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NEWS
I’ve just returned from Ipswich, Suffolk, where I submitted two works to the 147th Annual Open Exhibition of the Ipswich Art Society at St Clements Arts Centre, Star Lane, Ipswich. The exhibition runs from Saturday 16th May to Saturday 6th June, and is open daily from 10.00am to 4.30pm.
My watercolour, Red Hot Chili Peppers, is a full-colour observational study of one of last year’s chilli plants — a truly spectacular specimen, bursting with peppers and full of character.
The second work is a multicoloured linocut of the much-loved Woodbridge Tide Mill. The print is made by hand in the traditional way, with the block carefully carved and then divided into separate pieces like a jigsaw. Each section is inked in a different colour before being reassembled, ready for a sheet of dampened Snowden Cartridge paper to be placed over the image and passed through the press.
The press itself is a piece of history: an 1892 Albion Press, operated by hand with a handle and lever to bring the weight down onto the paper and image below. Fine art printmaking is always a slow process, requiring patience, precision and a fair amount of problem-solving. Even with this jigsaw approach, it remains a real labour of love, and assembling the separate inked elements can be wonderfully fiddly.
Living on the south coast means I’ll miss the private view on 16th May, 1.30pm to 4pm, when the Mayor will open the exhibition and present an award. Geography also means my next visit to Ipswich will be at the end of the show, when I return to collect any unsold work.
Chris N Wood is now listed on https://suffolkartists.co.uk/index.cgi?choice=painter&pid=7043&fbclid=Iwc3NjcARUTQhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xNzM4NDc2NDI2NzAzNzAAAR66Ggnl29zF7WnMFiEKaC8yWZ_LVmYCnabeN_HZxKSlwfPctgglRvOLtMy7ZA_aem_QnVVMgfPcXxJ8pEneXJ4gw
CHRIS N WOOD is also listed in the PORTSMOUTH CREATIVE DIRECTORY
https://portsmouthcreativedirectory.co.uk/organisation-details/chris-n-wood
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