On Wed 24th August 2022 I took a PRINT, PRESS & DRAW WORKSHOP with the amazing artist Deborah Wace in nipaluna / Hobart, lutruwita / Tasmania. Deborah is known globally as a botanical artist, print maker, fabric designer and a natural historian.

We started the class by using leaves, flowers and inking them up to be our stencils, then printing them on one of her printers in the mono-print process. It was the act of the reveal that really got my creative juices to flow, asking what I can do and call truly my own. Then Deborah, near the end of the day, allowed us to fly freely with what we have learnt thus far and do our own prints using whatever we could find in her studio for mark making our beautifully black inked plates.

Below are the results I am happy to share here, two prints with the aid of small cardboard pieces, toothpicks, earbuds and other items I’ve forgotten as I became totally engrossed in staring down at my black inked plate and then waiting with anticipation, turning the wheel of the press, noting two fingers must be not overturned or…… you had to be there.

A must-see video from our ABC Gardening Australia show SERIES 33 | Episode 16: My Garden Path

Learn more about Deborah Wace and watch here “The Sartorial Naturalist”, an uplifting, beautiful short video. Showcasing her artistic practice and her wonderful botanical designs, printed onto silk.

YouTube video Source: The Sartorial Naturalist

Thanks, Deborah, for passing your knowledge on mono-printing, a wonderful lunch and wine. Should anyone here in Tassie wanting to do the PRINT, PRESS & DRAW WORKSHOP with the remarkable Deborah Wace, I can highly recommend it.