Artist's Books – Printmaking
The mill prints is a series of colour linocuts that show some of the windmills along the mill trail in Westphalia where I am located since 2016. Each single one of them is a personality in its own right. Their individual histories of change and the fact that they have been built for the single purpose of turning the energy …
The story of goddess Mutanda tells of the wish for an eternal reign, the fear of change and the power of life that will never run dry. The text ist equally inspired by ancient myths and current developments. The story is part of the new artist‘s book „nichts bleibt wie es war“ (nothing remains as it has been) and has …
„Hits! Printmakers Top Ten“ is a collaboration initiated and edited by Annegret Frauenlob. Her idea was to use music & lyrics as an inspiration for printmaking artists. She started in 2017 and ever since has invited 10 colleagues every year to each choose one favourite song and create a print inspired by the music and/or lyrics. The print was to …
BroadsheetText: poem „Kriegslied“Author: Matthias Claudius (1740-1815)Illustration: lino etching painted over with earthen pigmentsArtist: Annette C. DisslinMetal type: Semper-AntiquaPaper: deckled edge paperSize: 26x64cmYear: 2008Edition: 22 one-offs “It is war! It is war!And I wish forit please be not my fault.” More art work of similar context: Graf Mirabeau – On religious tolerance (2003) – artist‘s book – sold outDid you like …
On 11 September 2001 an unprecedented act of terrorism destroyed the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York (USA) and killed thousends of people. Shortly after I came across this twin-trunk tree on an autumnal walk not far from a very special location: Nördlingen Ries, which is an impact crater formed by a meteorite crashing here around …
The studio is one of many stops at the rural Art-Route in our region featuring artists’ studios, arts&crafts workshops and museums. Infact there are five routes and The Fork and Broom Press is stop 16 on route No 5. As of this year there has been an upgrade, so to speak, which was in the making for quite some time, …
Broadsheet featuring a translation of the folksong “The Battle” by J. Richards and B. Pegg – translation by Annette C. Disslin Broadsheet on deckled edge paper, letter press from handset metal type (Bodoni and Post-Antiqua), painted with earthen pigments. 2003 – eight one-offs painted prior to printing, 2003 – four one-offs painted painted after printing. More art work of similar …
Since 2019 Printmaker‘s Day is an annual event on 15 March around the rich variety of artistic printmaking. It commemorates the day on which artistic printmaking techniques have been awarded the status of immaterial cultural heritage in Germany, which was on 15 March 2018. The BBK (Bund Bildender Künstler in Germany) has put up a special webspace for Printmaker‘s Day, …
Recently published artwork: served in three courses This year at The Fork and Broom Press Printmaker‘s Day will be served – so to speak – as a three-course menu: As starter there will be news here online at the studio‘s webspace about the artwork recently published plus background information on some backlist works that so far have not been documented …
Those past three and something years have been hard at times but overall it was fun. My boss is very sensible. I could convince her that while evening school might be good for most dogs, for me homeschooling is far better. With homeschooling there are treats and I love treats. And homeschooling meant I could learn at my own personal …
