<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702</id><updated>2011-07-29T03:41:34.049+10:00</updated><title type='text'>Etched &amp; Pressed</title><subtitle type='html'>All things about etching and printmaking</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>25</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702.post-6740581389606414255</id><published>2009-12-23T20:05:00.001+11:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T01:37:25.401+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Summer School Classes 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Monday 9th January &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; 10am - 4pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Friday 15th January 10am - 4pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be introduced to the ultimate in non-toxic printmaking!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During January 2010 I'll be conducting a full day class in the traditional Japanese method of woodblock 'carving' followed by another full day class in 'printing'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join one or both classes to explore and learn a number of key elements used in the production of traditional Japanese woodblock prints.   Transfer these wonderful many century old skills and techniques to contemporary printmaking practices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For further details and to enroll go to &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://printstudio.org.au/cl/classes.html#summ"&gt;http://printstudio.org.au/cl/classes.html#summ &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are unable to attend on these dates, contact me to place your details onto a contact list for the next set of classes in 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Rosanna%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;All images Copyright  ©   2004 - 2010      Rosanna &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Jurisevic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="file:///Users/rosannajurisevic/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21441702-6740581389606414255?l=rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/feeds/6740581389606414255/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21441702&amp;postID=6740581389606414255&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/6740581389606414255'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/6740581389606414255'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/2009/12/summer-school-classes-2010.html' title='Summer School Classes 2010'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702.post-475188749020840747</id><published>2009-12-19T06:00:00.002+11:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T01:36:59.685+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Printmaking Course with Rosanna Jurisevic</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span class="style_1"&gt;Next course starts&lt;br /&gt;Saturday 30th January 2010&lt;br /&gt;10am - 4pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/SBFsFKbqDUI/AAAAAAAAAO8/S63wwYoY0OA/s1600-h/IMG_0211.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 183px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/SBFsFKbqDUI/AAAAAAAAAO8/S63wwYoY0OA/s320/IMG_0211.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193050681290394946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This course covers the foundation skills applied in printmaking practice through a range of methods &amp;amp; techniques.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Demonstrations, discussions and practice are a feature, while exploring safer printmaking practices. Learn to prepare multiple relief &amp;amp; intaglio plates, ready for fine art printing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Techniques include Woodcut, Linocut, Etching &amp;amp; Collagraph.   For beginning &amp;amp; experience artists, with opportunities to participate in print exchanges and exhibitions. Places are limited to eight students only. For more details &amp;amp; to enroll visit &lt;a href="http://www.printstudio.org.au/" title="http://www.printstudio.org.au"&gt;www.printstudio.org.au&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="style"&gt;Class dates are 30th Jan, 13th Feb, 27th Feb, 13th Mar and 27th Mar 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                   &lt;span class="style"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 14px;" class="style_4"&gt;Warringah Printmakers Studio require all class participants to become members of Warringah Printmakers Studio.    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 14px;" class="style_4"&gt;Check the studio website for details of cost. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Rosanna%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;All images Copyright  ©   2004 - 2010      Rosanna &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Jurisevic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 14px;" class="style_3"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 14px;" class="style_4"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 14px;" class="style_4"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21441702-475188749020840747?l=rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/475188749020840747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/475188749020840747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/2008/04/printmaking-course-with-rosanna.html' title='Printmaking Course with Rosanna Jurisevic'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/SBFsFKbqDUI/AAAAAAAAAO8/S63wwYoY0OA/s72-c/IMG_0211.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702.post-6321050487950198070</id><published>2008-04-21T17:50:00.015+10:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T01:36:43.214+11:00</updated><title type='text'>www.rosannajurisevic.com</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;A new website has been launched!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Go check it out.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This website presents my work with some sense of structure and order!   You will find the usual sections and pages, making it easier to locate things that you would like to see.   Let me know if I have missed anything essential. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This website can also be viewed at &lt;a href="http://www.rosannajurisevic.com/"&gt;http://www.rosannajurisevic.com&lt;/a&gt; and also at &lt;a href="http://web.mac.com/rosannajurisevic"&gt;http://web.mac.com/rosannajurisevic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Blog will continue as is with snippets of  information and will include some demonstrations showing process and progression of artwork.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Rosanna%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;All images Copyright  ©   2004 - 2010      Rosanna &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Jurisevic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21441702-6321050487950198070?l=rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/feeds/6321050487950198070/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21441702&amp;postID=6321050487950198070&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/6321050487950198070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/6321050487950198070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/2008/04/wwwrosannajuriseviccom.html' title='www.rosannajurisevic.com'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702.post-1024086274386267055</id><published>2008-02-15T20:13:00.013+11:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T01:35:35.667+11:00</updated><title type='text'>36 Views of Sow &amp; Pigs</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/R7efjybn6OI/AAAAAAAAAOs/PSlkHItNn78/s1600-h/Through+the+Heads.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/R7efjybn6OI/AAAAAAAAAOs/PSlkHItNn78/s320/Through+the+Heads.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167774534612805858" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;A new project&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has captured my attention and time for the past number of months.   The concept being a body of work featuring 'Sow &amp;amp; Pigs' reef nestled within  Sydney Harbour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sailing in from the open ocean one feels a sense of security upon entering the Heads.  The strains of a passage end with the promise of protection by the harbour.  There is a great feeling of relief, accomplishment and then awe, as the beauty of Sydney Harbour slowly reveals itself and replaces the open ocean.  The transition from space to intimacy, from repetition to variety is slow and satisfying; the stress of the journey dissipates. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is not entirely true.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One more obstacle presents itself for navigation, a hidden reef.   Sow and Pigs reef in Sydney Harbour is, for most times, not visible.   Unobservable and concealed just below the waterline a reef that will scuttle any vessel settles camouflaged by the gentle roll of waves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is imperative that the mariner holds a ‘view’ of Sow and Pigs even though this reef is not visible.   