{"id":3099,"date":"2014-10-14T21:52:45","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T11:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3099"},"modified":"2014-10-14T21:52:45","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T11:52:45","slug":"interview-blog-interview-57-christine-porter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3099","title":{"rendered":"Interview [Blog Interview #57] Christine Porter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a name=\"fb_share\" type=\"icon_link\" share_url=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=3099\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\">Share<\/a><\/div><div><script src=\"http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ChistinePorter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3107\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ChistinePorter.jpg\" alt=\"Chistine Porter\" width=\"760\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ChistinePorter.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ChistinePorter-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a>Art Chat caught up with <a title=\"Christine Porter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\/ChristinePorter.html\" target=\"_blank\">Christine Porter<\/a> prior to her upcoming demonstration at<a title=\"Red Hill Gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\" target=\"_blank\"> Red Hill Gallery Brisbane<\/a>, to be held on SUNDAY AFTERNOON 19 OCTOBER 2014 between 2pm and 3pm.<\/p>\n<p>Christine is thrilled to be able to show her many clients and followers this intriguing art form at the <a title=\"Red Hill Gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">Red Hill Gallery,<\/a> situated in Brisbane\u2019s leafy and trendy inner suburb of<a title=\"Red Hill Gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\" target=\"_blank\"> Red Hill.<\/a> She will talk about her award winning art and demonstrate the process with her small <a title=\"Travelling Etching Press\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mitomelprintmaking.com\/etching_presses.html\" target=\"_blank\">travelling etching press<\/a> <em>in situ<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Painter, teacher, printmaker, publisher &#8230; Christine Porter is a woman of many talents. Her delightful paintings and etchings have been a long time favourite in many art galleries around the world \u2013 and of course at the <a title=\"Red Hill Gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">Red Hill Gallery.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A full time professional artist, she is represented in many public and corporate collections including the<strong><a title=\"National Australia Gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/nga.gov.au\" target=\"_blank\"> National Gallery of Australia<\/a>, <\/strong>and closer to home in the Brisbane City Council collection<strong>. \u00a0<\/strong>Both her rural watercolours and her more personal multi-plate colour etchings have taken her throughout eastern Australia, across the Tasman and around the world. Her last international exhibition was in Edinburgh.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AC: \u201cTell us about your artistic journey with Red Hill Gallery?\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CP<\/strong>: I think it was about 1990 when I first began exhibiting with <a title=\"Red Hill Gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">Red Hill Gallery <\/a>\u2013 almost 25 years ago (Goodness! I can still remember how nervous I was coming in that day). I was 28 years old. One of my first paintings that year won the grand champion painting at our art show in Goondiwindi. The judge asked me who I was showing with in <a title=\"Brisbane\" href=\"http:\/\/www.visitbrisbane.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brisbane<\/a>.\u00a0 I was astonished! I\u2019d never considered such a thing! He introduced me to the then owners of the <a title=\"Red Hill Gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">Red Hill Gallery<\/a>.\u00a0 I have shown with youever since, and I love it.<\/p>\n<p>My practice in the early nineties concentrated on watercolour paintings of rural Australia where I lived. Since then it has expanded to include printmaking, which I love.\u00a0 I find that keeping my etchings small, and in multiples, helps keep it in the public eye and also gives me a chance to explore different narratives. I also teach about making art as well as being an art-professional. I have created a small publishing company that publishes my art-cards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC: \u201cThe process of creating your etchings is quite involved, tell us about how you create them?\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>CP:<\/strong> In its simplest form, images are scratched into a thin piece of metal or plastic (DRYPOINT). Other techniques include ETCHING that involves laying a protective surface over a metal plate, drawing through the coating then dipping the plate into a bath of acid, thus <strong>etching<\/strong> the image.\u00a0\u00a0<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Printmaking is a choice that\u2019s based on the sort of story I\u2019m telling with the artwork. Sometimes I pick up a brush, sometimes the print studio calls. \u00a0It can take up to a year for the image to be resolved, but once the plate is made, it is inked by hand, then printed onto a sheet of paper with a press that looks like an old fashioned mangle, that then squeezes the ink from the scratches onto the paper. The process of inking and printing is repeated by hand for each individual print. The aim is to create uniformity, however there are often small differences within an edition.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Multi-Plate Etching\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sR2hSo2a97U\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Multi-plate etching<\/strong><\/a> involves using two or three plates, with different \u201cscratches\u201d on each that add layers of information to the image.<\/p>\n<p>A group of prints, all the same or similar to each other, printed from the same plate is called <strong>an <a title=\"Edition\" href=\"http:\/\/www.progressiveart.com\/art_terms.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">edition<\/a><\/strong>. Each individual artwork is signed by the artist, usually on the front, often with a title, and includes a number that indicates how many prints in the edition. For example 15\/30 is the commitment by the artist that there are only 30 prints made, that they are all the same\u00a0 or very similar to each other , and that this print is number 15 of that 30.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC: \u201cYour watercolour paintings are single one-off artworks, however your etchings are \u2018originals created as multiples\u2019. What do you mean by that?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CP:<\/strong> Etchings belong to the artwork genre of PRINTMAKING. They are original, handmade artworks, like paintings or drawings. However, because this art form pre-dates commercial printing and photography they are deliberately created so that the image can be printed several times, onto separate pieces of paper, all the same or similar to each other. \u00a0The signature and numbering of the prints are an important element of this type of art work. Etchings are not printed commercially by a machine or desk top printer (such as the digital process known as gicl\u00e9e printing), but by hand. Each print is individually inked, wiped and printed by hand in a process that is hundreds of years old.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AC: \u201cThis is the first time that you have demonstrated your etching technique at <a title=\"Red Hill Gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">Red Hill Gallery<\/a>. What can we expect to see on Sunday?\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CP:<\/strong> My plan is to show you some of the unframed etchings I\u2019ve brought with me, including a 23 plate etching that is a bit special, as well as some others you may not have seen. I\u2019m going to create an instant drypoint etching and print it before your very eyes.<br \/>\nI\u2019ve got the plates for the RED SHOES and I plan to print one of those if there\u2019s time. I\u2019ve stories to tell about how this etching has won CHAMPION prizes in competitions across the country. I\u2019ll even be wearing the red shoes that were my inspiration!<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019ll be time for questions and if anyone wants to have a go at making their own little drypoint, etching there\u2019ll be gear there. \u00a0I love sharing the magic. Just about everyone finds it an interesting process. There\u2019ll also be a glass of champagne!<\/p>\n<p>(I might even have a small prize for anyone who wears their favourite red shoes to this event on Sunday afternoon\u2026)\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Put on your \u2018red shoes\u2019, grab some friends and enjoy Christine\u2019s demonstration at <a title=\"Red Hill Gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redhillgallery.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">Red Hill Gallery \u00a0<\/a>61 Musgrave Road, Red Hill on Sunday October 19<sup>th<\/sup> between 2pm and 3pm. 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