Last weekend were expositions at both Cambieure and Cailhau (neighbouring village) to celebrate Achille Lauge (1861 - 1944), a local artist from Cailhau. The exposition was to show-case today's artists who could somehow relate to Achille Lauge's work, in the form of a cultural community event and Wouter was lucky enough to be able to take part.

gathering interesting items for the display

preparing prints and text for hanging

setting up the hall

other side of hall

Pamela's first attempt at printing

Alice showing correct placement of paper (registration)

Great pressure and concentration for using the Baren

some adults in the Sunday print workshop

The texts for the prints and the story book to show the preparation process before you get to the printing stage explained that there is a lot of work and effort required for making a print. And it was only while doing this I completely understood what Wouter was talking about when he was telling me about such things as registration marks and working the block. People often don't see or know about the planning, the preparation, the carving, the printing - and how long it all takes to achieve the final result - they only see one image completed on a piece of paper. The experience was also valuable for us to know what participants in future workshops might expect, want to do, and what sort of questions can be asked.
All in all the event was a success with locals being able to enjoy some local artistic talent on display, children being able to express their artistic abilities and try something they may not normally be exposed to, and seeing an unexpected horse trek of around 20 horses and riders passing by. As a last treat while we were packing up, a local arrived with a preliminary sketch by Achille Lauge, so we were able to see the real thing. Pity the image was damaged with a long tear in the paper, but hopefully the owner will have it professionally restored to preserve it.
Wouter's woodblock prints can be seen here (please note the image copyright) and his art work here (also copyrighted).
2 comments:
Sounds like you are well settled in - meeting up with 'old' friends. Spring is coming in NZ and the temperatures are warming up. Lynnie.
It looks like you are living in heaven like place, it is so beautiful and amezing and offcource touch of your green figuer made garden alive...well don Pam!!
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