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Studio life by Kim Major-George - 'Golden Time Slip' - Blog 2

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Golden Time slip – part of the’ Elegant Universe Collection This is another blog about what goes on in my studio and the life of an artist. The artwork I have featured in this blog is’ Golden  Time Slip’ which is part of the’ Elegant Universe collection’ and is a new image, so it is hot off the press . It was shown at my last exhibition along side 'Golden Glimpses' -  they make a great pair when hung together.            ……… Taking a closer look ........... This medium size collagraph print is created   using two plates, the title and image for this  design was  inspired as a result of my personal  reading on  quantum physics. Time is such a  transient  concept and we have all experienced  time  slipping – a deja vu – the feeling of time  slipping    through a worm hole into a parallel  universe,  often portrayed in so many science  fiction films. The design was sketched up on sketching paper  and, I decided to use two plates  to create the e

Studio Life by Kim Major-George - 'Shadow of Fire' - Blog 1

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I started a Blog two years ago with the intention of showing what goes on in my studio and in the life of an artist but other stuff got in the way. I hope now it it will be a regular feature, so I have recreated that first blog below. Thank you  for coming along for the first ride into  ’ What the artist saw.’ Blog 2 follows very soon - promise ! I have decided to write about certain pieces of artwork that I have created, that are new or in my collection and required some interesting technical challenges I hope this will be interesting to artist printmakers and even non artists who are not aware of the process required to create a complex collagraph hand pulled print.                                       ……. Taking a closer look…….   ’Shadow of fire’     This is a medium size collagraph with an interesting two  printing plate process and mounted in an unusual way  which I incorporated into the design idea from the start. Many of my images are float mounted