Sue Roots Printmaker

Morena If you've got a minute (haha), you may be interested in reading a review of my exhibition. It was written by Norman Franke.

https://eyecontactmagazine.com/2024/10/sue-roots-at-artspost


Here is the link to the EyeContact review article.

Sue Roots at Artspost – EyeContact Spirited discussion about New Zealand art and visual culture

It’s coming up to the final week of my exhibition …. one week to go!
‘Where the Wildflowers Are’.
Last day for viewing is Sunday 27 October.
Thanks for alllll the wonderful comments and for heading in to artspost to have a peek. ♥️💐

Not one but TWO OPENINGS! 👯‍ That's right whānau, double bang for your buck this week at ArtsPost Galleries and Shop, with two exhibition openings, thanks to Sue Roots and our WSA Members! 🪩

Join us this Friday 27 September, from 5.30pm 🥂

Talk about print print print!...
I have now printed all the etchings for my upcoming exhibition phewf 😅🌼

Where the Wildflowers Are
artspost Hamilton
Friday 27 September - Monday 28 October
Opening Event Friday 27 September 5:30pm (free entry)

It's been such fun figuring out how to best portray wildflowers using an array of the etching techniques and processes I have learned over the past 21 years.

There are 7 wildflower heart etchings...
Below are a few images. They need to dry completely before I edition them.

Also in the exhibition will be 8 drawings of bowls line etched onto the zinc plate and that have then had dried wildflowers imprinted onto the plate using the soft ground process. 1 large, 3 medium, 4 small.
There are also a few image examples below... bowls from my china cabinet!

But wait there's more!
I have also produced other etchings printed on mulberry paper and inserted into bamboo embroidery hoops... turned out quite beautiful haha...will post a couple of those images next week.
Thanks so much for following me.

A week of many trial proofs of my key etching for the exhibition!! Decided to try warmish colours...
Settled on the Cranfield Gold ink

Then to get a softer image, I printed the plate a second time without re inking. The ghost print.

Wait there's more...

I cleaned the plate and inked it up with Charbonnel black ink and decided to try printing it on the rotated ghost print

SERENDIPITY!!!!! - "making desirable discoveries by chance, fluke" 😂

What an amazing unexpected result... so pleased.

Hello, Kia ora! I'm back!
For the past 12 months, in my printmaking life, I have been working towards my next upcoming solo exhibition.

Where the Wildflowers Are
a collection of etchings

artspost
Hamilton

Friday 27 September - Monday 28 October 2024

I have finally completed the creation of the zinc plates for the show so now it's print print print to achieve the colour combos that work!
Over the next couple of weeks I'll post some of the results 😂🌼

Attached are a few of the completed plates...
The oblong zinc plate was created with a number of printmaking techniques... line etch, aquatint, open bite.

The wildflower hearts, also created with zinc plate and nitric acid, were cut out once completed.

Images to come... what fun!