Holding a concept, an insight, a view within the mind’s eye, seeing the potential for danger on a chart.   Acknowledging this final hidden challenge when entering the waters of Sydney. Without a view of Sow and Pigs the certainty of tranquility and protection offered by the harbour is lost.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/R7egFybn6PI/AAAAAAAAAO0/hhO6LaqLvxM/s1600-h/Little+Manly+Point.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/R7egFybn6PI/AAAAAAAAAO0/hhO6LaqLvxM/s320/Little+Manly+Point.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167775118728358130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The artwork shown here, to the right is &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" &gt;Little Manly Point&lt;/span&gt;, with  &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Through the Heads &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;pictured above, are from the series ‘36 Views of Sow and Pigs’.    As Sow and Pigs is not usually visible, in keeping with this elusive nature, Sow and Pigs is also not readily visible within the majority of the 36 views.    The set of artwork reflect a transitional journey from wild openness to tranquil sanctuary exploring intimate views and variety in landscape offered by Sydney Harbour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The two works featured here are woodblock prints, image size for all work within the series is 30cm x 47cm, paper size is 42cm x 57cm.   The matrix for these two works is cut from plywood and worked using tradition Japanese woodblock knives, tools and techniques.   They are hand printed onto BFK Rives paper with a ball bearing baren.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So far 16 images have been drawn in readiness for making, cutting and carving blocks.   All 36 Views of Sow &amp;amp; Pigs, will be worked primarily as woodblocks with other printmaking techniques layered.   This work will eventually become a body of work in preparation for another solo exhibition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Rosanna%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;All images Copyright  ©   2004 - 2010      Rosanna &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Jurisevic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21441702-1024086274386267055?l=rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/feeds/1024086274386267055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21441702&amp;postID=1024086274386267055&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/1024086274386267055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/1024086274386267055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/2008/02/new-project-has-captured-my-attention.html' title='36 Views of Sow &amp; Pigs'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/R7efjybn6OI/AAAAAAAAAOs/PSlkHItNn78/s72-c/Through+the+Heads.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702.post-431410623546642900</id><published>2008-01-31T01:29:00.014+11:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T01:35:00.254+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Changing Climates Reinventing Lives</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/R7ecbybn6MI/AAAAAAAAAOc/6rEqkzteXNM/s1600-h/Precious.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 217px; height: 217px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/R7ecbybn6MI/AAAAAAAAAOc/6rEqkzteXNM/s320/Precious.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167771098638969026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Press Gang Printmakers from Noosa Queensland have invited a number of printmaking studios throughout Australia to participate in an exchange of mini prints based on the theme of climate change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My image is of a family of polar bears.   The subject of polar bears as an image felt quite timely as there has been a lot of attention of late regarding polar bear cubs in a number of European zoos. There have also been a number of documentaries that focus on the plight faced by these bears as a result of the gradual changes to their unique environment from the direct action at our hands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I fear that we may be watching the slow extinction of yet another animal from our planet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/R7eWUSbn6LI/AAAAAAAAAOU/qwV0DNVynzA/s1600-h/IMG_0211.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/R7eccCbn6NI/AAAAAAAAAOk/LYtw9W26WBA/s1600-h/IMG_0211.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 198px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/R7eccCbn6NI/AAAAAAAAAOk/LYtw9W26WBA/s320/IMG_0211.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167771102933936338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The matrix is a woodblock worked in the traditional Japanese woodblock method of cutting and  carving a piece of plywood using Japanese knives, tools and techniques. Western inking methods were employed when applying ink to the block with a brayer and then hand printed with a ball bearing baren.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each image is to be no larger that 12cm x12cm for a series of traveling exhibitions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Rosanna%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;All images Copyright  ©   2004 - 2010      Rosanna Jurisevic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21441702-431410623546642900?l=rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/feeds/431410623546642900/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21441702&amp;postID=431410623546642900&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/431410623546642900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/431410623546642900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/2008/01/changin-climates-reinventing-lives.html' title='Changing Climates Reinventing Lives'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/R7ecbybn6MI/AAAAAAAAAOc/6rEqkzteXNM/s72-c/Precious.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702.post-6086858954083002306</id><published>2007-11-11T18:03:00.004+11:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T01:34:40.299+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Sculpture of Harry</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/RzauvZ3e17I/AAAAAAAAAL0/XCIEA1f26uA/s1600-h/Harry+Sculpture.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 201px; height: 146px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/RzauvZ3e17I/AAAAAAAAAL0/XCIEA1f26uA/s320/Harry+Sculpture.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131480954855937970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rzavgp3e1_I/AAAAAAAAAMU/jTbOiFR4rEU/s1600-h/Manyana+Harry.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 131px; height: 144px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rzavgp3e1_I/AAAAAAAAAMU/jTbOiFR4rEU/s320/Manyana+Harry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131481800964495346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now that the bronze sculpture of Harry has been officially unveiled, viewed and admired by many I thought that I would post some photographs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/RzauwZ3e19I/AAAAAAAAAME/5DA-FdBUFVg/s1600-h/Peter+%26+Harry+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 201px; height: 147px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/RzauwZ3e19I/AAAAAAAAAME/5DA-FdBUFVg/s320/Peter+%26+Harry+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131480972035807186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Local sculptor, Peter McGee, spent twelve months making and preparing his work in clay with the input and guidance from the wonderful instructors at the Tom Bass Sculpture Studio School.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rzauw53e1-I/AAAAAAAAAMM/kYCHVoz_320/s1600-h/Peter+%26+Tom.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 201px; height: 147px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rzauw53e1-I/AAAAAAAAAMM/kYCHVoz_320/s320/Peter+%26+Tom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131480980625741794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Tom Bass would regularly stop by to peruse the work conducted by students at the school. Peter greatly appreciated advice offered by Tom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peter has already commenced his next work . . . another sculpture of Harry, in miniature, of course.   We think Peter may have found his artistic ouvre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tombasssculptureschool.org.au/"&gt;http://www.tombasssculptureschool.org.au&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Rosanna%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;All images Copyright  ©   2004 - 2010      Rosanna Jurisevic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21441702-6086858954083002306?l=rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/feeds/6086858954083002306/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21441702&amp;postID=6086858954083002306&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/6086858954083002306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/6086858954083002306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/2007/11/sculpture-of-harry.html' title='Sculpture of Harry'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/RzauvZ3e17I/AAAAAAAAAL0/XCIEA1f26uA/s72-c/Harry+Sculpture.