Bowral Art Gallery will be featuring 15 talented printmakers tutored by Tony Deigan in their upcoming exhibition All Inked Up and Somewhere To Go.
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In addition, some colourful handmade glass beads set in necklace and bracelet forms by Judy Dyson will be on display.
The biannual exhibition showcases the work of both beginner and experienced artists using block printing and etching methods.
Tony Deigan has been a tutor with the Bowral and District Art Society for more than 25 years, and has been printmaking for more than 50.
He learnt the craft in England, where he worked in a printmaking workshop at a top firm in London.
"Through my years working I accumulated a huge amount of knowledge," Mr Deigan said.
"I encourage my students to start with a simple design because generally the simpler the image begins, the more interesting the finished work is.
"They begin with one colour and then remove parts of the block adding a new colour each time.
"As the colours overlap on the print, new colours are created."
Mr Deigan described the style of printmaking as "hot of the press", with an aim to improve the print with each addition rather than trying to recreate an existing image or idea.
"There's no inhibition, and when things go wrong it's even more exciting as it helps students get out of their set ways," Mr Deigan said.
"I get a real buzz when the prints are lifted off the press.
"Sometimes I prefer to look at my students faces as they lift it up rather than the print itself.
"When I see them smile, it's a really happy moment."
While Judy Dyson has been experimenting with print making, her passion is glass bead making.
"I learnt the art of glass bead making 17 years ago at a Geelong Fibre Forum workshop," Ms Dyson said.
"I've always been interested in glass, when I was a child I used to pick up pieces of coloured glass and my mother would find them in my pockets when she went to wash my clothes.
"I had a deep fascination with kaleidoscope too.
"It's a very addictive process, once you're sitting there with the glass and fire, it's like magic."
Ms Dyson said she had a fair amount of her own equipment but sent the beads away to be fired. Once they are stable her husband constructs the jewelry pieces.
The exhibition will run from April 28 to May 3 with the official opening to take place on Saturday, April 30.
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