It’s been a while since I have shared any making of here on this blog. But while I made this mini book the other day I remembered taking some photos: Step 1: The individual steps are really like for any book. The first step for me is always the cutting and folding of signatures and […]
Author archives: Hilke Kurzke
My new Studio At Backlit
You are welcome to take a guess what this view is. – It’s looking outside at a surprisingly clear sky over Nottingham tonight from my new studio at Backlit. Backlit is an artist-led gallery space and provides studios for rent. And since May 1st, I now have a studio here. Moving in took me longer […]
A long post without photos. My Thoughts about Time, Art, my Life Choices
This is going to be a bit of a longish ramble. I find it hard to formulate my thoughts, but trying my best here helped me sort them thoroughly. I would love to take the discussion from out of my head into the comment section: a) Are you short of time, and has it become […]
Interview with Craig Proud
Craig is one of the two people behind dizzy ink, probably the most prolific artistic enterprise in Nottingham at the moment. Dizzy ink is a printing and printmaking service. What sets them apart is the use of risographs. A risograph is a machine that looks and superficially works similarly to a photocopier. But instead of […]
New Works in Papier Maché
Those of you who follow my instagram, already know that in the recent week(s) I have been very busy working with papier maché. As usual I am working on several projects at the same time which are all in different states of completion. For those of you who don’t use instagram, here’s a brief summary […]