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702.post-452951554647464457</id><published>2007-10-18T23:15:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2007-11-27T00:49:16.712+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Printmaking Classes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/R0rA1dU0bLI/AAAAAAAAAMc/uIwJGe29ock/s1600-h/Crown+Point+BW.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/R0rA1dU0bLI/AAAAAAAAAMc/uIwJGe29ock/s320/Crown+Point+BW.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137130349607021746" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A number of people have asked when would I start to conduct classes . . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having considered this proposal and searched for a suitable well equipped venue, I'm happy to say that printmaking classes will commence February 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A a six week program for 8-9 students, this will be available shortly.    At this stage the following details have been confirmed.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Saturday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;10am - 1pm &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Warringah Printmakers Studio, Manly Vale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Warringah Printmakers Studio is a designated print studio only, offering a fully equipped studio space with four well maintained printing presses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The best feature of this studio is the underlying  philosophy that strongly supports a less toxic method for making etchings and prints.   All friendly to maintaining the longevity and wellbeing of the printmaker including the environment!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Printmaking techniques and methods that encourage safe practice will be a feature of this class.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stay posted, more details will follow . . .  contact me if you would like to join the class.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21441702-452951554647464457?l=rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/feeds/452951554647464457/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21441702&amp;postID=452951554647464457&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/452951554647464457'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/452951554647464457'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/2007/10/printmaking-classes.html' title='Printmaking Classes'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/R0rA1dU0bLI/AAAAAAAAAMc/uIwJGe29ock/s72-c/Crown+Point+BW.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702.post-7675869401958228719</id><published>2007-09-29T20:30:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T01:33:42.482+11:00</updated><title type='text'>A Break Overseas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rxd5NjrP65I/AAAAAAAAAK0/RCx-WtNY2jQ/s1600-h/Slovenia+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 141px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rxd5NjrP65I/AAAAAAAAAK0/RCx-WtNY2jQ/s320/Slovenia+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122696374979128210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rxd5VDrP66I/AAAAAAAAAK8/XdypF-2IvjY/s1600-h/Slovenia+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 143px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rxd5VDrP66I/AAAAAAAAAK8/XdypF-2IvjY/s320/Slovenia+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122696503828147106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After four weeks away life has almost returned back to what one might call normal.   However, had never truly realised just how busy 'normal' really was until now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rxd5kDrP67I/AAAAAAAAALE/U8a7aC00VaE/s1600-h/Slovenia+5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rxd5kDrP67I/AAAAAAAAALE/U8a7aC00VaE/s320/Slovenia+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122696761526184882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;My time away was spent in Slovenia, a small gem of a country nestled in central Europe sharing borders with Italy and Austria.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rxd52jrP68I/AAAAAAAAALM/W0FlMAtgkCQ/s1600-h/Slovenia+3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rxd52jrP68I/AAAAAAAAALM/W0FlMAtgkCQ/s320/Slovenia+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122697079353764802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During my stay I managed to move around the countryside as much as I possibly could in an attempt to see as much of this beautiful and unique part of the world.   Travelling in Slovenia is certainly much easier if you have access to a car.   I am indebted to the many generous people who drove, taking me to see as much as I did.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rxd6CDrP69I/AAAAAAAAALU/Lnd10dAy7PY/s1600-h/Slovenia+6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rxd6CDrP69I/AAAAAAAAALU/Lnd10dAy7PY/s320/Slovenia+6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122697276922260434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The photographs here are just a very small selection of my holiday snaps.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well now back home, guess it's back to work, there are number of projects and deadlines all looming  and due&lt;br /&gt;. . .  yes things are back to normal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Rosanna%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;All images Copyright  ©   2004 - 2010      Rosanna &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Jurisevic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21441702-7675869401958228719?l=rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/feeds/7675869401958228719/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21441702&amp;postID=7675869401958228719&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/7675869401958228719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/7675869401958228719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/2007/09/back-after-break-overseas.html' title='A Break Overseas'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rxd5NjrP65I/AAAAAAAAAK0/RCx-WtNY2jQ/s72-c/Slovenia+1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702.post-7917630989244938361</id><published>2007-07-23T10:26:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T01:33:16.929+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Small Works Little Treasures</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rv4K2jrP6MI/AAAAAAAAAFM/3kAHTBh0c9s/s1600-h/s12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 128px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rv4K2jrP6MI/AAAAAAAAAFM/3kAHTBh0c9s/s320/s12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115538159145314498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rv4MGjrP6OI/AAAAAAAAAFc/YMKrXALNMJ4/s1600-h/s15a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 127px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rv4MGjrP6OI/AAAAAAAAAFc/YMKrXALNMJ4/s320/s15a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115539533534849250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The exhibition opening was fabulous!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A big thank you to everyone who came to be part of the event and thank you to everyone who helped make this exhibition such a success!  It couldn't have happened without you all.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rv4Y4zrP6eI/AAAAAAAAAHc/TIfBQvG8tlc/s1600-h/s4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 176px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rv4Y4zrP6eI/AAAAAAAAAHc/TIfBQvG8tlc/s320/s4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115553590962809314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rv4Z_jrP6fI/AAAAAAAAAHk/Aroy5eTjBWg/s1600-h/s7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 177px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rv4Z_jrP6fI/AAAAAAAAAHk/Aroy5eTjBWg/s320/s7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115554806438554098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The interest, positive comments and support for my work was just lovely.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Always a challenge to place oneself on public display, especially with a solo show.      In many ways it's somewhat easier doing this with a group of artists.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s always heartening when the experience is so positive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/RwOuNDrP6rI/AAAAAAAAAJE/UYPfEpN335Q/s1600-h/s13.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 186px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/RwOuNDrP6rI/AAAAAAAAAJE/UYPfEpN335Q/s320/s13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117125140971252402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the duration of the exhibition, some 200 people came through to have a look at the artwork.