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Paul Furneaux: printmaking artist

Fjord Series

Whilst on a short residency in Norway, I started experimenting with plastic and polystyrene containers as objects to wrap my prints around. I moved on to use oval box lids and ‘found objects’, and to create my own shapes as supports. These supports have become integral to many works, having an inherent beauty themselves. I sometimes make marks on their surface with a pencil or brush.

You’ll notice that quite a few works in this series are diptychs. This pairing helps to emphasise both the work itself, and how it relates to the surrounding space. One half often echoes shapes, colours and forms in the other.

Norway’s monumental fjords are one of my influences in this series; particularly the drama played on them by a change of light, one half often shadowing the other.

2 June 2012 by Alison

HAAR

HAAR - larger image

Posted in Fjord Series | Tagged objects, sculpture
10 July 2011 by Alison

Drifting Clouds

Drifting Clouds (left) - larger versionDrifting Clouds (right) - larger version

Size: approx 168 x 41 x 6.5cm

Media: mokuhanga stretched over tulip wood, marble dust, gesso. acrylic binder, acid-free PVA

Drifting Clouds (facing) - larger image

 

Posted in Fjord Series | Tagged clouds, objects, sculpture, white
10 July 2011 by Alison

Storm Passing

Storm Passing - larger view

Size: 128 x 112 x 5 cm

Media: mokuhanga stretched over two gesso panels

Posted in Fjord Series | Tagged green, ochre, orange
19 September 2010 by Alison

Echo I

Echo I (left view) - larger imageEcho I (right view) - larger image

Size: approx 110 x 15 x 15 cm and 140 x 10 x 6cm

Materials: wood, plywood, gesso, epoxy resin, mokuhanga wrapped and pasted round the form with nori (rice paste glue)

This form was made during a micro-residency at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop and exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2010.

Posted in Fjord Series | Tagged Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, objects, sculpture, yellow
19 September 2010 by Alison

Echo II

Echo II (view from left) - larger imageEcho II (right) - larger image

Size: four forms; largest shape approx 200 x 10 x 6 cm
Materials: MDF, gesso, epoxy resin and mokuhanga

Echo II (facing) - larger view

Posted in Fjord Series | Tagged objects, ochre, sculpture, yellow
17 May 2009 by Alison

Roof Tops: Four Forms

Roof Tops Four Forms - larger version

Size: four irregular oval shapes 17 x 12cm, 17 x 12cm, 16 x 11cm, 13 x 9cm

Media: watercolour woodblock printing wrapped around oval panels

Materials: koso washi paper, four oval wooden panels, gesso, rice paste, Japanese pigments, sumi ink, Lascaux archival UV spray

Posted in Fjord Series | Tagged North Sea, Norway, objects, orange, oval, yellow
17 May 2009 by Alison

Rhythm

Rhythm - larger version

Size: 40 x 2.5 x 2cm and 26 x 4.5 x 4cm

Media: watercolour woodblock printing wrapped around piano parts

Materials: koso washi paper, wood, recycled ivory, rice paste, Japanese pigments, sumi ink, gesso, animal glue, Lascaux archival UV spray

Posted in Fjord Series | Tagged diptych, ivory, North Sea, Norway, objects, sculpture, yellow
17 May 2009 by Alison

Fractured Moon: Fractured Mountain

Fractured Moon Fractured Mountain - larger version

Size: circular panel 26cm diameter, triangular support 50 x 5cm

Media: watercolour woodblock printing wrapped around wood and card

Materials: koso washi paper, wood and card, rice paste, Japanese pigments, sumi ink, graphite, gesso, nikawa binder, Lascaux archival UV spray

Posted in Fjord Series | Tagged circular, diptych, North Sea, Norway, objects, orange, triangular, yellow
17 May 2009 by Alison

Autumn Colours: Fjord

Autumn Colours: Fjord - larger version

Size: 29 x 10cm

Media: watercolour woodblock printing wrapped around bamboo

Materials: koso washi paper, bamboo, rice paste, Japanese pigments, sumi ink, graphite, gesso, nikawa binder (animal glue), Lascaux archival UV spray

Posted in Fjord Series | Tagged bamboo, North Sea, Norway, objects, red, yellow
17 May 2009 by Alison

Pod I and Pod II

Pod I and Pod II - larger version

Size: each oval shape is approx 11 x 7.25cm

Media: watercolour woodblock printing wrapped around molded plastic

Materials: koso washi paper, molded plastic object painted with blue acrylic, sumi ink, Japanese pigments, nikawa binder (animal glue), rice paste, Lascaux archival UV spray

Posted in Fjord Series | Tagged diptych, North Sea, Norway, objects, oval, plastic, pod, red
17 May 2009 by Alison

Winter Fjord

Winter Fjord - larger version

Size: 31 x 17 x 2.5cm, 30 x 16 x 2.5cm

Media: Media: watercolour woodblock printing wrapped around supports

Posted in Fjord Series | Tagged diptych, North Sea, Norway, objects, yellow
17 May 2009 by Alison

Echo II – Red and Black

Echo II - larger version

Media: watercolour woodblock printing wrapped around supports

Posted in Fjord Series | Tagged diptych, North Sea, Norway, objects, red
17 May 2009 by Alison

Changing Weather

Changing Weather - larger version

Media: watercolour woodblock printing wrapped around supports

Posted in Fjord Series | Tagged diptych, North Sea, Norway, objects

Studio

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Work

  • Island
  • Tokyo
  • 3D Mokuhanga
  • Interior Landscapes
  • Mokuhanga and Etching
  • Fjord Series
  • Digital Gardens
  • Sumi Landscape
  • Various

Links

  • Baren Forum for Woodblock Printmaking
  • Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Connecticut, USA
  • Edinburgh College of Art
  • Edinburgh Printmakers
  • Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop
  • Graphic Print Studio, Dublin
  • International Mokuhanga Association
  • National Open Art
  • Northern Print Workshop, Newcastle
  • Open Eye Gallery
  • Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh
  • Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen
  • Royal Scottish Academy
  • Scottish Society of Artists
  • Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
  • WASPS Artists Studios
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