My first impression this year is that there are a lot of print creations in various forms. I’m inspired to understand a bit more about the various techniques as I would like to turn my photographs into etchings, how do I do that? can it be done in a less toxic way to the enviroment? Are there natural inks I can make that will work with screen printing and linocuts?

The following watercolour is probably the only image that I actually went “wow” I love the colours, I love the details held in the image, it’s softness and vibrancy at the same time. If I could paint watercolours like this I would be extremely pleased. It has the detail and realism, but abstract feel I like, and would like to emulate in my own works.

I also like this little pot, because I came across a video on one of the social media platforms that showed someone using the technique of using horsehair to create the pattern in the glaze in an electric kiln, rather than raku firing. Not sure I would be able to do this at University as you have to interrupt the firing and then put the hair on whilst it’s still warm.

I was a little underwhelmed with some of the work in the RWA, not sure why. I’m wondering if it’s because I’m looking for that special something but I don’t really know what that something is?

Sometimes what we are looking for is right under our nose and we don’t even realise it, I hope that’s the case with me. I hope that I can go back and review the photos I took and see someting I didn’t really notice before.