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rv4XdDrP6cI/AAAAAAAAAHM/RJPJtgp0RFs/s1600-h/s1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 184px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rv4XdDrP6cI/AAAAAAAAAHM/RJPJtgp0RFs/s320/s1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115552014709811650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;‘The Sydney Morning Herald’ kindly ran a piece about my art and the printmaking demonstration for the following Saturday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rv4bkjrP6hI/AAAAAAAAAH0/SfwQUdFN5ls/s1600-h/s5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 181px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rv4bkjrP6hI/AAAAAAAAAH0/SfwQUdFN5ls/s320/s5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115556541605341714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The demonstration was also well attended with 15 people watching and asking wonderful questions about prints, plates and process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rv4c_DrP6iI/AAAAAAAAAH8/kZPI66Tey34/s1600-h/s20.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 180px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rv4c_DrP6iI/AAAAAAAAAH8/kZPI66Tey34/s320/s20.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115558096383502882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Surprisingly the following day, eight people came requesting another demonstration.   Luckily I still had my kit with me an was able to oblige.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Overall twelve people signed up for printmaking classes.   All very encouraging I must say.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rv4c_TrP6jI/AAAAAAAAAIE/zkm5gU6lrW8/s1600-h/s19.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 184px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rv4c_TrP6jI/AAAAAAAAAIE/zkm5gU6lrW8/s320/s19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115558100678470194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the excitement of it all, I had neglected to ask someone to take pictures of the opening &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rv4nbjrP6qI/AAAAAAAAAI8/4FLSxj9SXAk/s1600-h/s8.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 174px; height: 262px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rv4nbjrP6qI/AAAAAAAAAI8/4FLSxj9SXAk/s320/s8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115569581126052514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;or the demonstrations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So during some quieter moments I took the photos that appear here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Will certainly do this again.  And next time will make sure that pictures are taken during the opening.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Rosanna%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;All images Copyright  ©   2004 - 2010      Rosanna &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Jurisevic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21441702-7917630989244938361?l=rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/feeds/7917630989244938361/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21441702&amp;postID=7917630989244938361&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/7917630989244938361'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/7917630989244938361'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/2007/07/small-works-little-treasures_23.html' title='Small Works Little Treasures'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rv4K2jrP6MI/AAAAAAAAAFM/3kAHTBh0c9s/s72-c/s12.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702.post-7850109352477025051</id><published>2007-07-22T09:57:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T01:32:54.704+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Small Works Little Treasures</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/RqPzFT_ntoI/AAAAAAAAAE0/pXAlEPRhyho/s1600-h/In+Too+Deep.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 180px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/RqPzFT_ntoI/AAAAAAAAAE0/pXAlEPRhyho/s320/In+Too+Deep.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090179276450805378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Printmaking Demonstration&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Saturday 28th July&lt;br /&gt;2pm - 4pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;View the exhibition on the day 10am - 4pm&lt;br /&gt;Sunday 29th July 12 - 4pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Regard Gallery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;372 Wilson Street Darlington NSW&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Making prints is a process filled with traditions. Dating back centuries in the East with Japanese woodblock printing and in the     West when used to decorate suits of armour and swords.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The methods and techniques used to make prints can be an alchemical mystery as in etching or as direct as finding an interesting piece of wood to ink up and print.    One can transfer the image from a plate or block to paper by using a printing press or a wooden spoon.      Printmaking has endless combinations and variations.    Which ever method is utilised, the end result is a piece of art that is hand made and unique.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come along and see how a small part of this happens!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The demonstration will be of relief printmaking techniques using wood, lino and corrugated cardboard with a discussion of the processes involved in the making of the prints on exhibition. There will be plates on display as well as a number of the tools used in developing a matrix in readiness for making art.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The image above, 'In Too Deep' is a reduction woodblock (sometimes, in jest, called a suicide block) print.   The nature of repeatedly carving the block away with each printing of colour, eventually will render the block destroyed at the completion of printing. 'In Too Deep' has six different colours, which means it was carved away five times before it's demise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Very sadly, Regard Gallery has suffered some structural damage with the recent turbulent weather in Sydney and is undergoing urgent repairs for the duration of this exhibition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Rosanna%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;All images Copyright  ©   2004 - 2010      Rosanna Jurisevic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21441702-7850109352477025051?l=rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/feeds/7850109352477025051/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21441702&amp;postID=7850109352477025051&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/7850109352477025051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/7850109352477025051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/2007/07/small-works-little-treasures_22.html' title='Small Works Little Treasures'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/RqPzFT_ntoI/AAAAAAAAAE0/pXAlEPRhyho/s72-c/In+Too+Deep.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702.post-3042858982872610083</id><published>2007-07-20T23:12:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T01:32:27.906+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Small Works Little Treasures</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/RqC1r_tODFI/AAAAAAAAAEk/dpjJXDxyZnw/s1600-h/Zmaj.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 195px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/RqC1r_tODFI/AAAAAAAAAEk/dpjJXDxyZnw/s320/Zmaj.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089267346368760914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Opens Saturday 21st July 2pm - 5pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Regard Gallery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;372 Wilson Street&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Darlington NSW&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;(cnr  Codrington Street)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have just finished hanging all the artwork in preparation for the exhibition opening.   With expert advice and a lot of help from my friend Helen Clare, all 33 little works look wonderful sitting (and singing) next to each other.   Helen has always said that an exhibition has to 'sing'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To have an exhibition 'sing', Helen considers that all the artwork must compliment each other, working together to shine, sparkle and finally sing.   Over the years, I have joined Helen many times to hang exhibitions just to learn how to make art sing.   A skill to learn in deed!