monoprint experiments to find a way through

This print came back out and was shown at the Impress Printmakers new years pop up show. Its made up of a stencil & little woodcut as well as traced pin drawing...

Contemporary Impressions March 2018
​This  series of prints were exhibited at Brunswick Street Gallery in Melbourne. I'm glad I got to show them again after the initial appearance at my solo show in 2017.    The creatures are from an ongoing series I'm creating. They are about Masalai which is a term given to spirits in Papua New Guinea (my cultural heritage). Masalai are mostly feared as they are said to trick humans and a lot of cultural stories indicate this. Anthropomorphic, two headed, beastly  and totally wonderful for the imagination! They stem from animist beliefs that pervade today in PNG and other places.
​The figures were made from collages  in my show Flash Alternative Enigma's about Bilas or dressing up & transformation..

Its always the case that I feel over eager to see what the cut plate or etched plate looks like...the first proof:)) ...such  anticipation to see what you have to work with...what the image looks like..  As  such I only had a tube of red Speedball ink resulting in the second or third(?) part of the process and red proofs....The images are odd and I've noted all the bits I like and dislike;  so by the time you read this I'm cutting again.