Karen Austin, Australia
| Karen Austin,
Goomburra, Queensland, Australia These bookmarks were hand screenprinted onto hand-torn Stonehenge 245gsm white paper and are inspired by the processes of communication. Several layers were required to achieve both the deep maroon colour and an increased paper weight. Primarily a printmaker, art for me is a method to create by using a combination of technology and creativity. A product of much psychological and physical energy, printmaking is also a journey and a learning experience allowing the development of complex skills and a methodical process in the creation of art. From conception to completion this process is both challenging and rewarding, it is a construction process involving many steps. This edition is an extension of Visualizing the Connections: Connect the Dots, designed for the Umbrella Studio’s Compact Print International Print Exhibition & Exchange 2012. Connecting the dots links a myriad of discrete pieces of information and makes the invisible visible, thereby creating branches that connect, communicate and collaborate. These lines of communication reach out and touch many, expressing, weaving and inviting concepts that link actions, values and goals, producing both fantasy and reality. Bookmarks, whether physical of virtual function to note a specific place in communication, for future reference, or just where the reader has paused, only to revisit another time. back |