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My heartfelt thanks to Helen, I could not have hung this show without her generous guidance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Rosanna%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;All images Copyright  ©   2004 - 2010      Rosanna Jurisevic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21441702-3042858982872610083?l=rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/feeds/3042858982872610083/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21441702&amp;postID=3042858982872610083&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/3042858982872610083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/3042858982872610083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/2007/07/small-works-little-treasures.html' title='Small Works Little Treasures'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/RqC1r_tODFI/AAAAAAAAAEk/dpjJXDxyZnw/s72-c/Zmaj.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702.post-6814332562978154143</id><published>2007-06-11T11:34:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T01:29:05.618+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Another Exhibition</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rmyobmuu03I/AAAAAAAAACk/ATo_Hzt7PCc/s1600-h/Eucalyptus+rossi+II+fragment.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 105px; height: 158px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rmyobmuu03I/AAAAAAAAACk/ATo_Hzt7PCc/s320/Eucalyptus+rossi+II+fragment.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074616072346194802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Very pleased to say that my work has been again accepted for exhibition at Lessedra Gallery in Sofia Bulgaria.   The work which will be on show are the images of scribbly gum featured in 'Eucalyptus rossi' shown in an earlier post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a fragment of Eucalyptus rossi II.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click on this link to learn more about scribbly gums,  &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.anbg.gov.au/anbg/insects/ogmograptis.html"&gt;http://www.anbg.gov.au/anbg/insects/ogmograptis.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Rosanna%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;All images Copyright  ©   2004 - 2010      Rosanna Jurisevic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21441702-6814332562978154143?l=rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/feeds/6814332562978154143/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21441702&amp;postID=6814332562978154143&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/6814332562978154143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/6814332562978154143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/2007/06/another-exhibition.html' title='Another Exhibition'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rmyobmuu03I/AAAAAAAAACk/ATo_Hzt7PCc/s72-c/Eucalyptus+rossi+II+fragment.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702.post-6466266120441910720</id><published>2007-06-10T18:15:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T01:28:38.458+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Solo Exhibition</title><content type='html'>I have been very very busy over the past number of weeks.   Busy working on the preparations for my very first solo exhibition.   After having my artwork selected and shown in over 65 national and international exhibitions during the past three years . . . the time has come to go it alone!   All very exciting!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The exhibition will showcase many of my miniature artworks, these will include images of forests, myths, petals, icebergs and abstract.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The gallery itself is a terraced former corner shop making it an intimate one room space - perfect for small works.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rmu3RWuu0zI/AAAAAAAAACE/YvTBfJhAhNU/s1600-h/Octopus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 127px; height: 210px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rmu3RWuu0zI/AAAAAAAAACE/YvTBfJhAhNU/s320/Octopus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074350913950241586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;The little print off to the right titled 'Octopus', is one which will be included in the exhibition.    There is a wealth of narrative tales and mythology that encircles the octopus.   Of giant terrifying beasts that sink ships to erotic tentacled seducers with carnal desires    and when threatened will disappear into an inky pool that also serves to scare.   My little octopus is currently in hiding having just released his inky camouflage in hope of being scary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rmu6N2uu00I/AAAAAAAAACM/2i8OxSPg4Lw/s1600-h/Petals+Orange.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 184px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rmu6N2uu00I/AAAAAAAAACM/2i8OxSPg4Lw/s320/Petals+Orange.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074354152355582786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'Petals Orange' is another work which will be included, this work was selected for exhibition in Bulgaria last year.  Floating petals always remind me of autumn days of petals swirling and floating about in the wind with dappled sunlight shining through.   You will note that the imagery of floating petals features in a number of my works from small to large.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In all I will have some 50 or so works on show and available for purchase.   A number will be framed with the majority presented already matted, ready for framing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The exhibition opens &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Saturday 21st July 2-5pm at 'Regard Gallery' 372 Wilson Street Darlington, NSW.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following Saturday 28th July 2-4pm, I will  be at the gallery demonstrating printmaking and discussing the processes involved in the making of the prints on exhibition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Rosanna%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;All images Copyright  ©   2004 - 2010      Rosanna Jurisevic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21441702-6466266120441910720?l=rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/feeds/6466266120441910720/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21441702&amp;postID=6466266120441910720&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/6466266120441910720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/6466266120441910720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/2007/06/solo-exhibition.html' title='Solo Exhibition'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rmu3RWuu0zI/AAAAAAAAACE/YvTBfJhAhNU/s72-c/Octopus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702.post-5804287903737955154</id><published>2007-05-21T12:17:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T01:28:20.019+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Commissioned</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/RlECCvVu2HI/AAAAAAAAAB0/CHxov-qmErI/s1600-h/One+Man+and+a+Dog.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 285px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/RlECCvVu2HI/AAAAAAAAAB0/CHxov-qmErI/s320/One+Man+and+a+Dog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066833301859129458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;After viewing a number of proofs offered for selection, the local sculptor chose the artwork featured on the left for his 'One Man and a Dog' Exhibition invitation card. He liked the warmth of the chocolate shadow and the sunny yellow background. He especially liked the addition of the swinging lead. I think the lead nicely joins and connects the two together (and makes the shadow Harry more 'dog-like').&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Proofs were made using three woodblocks registered and carved in a traditional Japanese woodcut technique.  Each block was carved, rolled with ink and then hand printed using a ball-bearing baren.   The print featured here uses only two blocks.   There were a number of  proofs with the third block representing a  shadowed gravel road layer over the chocolate and yellow.   However, the sculptor preferred the crispness of this image.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sculpture of Harry is life-sized and is currently at the foundry being cast in bronze.   When ready, an unveiling ceremony and exhibition will be held at the Tom Bass Sculpture Studio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Rosanna%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;All images Copyright  ©   2004 - 2010      Rosanna Jurisevic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21441702-5804287903737955154?l=rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/feeds/5804287903737955154/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21441702&amp;postID=5804287903737955154&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/5804287903737955154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/5804287903737955154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/2007/05/commissioned.html' title='Commissioned'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/RlECCvVu2HI/AAAAAAAAAB0/CHxov-qmErI/s72-c/One+Man+and+a+Dog.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702.post-5825546449777326806</id><published>2007-05-20T12:03:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T01:27:58.982+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Harry the Muse</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/RmykGWuu01I/AAAAAAAAACU/CQTHgnVdRKo/s1600-h/Baby+Harry.