sadie tierney news

A new space in an old shed – constructing the space and putting up a show in preparation for the launch…

Preparing mono prints for the inaugural Shedshow.

Opens tonight for a private viewing before 2500 postcard sized artworks go on sale on 23 March. Collectors find out the artist’s identity after they have made their purchase. Proceeds go to the student fund which helped me out when I studied at the RCA. http://home.secret.rca.ac.uk/index.html … At work in the studio a few weeks […]

… in progress.

Printing a lithograph of Le Mont Saint Michel, one of a series of drawings made in France on discontinued paper litho plates… The readymixed solution for printing them had gone mouldy, so after a consultation with Robin Smart (head lithography technician at the RCA) I developed this method which proved workable: – 150ml gum arabic/ […]

…printing monoprint layer backgrounds for a new series of lithographs. The floor vinyl is working well as an alternative blanket.

Hand printed artworks at the 5th Annual King Street Tavern Art and Craft Fair in Portsmouth tomorrow. With Neal Layton, The Caravan Gallery and Petting Zoo…

…of Artist’s Books inspired by the works of Charles Dickens opens this evening in the Gallery above Southsea Library, 19-21 Palmeston Road, Portsmouth. Private View: Thursday 11th October, 5-7pm  Mon 8th Oct – Fri 2nd Nov (Mon-Sun 11am – 4pm)   The exhibition is curated by Portsmouth University Illustration Department.  

… making an artist’s book for a show Beyond Dickens curated by Ros Simms from Portsmouth University. The brief is to respond to a book by Charles Dickens – I chose “the Chimes” – written and published in 1844 – the same year as my star wheel etching press was made!