Printed on chick-lit with ‘el tórculito’ in Granada, Spain.

Linocuts by Brian Barry for Impresiones Gigantes - Granada 2012

I’m going to document the progress at this website – www.impresionesgigantes.com .
There’s also a FaceBook page – impresionesgigantesgranada

Introducing . . . . .

Here it is . . .

Work – Bed – Work – Bed – Work – Bed

I’m not complaining about having a job in a country ravaged by unemployment. I’m also beginning to realise that this heat isn’t going to last forever and in a month or so I’ll be ready to make peace again with Granada. There’s a cool breeze at the end of the tunnel.

However, I’m pissed off with my own lack of creativity at the moment. Despite the heat, the light is perfect for Pinhole Photography. I have plenty of ideas on that front but despite a few developed rolls of film and a few unfinished cameras, I’ve largely not taken full advantage of my time here so far.

It’s time for Captain Action to kick Captain Procrastination in the pants.

I’ve put my name down again this year for Hot Bed Press Printmakers Studio 20-20 print exchange. The deadline is in about a month. I have no access to printmaking facilities and almost no tools. It’s an opportunity to push my resourcefulness and kick into gear.

My idea is to try and do something creative every day until I have a finished print edition ready to post to Hot Bed via Cork Printmakers. It’s going to be a bit on the silly side. The daily work might contribute to the final piece or it may well be a case of flushing out all the crap first. I’m fairly sure the work itself will be in contrast to what I’ve already published here.

Here’s my first effort. A spill of water manipulated a little and photographed as it tried rapidly. Very bloody silly indeed.

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Here’s a short film featuring all the participants on the day.

Here’s a video of my own print outlining the process from it’s beginnings as a photograph to the final print.
Included is a stop-motion clip which documents the cutting in my home of the Lino Block.

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‘Impressions of Your City’ featuring all the work made on the day will run in Cork’s Opera House as part of their Spring 2011 program.

Impressions of Your City - Invite

On November 26th 2010 7 large scale linocuts were inked and printed in the old Sawmills in Copley Street in Cork City. An industrial 250 tonne road-roller was used in place of a traditional printing press.

Participants included; Brian Barry, Fiona Kelly, Sean Hanrahan and Peter McMorris from Cork Printmakers. Students from CIT Crawford College of Art and Scoil Stiofan Naofa.

The prints will be exhibited in Opera House until April as part of their Spring programme. It will be open to the public daily from 12 – 5.

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From the 'Irish Examiner'. Click to Enlarge.

Here are two cuttings from Cork’s ‘Evening Echo’ and ‘Irish Examiner’ newspapers from January 28th, 2010.

They’re publicising the forthcoming exhibition ‘Impressions of Your City’ that will begin in The Opera House on February 1st.

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It contains a picture of my lino block with a load more cutting to do! It incorrectly names me a 1st year student from CIT Crawford College of Art and Design. The event itself, which took place the following day was a great success. I’ll be doing a more extensive post documenting it very soon.

You can see all 120 pieces on a special Flickr page – http://www.flickr.com/photos/hot_bed_press/

My own piece is entitled ‘Keeping an Eye on the Moon’, and is a Pinhole Photo printed as a Photo Etching. The image was taken in Cobh, Co. Cork.