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 119px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/RmykGWuu01I/AAAAAAAAACU/CQTHgnVdRKo/s320/Baby+Harry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074611309227463506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rk-yA_Vu17I/AAAAAAAAAAU/Rrxeptj0Zv8/s1600-h/Young+Harry.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 119px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rk-yA_Vu17I/AAAAAAAAAAU/Rrxeptj0Zv8/s320/Young+Harry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066463835887425458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rk-yBPVu18I/AAAAAAAAAAc/2nO5_TzmBpg/s1600-h/Old+Harry.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 128px; height: 119px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rk-yBPVu18I/AAAAAAAAAAc/2nO5_TzmBpg/s320/Old+Harry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066463840182392770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Baby Harry                  Young Harry                    Old Harry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;My little Harry dog is now 15 and a half years old.   He has been part of the family from the time he came to live with us at 5 weeks old.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His hearing and eyesight are not what they once were, I suppose that can be said of all of us. However, he is still quite sprightly for an old dog.      A miniature Fox Terrier with all the qualities possessed by a much larger dog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rk_FbvVu2DI/AAAAAAAAABU/_sts44NBqaA/s1600-h/Harry+at+Breakfast.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rk_FbvVu2DI/AAAAAAAAABU/_sts44NBqaA/s320/Harry+at+Breakfast.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066485186169854002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He has become quite a well known character within the local community with a standing invitation for breakfast on Saturday and Sunday at our neighbours front yard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Harry and friends at breakfast&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Harry &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;likes&lt;/span&gt;  playing with his squeaky toys, eating,  taking naps (especially in the sun), shredding paper, his blanket, going for long walks in the park, car rides, being patted, nibbling my honeysuckle vine and being with me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Harry &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;dislikes&lt;/span&gt; cats, water, sailing, cats, thunder (though now that he is a little deaf he doesn't seem to notice this as much), being picked up, cats and he doesn't like foxes either.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rk_HA_Vu2EI/AAAAAAAAABc/t5ot2me5XIQ/s1600-h/Harry+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 154px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rk_HA_Vu2EI/AAAAAAAAABc/t5ot2me5XIQ/s320/Harry+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066486925631608898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Most of my drawings of him are done while he is asleep, it has been difficult to capture him awake as he is rarely still.  This drawing was transferred to a light sensitive polymer plate, etched onto the plate using UV light and processed in water.   Once the plate is cured and dried it is inked and printed as you would with any other etched plate using a printing press.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;An earlier small lino cut print of Harry has been reworked an into a larger image as a woodcut print with an addition of a red pillow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rk-6wPVu2BI/AAAAAAAAABE/1oTUPz8QzSY/s1600-h/Harry+001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 196px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rk-6wPVu2BI/AAAAAAAAABE/1oTUPz8QzSY/s320/Harry+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066473443729266706" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The image was carved onto three woodblocks, a separate woodblock was carved for each colour.   Traditional Japanese woodcut technique was used for registration and carving, the blocks were rolled with water-based letterpress inks and the image was hand printed onto Japanese paper using a ball-bearing baren.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rmyk0Wuu02I/AAAAAAAAACc/s2av4meK1K0/s1600-h/Harry+Asleep+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rmyk0Wuu02I/AAAAAAAAACc/s2av4meK1K0/s320/Harry+Asleep+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074612099501445986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's Harry concentrating while at work posing for the little lino cut and the larger woodcut.   He certainly does work hard!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;I have been commissioned by a local sculptor to make an image to be&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rk_E3vVu2CI/AAAAAAAAABM/1YTpaNbovUQ/s1600-h/Shadow+Harry.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 152px; height: 194px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rk_E3vVu2CI/AAAAAAAAABM/1YTpaNbovUQ/s320/Shadow+Harry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066484567694563362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; featured on the invitation card for his  upcoming 'One Man and a Dog' Exhibition. Last Winter, Harry regularly posed for this sculptor during a number of studio sessions.  After removing his little red coat, his only requirement was that the heater be turned up high.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Here is the preliminary artwork in preparation for carving a woodblock to print.  It's based on a photograph taken of shadows cast in early morning sunlight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Harry featured on the right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rk_M__Vu2GI/AAAAAAAAABs/UjAIjSkrMGM/s1600-h/Manyana+Harry+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 132px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rk_M__Vu2GI/AAAAAAAAABs/UjAIjSkrMGM/s320/Manyana+Harry+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5066493505521506402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;It must be hard work being a muse in such high demand, guess that must be why he takes so many siesta breaks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know what they say about sleeping dogs. . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Rosanna%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;All images Copyright  ©   2004 - 2010      Rosanna Jurisevic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21441702-5825546449777326806?l=rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/feeds/5825546449777326806/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21441702&amp;postID=5825546449777326806&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/5825546449777326806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/5825546449777326806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/2007/05/harry-muse.html' title='Harry the Muse'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/RmykGWuu01I/AAAAAAAAACU/CQTHgnVdRKo/s72-c/Baby+Harry.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702.post-5217747208451853623</id><published>2007-05-06T17:05:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T01:27:30.362+11:00</updated><title type='text'>An Experiment</title><content type='html'>Yesterday I tried something new.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the past, lithography was a method that I had not had an opportunity to practice and had also been somewhat reluctant to try.   The use of so many chemicals toxic and hazardous to health had always created a barrier for me in trying this method of printmaking.    As lithography depends on the principle of water repelling the oiliness of inks, the stone or plate is specifically prepared to do this using chemical processes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So yesterday I played around with a lithographic process that is waterless, using silicone instead of water to resist ink.    The end result with this process is the same as with traditional lithography without the use of so many chemicals.    Waterless lithography was specifically developed as a less toxic method of producing lithographic prints.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is an image of the work created.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rj1_nSsx8tI/AAAAAAAAAAM/g7BK_duhzo8/s1600-h/Waterless+Lithography.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 295px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rj1_nSsx8tI/AAAAAAAAAAM/g7BK_duhzo8/s320/Waterless+Lithography.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061341869245592274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The plate is prepared and an image is drawn directly onto the plate using water-soluble materials.   A very thin layer of silicone is applied and cured.   The plate is then washed, dried, inked and printed onto dry paper using a printing press.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am pleased with this first attempt and plan to experiment some more with this method.