting on silk

Salt used on silk painting

Salt used on silk painting

Silk painting with some salt

Silk painting with some salt

Printmaking

Printmaking

Maureen's glass mosaic in progress

Maureen's glass mosaic in progress

Judy's mosaic pavers

Judy's mosaic pavers

Research trip to Wooroolin Wetlands

July 2015

 

I think we chose the coldest day in the South Burnett this year to meet at the Wooroolin Wetlands! The aim of the visit was to start compiling ideas, inspiration and images towards our printmaking workshop which is planned for October, with the Wooroolin Wetlands as the theme. Although it was cold, and in the middle of winter there were quite a few different birds enjoying the wetlands. It was a lovely relaxing day and we all enjoyed the added bonus of visiting with Diana at her home which is nearby.

Ducks and Swans

Ducks and Swans

North side of the wetlands

North side of the wetlands

Judy, Fran and Suzi

South side of the wetlands

South side of the wetlands

Melody, Fran, Diana and Carmel

Corellas

Corellas

Pelicans

Pelicans

Drawing Day

July, 2015

 

We decided to have an extra day this month and experiment with some charcoal using the reduction method. Everyone set up their own still life and after Donna gave a brief explanation of how to do it, members and guests got busy and there were some lovely results. Diana also gave some good hints about setting up a still life and demonstrated how a cardboard box and a lamp could be used to help with direction of light and shadows. We all enjoyed having some guests come and join us for the day.

Donna's drawing

Donna's drawing

Donna's work in progress

Janelle Mason and her daughters

Janelle Mason and her daughters

Some talented guests came to our drawing day.

Fran

Fran

Fran busy working on her drawing

Rugmaking Workshop

June, 2015

 

A rugmaking workshop was held for our June meeting. The workshop was tutored by Judith Brook who has many years experience in the craft. Three different methods were demonstrated to us at the workshop. Judith had on display some antique rug patterns and some very interesting tools, along with some lovely examples of her craft. 

Judith Brook

Judith Brook

Demonstrating a knitted rug in progress.

Judith Brook

Judith Brook

Judith brought along a wide range of fabrics for us to choose from. We cut the fabric into strips to use.

The beginnings

The beginnings

Fay Stumm

Fay Stumm

Working on an owl. Hessian is used for the backing and the strips of fabric are worked through it with a hook.

Val

Val

Using a frame and a hook.

Fran Van Vegchel

Fran Van Vegchel

Exhibition "Encounters"

May 2015

 

Our major exhibition for the year was held at the Kingaroy Regional Art Gallery for the Month of May. The theme for the exhibition was "Encounters", with each artist interpretting the theme individually. The very successful opening night was held on the 8th of May and was well attended and enjoyed by locals and visitors to the region. Melody Cook was the organiser for the event this year.

 

As you can see from the photos there were a large variety of artforms used: ceramics, silversmithing, textiles, acrylic, watercolour, oils, mixed media, printmaking, bookbinding and sculpting.

 

 

People's Choice Award

This year's People's Choice Award was won by Fay Stumm with her Ceramic work titled "Entwined." (Pictured to the left and below.)

Opening Night

Opening Night

Opening night

Opening night

Opening night

Opening night

Exhibits

Exhibits

Acrylic paintings by Donna Flynn Ceramics by Margariet Laughton Prints by Fran Van Vegchel

Exhibits

Exhibits

Prints and Artist's Print books by Carmel Nott Ceramics by Fay Stumm Oil Paintings by Cherry Coultis

Exhibits

Exhibits

Acrylic Paintings by Judith Brook Oil Painting by Diana Bolton Ceramics by Fay Stumm

Exhibits

Exhibits

Textiles by Judy Gray Folk Art by June Birch

Exhibits

Exhibits

Watercolours by Suzi Wells

Exhibits

Exhibits

Oil painting by Cherry Coultis Ceramics by Fay Stumm

Exhibits

Exhibits

Prints and Artist's print books by Fran Van Vegchel Print by Catherine Woodham

Exhibits

Exhibits

Ceramics by Margariet Laughton Watercolour by Diana Bolton

Exhibits

Exhibits

Paintings by Cherry Coultis Mixed Media by Judith Brook

Exhibits

Exhibits

Sculpture by Catherine Woodham Textiles by Judy Gray

Exhibits

Exhibits

Watercolours by Diana Bolton Silk Painting and Bookmaking by Catherine Woodham

Exhibits

Exhibits

Silverwork by Catherine Woodham and Nadine Gray

Bookbinding Workshop

March 2015

 

A lovely day was had by all participants at this workshop which was tutored by Val Hooper. At the workshop we learnt how to construct a book from start to finish. This included 

 

  • Book and paper basics

  • Preparing and sewing a text block               

  • Preparing and covering a case

  • Casing In

 

Val had a wonderful variety of papers and bookbinding fabric for us to choose from which led to big variety of individual books.

Val and the group showing their book
Fay
Val instructing Bernie
Val, our tutor
Melody
Bernie, Judy and Fran

Mosaic Workshop

February 2015

 

A mosaic workshop was held over two days, where we mosaicked two stepping stones and a pot. Two different methods of mosaicking were used, direct method and indirect method. The stepping stones were mosaicked with broken ceramic tiles and the pot was done with broken crockery. Our tutor was Donna Flynn.

Fran
Judith
aIndirect.jpg
Judy Gray
Fran
Carmel
Fay
Diana
Diana
Fay and Fran
Fay
Fay indirect method
Catherine
Carmel
Carmel
Bernie?
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