Emily's work for EXHIBIT//EXHIBIT

Morphology 1-12 (detail) - Monoprints - Emily Rumney - 2012

New work for EXHIBIT//EXHIBIT

Our talented crew of twelve team mates from the Museum are currently exhibited at David Lloyd's Gallery (see details below).

This is the piece I'm showing...

Bloodlines Diptych - Drypoint on canvas/Mixed media - Steph Chalmers - 2012

I worked from a stunning portrait of my paternal grandmother to create this diptych. I haven't managed to capture her, but somehow that becomes part of the work. She's always been an enigma to me.
In the drypoint (left) her face looks off kilter as it's a mirror-image.
The red piece is a pin and thread drawing, and even though it's abstracted, it looks more like her.

There must be more of a resemblance between us than I thought because many people at the exhibition opening assumed that it was a self-portrait.

Bloodlines Diptych - Steph Chalmers - 2012

Exhibition Details

Studio Progress

Intaglio Printmaking Press - made by my uncle Martin

We had expert help to help move our press into the studio - thanks so much Marty.

We're still building and organising storage. Emily's framing moulding will soon be off the floor and safely housed in an upright store infront of the small wall on the left side.

Studio in progress - June 2012

Idiom Work: Stumped.

Stumped. - Drypoint and pen - Steph Chalmers - 2010

I was short on ideas when I made this.

This is another work where I cut the plate to shape - see image below.
The mark making was done with my Dremel. 

After I printed the plate, I did the lettering by hand using a Zig Millenium ink pen.

I'm glad I added the full stop. Definitive.

Drypoint plate for Stumped. - Steph Chalmers - 2010

Idiom Work: An Albatross Around Her Neck Too

Plate for An Albatross... too - Steph Chalmers 2011

Another work using cut-out plates. The girl is teeny tiny. 

I don't know what took longer, cutting out the tiny girl or tying the fine thread around the albatross' neck. 

The albatross looks like a big duck. I think I should have made it white.

An Albatross Around Her Neck Too - Drypoint and thread on paper - Steph Chalmers - 2011