Japan prints with Damon

Rescue
Damon drew a fallen stone lantern in a Japanese garden in Tokyo.
It's turned into an island floating in the ocean with a small robo trapped waiting to be rescued.


The grove
Damon went to a bamboo walk in Arashiyama, Kyoto.
It is now infested with giant fish!

These prints will be included in our exhibition at Japan Foundation in Sydney from Thursday 23 February - Wednesday 21 March 2012.

Also we are having an exhibition of our Japan prints at Consulate-General of Japan in Melbourne for a month in April.

I'll be posting more information soon.

I'm looking forward to making more of the works from our trip in Japan and show them next year!

Mountain hare

I drew this mountain hare in National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo.


Original drawing

Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) is also called Blue hare, White hare, Alpine hare etc.
I found him in Japan section of the museum as they are native in Hokkaido.
There are also other isolated populations of Mountain hare in Alps, Ireland, Poland and Scottland.

Their coat turns brown in summer and white in winter.
Except their tail. It's white all year around...

It reminds me of okenite, one of my favorite minerals in the collection below.
We often call it "rabbit tail"


More information on this print

Chameleons completed

Damon and I have completed our Chameleon etching series.
All drawings are from the zine "Talking of a chameleon" EXCEPT this image above.
Space chameleon is an extra and not in the zine.

Other recent prints are below
They are tiny, only 14cm x 10cm image size.


Field


Cat


Fish

All drawings of chameleons were done by Damon at Melbourne Museum and vandalised by me...

Now for the next series!

Saturday at the museum

I went to Melbourne Museum last Saturday morning.
Always my favorite place!

Raccon was the animal I wanted to draw for my new wood block print.
I found rats in Discovery Centre's drawer instead.


Rats seem to be very unpopular here.
When I was at the table sketching these rats, lots of people were saying "how disgusting" "sick!"
I didn't know rats are seen as such nasty creatures.
I always thought they are cute!


Broad-toothed rat, so fluffy and cute...


Water rat, big like an otter.

Next time I will go in and hopefully draw racoon, if they have one inside.

I didn't know Melbourne Museum charges $10 for an admission by the way.
I remember it used to be a lot cheaper.
I miss Seoul where gigantic National museum is FREE!

Spaceman

I printed an edition of Spaceman / robot the other day in studio a few weeks ago.
First plate (tone) is Prussian blue + Burnt amber and the second plate (line) is black on BFK Rives papers.

I think I'd like to try different colours also just as I did with Tia etching.

This spaceman traveled to Aesop Aoyama store wall too...


More information on my website

Annual exhibition at MLC

I am part of the annual exhibition held at Methodist Ladies Collage (MLC).
There will be my collaboration chameleon prints with Damon Kowarsky as well as my own.

It opens on Friday 18 November and runs until Friday 9 December at common ground exhibition space, 207 Barkers Road, Kew.
Opening party is on 18 November, 7:00 - 9:00pm.




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