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Rosanna%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;All images Copyright  ©   2004 - 2010      Rosanna Jurisevic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21441702-5217747208451853623?l=rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/feeds/5217747208451853623/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21441702&amp;postID=5217747208451853623&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/5217747208451853623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/5217747208451853623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/2007/05/experiment.html' title='An Experiment'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rj1_nSsx8tI/AAAAAAAAAAM/g7BK_duhzo8/s72-c/Waterless+Lithography.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702.post-117618606646357653</id><published>2007-04-10T15:57:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T01:26:01.838+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Eucalyptus rossii</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/1600/528470/Eucalyptus%20rossi%20I.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 188px; height: 248px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/320/924711/Eucalyptus%20rossi%20I.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Eucalyptus rossii I &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The patterns seen on the Eucalyptus rossii, commonly known as 'Scribbly Gum', are the remains of tracks left by the larvae of the Ogmograptis scribula moth. As the larvae grow they burrow a tunnel leaving a scar on the bark.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/1600/990640/Eucalyptus%20rossi%20II.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 185px; height: 245px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/320/519495/Eucalyptus%20rossi%20II.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Eucalyptus rossii II           &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eventually the Ogmograptis scribula moth finally burrows out from under the bark leaving small exit holes on the tree bark.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/1600/245650/Eucalyptus%20rossi%20III.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 187px; height: 244px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/320/98758/Eucalyptus%20rossi%20III.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Eucalyptus rossii III&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;All three art works were created  using two plates.   First a collagraph plate was inked in green and printed.   Then a drypoint perspex plate was  inked in ochre red printed on top of the green image.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/1600/468187/Bookmarks.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 191px; height: 268px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/320/677646/Bookmarks.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Fragments of these images  appeared as bookmarks for a Bookmark Exchange in 2005.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;   There were 275 artists from 30 countries participating.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each artist printed 11 bookmarks to a specified size&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, making 3025 in total  for the organisers to sort out.   Each participating artist then received 10 randomly selected bookmarks in exchange.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Visit this link   &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;a href="http://www.estampe.be/exchange/book2005/index.html"&gt;http://www.estampe.be/exchange/book2005/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; click on 'Gallery w thumbnails' to have a look at some very beautiful bookmarks.  These were later exhibited in a number of galleries in Belgium.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Rosanna%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;All images Copyright  ©   2004 - 2010      Rosanna Jurisevic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21441702-117618606646357653?l=rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/feeds/117618606646357653/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21441702&amp;postID=117618606646357653&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/117618606646357653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/117618606646357653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/2007/04/eucalyptus-rossii.html' title='Eucalyptus rossii'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702.post-117618407911502792</id><published>2007-04-10T15:17:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T01:25:41.393+11:00</updated><title type='text'>International Miniature Print Exhibition 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/1600/407814/Little%20Orange.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 173px; height: 127px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/320/924465/Little%20Orange.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Little Orange&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm very pleased to say that for the second time, my work (pictured above) has been selected for exhibition in the prestigious 6th International Miniature Print Exhibition 2007.   The Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Connecticut USA, conducts this juried exhibition as a biennial event.  This year David Kiehl, Curator of Prints, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York was juror selecting works for exhibition.   Click on the following link &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.contemprints.org/Exhibitions_Current.cfm"&gt;http://www.contemprints.org/Exhibitions_Current.cfm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to read his Jurors Statement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Below is the print that was selected for exhibition in 5th International Miniature Print Exhibition 2005.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/1600/479321/Floating.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 151px; height: 148px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/320/570708/Floating.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Floating Fall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Rosanna%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;All images Copyright  ©   2004 - 2010      Rosanna Jurisevic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;   &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/1600/479321/Floating.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21441702-117618407911502792?l=rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/feeds/117618407911502792/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21441702&amp;postID=117618407911502792&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/117618407911502792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/117618407911502792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/2007/04/international-miniature-print.html' title='International Miniature Print Exhibition 2007'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702.post-117618215370919422</id><published>2007-04-10T14:28:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T01:25:24.208+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Some New Work . . .</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/1600/35862/Berg%2011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 187px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/320/684459/Berg%2011.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over the past year or so, I have been working, intermittently, on a project that involves images of Polar/Arctic landscapes.    So far I have made a number of etchings as miniatures.   These will feature as part of an artists handmade book.   A number of images will be available as separate editioned prints.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/1600/127516/Berg%2014.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 176px; height: 130px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/320/817964/Berg%2014.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/1600/221735/Berg%2015.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 179px; height: 129px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/320/582548/Berg%2015.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/1600/202054/Berg%208.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 177px; height: 129px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/320/750717/Berg%208.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/1600/575725/Berg%2012.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 178px; height: 129px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/320/53221/Berg%2012.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/1600/373648/Berg%202.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 177px; height: 128px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/320/917991/Berg%202.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/1600/81930/Berg%203.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 179px; height: 129px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/320/793482/Berg%203.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This body of work spans a wide range from miniature prints to very large Arctic landscapes printed with multiple woodblocks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Below is a small scale woodblock landscape depicting one of the larger landscapes still in planning stages.   For this project, as the scale of imagery is so large, I am working out the process through a series of smaller woodblocks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/1600/385649/polar%20landscape.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 127px; height: 68px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4067/2168/320/816953/polar%20landscape.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll post some images as soon as I have something completed.   This will take some time as this large work is very much still in progress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Rosanna%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;All images Copyright  ©   2004 - 2010      Rosanna Jurisevic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21441702-117618215370919422?l=rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/feeds/117618215370919422/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21441702&amp;postID=117618215370919422&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/117618215370919422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/117618215370919422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/2007/04/some-new-work_10.html' title='Some New Work . . .'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702.post-115910860511629271</id><published>2006-09-25T00:25:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T01:25:07.997+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Miniatures . . .</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rmy4E2uu1EI/AAAAAAAAAEM/7F5s8ddWNNc/s1600-h/In+the+beginning.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rmy4E2uu1EI/AAAAAAAAAEM/7F5s8ddWNNc/s320/In+the+beginning.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074633273690215490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rmy3bWuu1CI/AAAAAAAAAD8/1N8eMrUOB3o/s1600-h/galaxy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 78px; height: 189px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rmy3bWuu1CI/AAAAAAAAAD8/1N8eMrUOB3o/s320/galaxy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074632560725644322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;In the Beginning&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Working in a small scale is just as demanding as working large scale, it may even be a little harder, as the space restrictions to convey a concept demands a different&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt; way of looking at subject matter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" &gt;Galaxy  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rmy3u2uu1DI/AAAAAAAAAEE/pAuQ_tQ_-RQ/s1600-h/Twister.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 179px; height: 86px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rmy3u2uu1DI/AAAAAAAAAEE/pAuQ_tQ_-RQ/s320/Twister.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074632895733093426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes I work smaller when planning larger works, and my miniatures form a collection of projects that one day grow into larger scale works.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Twister&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rmy73muu1GI/AAAAAAAAAEc/8sKBFgpc89c/s1600-h/Rain+Forest.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 108px; height: 127px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rmy73muu1GI/AAAAAAAAAEc/8sKBFgpc89c/s320/Rain+Forest.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074637444103459938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Most times however, my miniatures are purely miniatures that remain perfectly fine as tiny works of art.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Rainforest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Rosanna%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;All images Copyright  ©   2004 - 2010      Rosanna Jurisevic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21441702-115910860511629271?l=rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/feeds/115910860511629271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21441702&amp;postID=115910860511629271&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/115910860511629271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/115910860511629271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/2006/09/miniatures.html' title='Miniatures . . .'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/Rmy4E2uu1EI/AAAAAAAAAEM/7F5s8ddWNNc/s72-c/In+the+beginning.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702.post-115909162446562678</id><published>2006-09-24T18:44:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T00:50:55.464+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Imagery . . .</title><content type='html'>My imagery weaves subjects and aspects that deal with narrative and mythical tales, blending dreamlike floating qualities with scenes of forests, landscapes, and water.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Often when wandering through my day something will catch my eye. Perhaps a colour, perhaps the way the clouds have moved and look like floating icebergs. Perhaps the aroma of fresh bread that suddenly throws me back to my childhood reminding me of my favourite dress or catching the scent of blossoming freesias that transports me to lying in a field surrounded yellow and white blossoms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or while sea sick on a boat hanging over the deck gripping the lifelines, being mesmerised by the changing colours of the ocean. Counting the colours I came to the realisation that the colours of the ocean are truly infinite! I stopped counting at that point and just watched.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An image starts to swirl and formulate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Ocean.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/320/Ocean.1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;In Too Deep&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;( 17cm x 17cm)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Reduction Woodblock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/My%20Little%20Dress.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/320/My%20Little%20Dress.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other times I’ll start a sequence of drawings within a limited timeframe as an exercise to develop spontaneous new work. The image of my little dress came to be in such a way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Best Dress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(50cm x 70cm)&lt;br /&gt;Floral plate printed onto paper and tissue using Charbonnel etching ink, with woodblock dress printed onto tissue using waterbased letterpress inks, then double layers chine colle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other times, exhibition themes are set and thereby challenge the processes of interpretation to create work that reflects the parameters set. This is the case with “In The Garden” as a response the Historic Houses Trust Meroogal Women’s Art Prize theme of Stitches, Patterns and Threads.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/I3010100.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/320/I3010100.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;In the Garden&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Multiple plate etching printed intaglio &amp;amp; relief with stencils onto paper and fabric chine colle&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Rosanna%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;All images Copyright  ©   2004 - 2008      Rosanna Jurisevic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21441702-115909162446562678?l=rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/feeds/115909162446562678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21441702&amp;postID=115909162446562678&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/115909162446562678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/115909162446562678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/2006/09/imagery.html' title='Imagery . . .'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702.post-115908706515619597</id><published>2006-09-24T18:23:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T01:23:32.236+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Creating Work  . . .</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/S0c9MOldhpI/AAAAAAAAAXo/HbSXwASvALM/s1600-h/Caveman.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 192px; height: 250px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/S0c9MOldhpI/AAAAAAAAAXo/HbSXwASvALM/s320/Caveman.0.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424371556473996946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;In creating artwork I find I like to experiment with different plates as matrix using a variety of methods, styles and techniques in creating art. This can involve using materials such as metal, wood, perspex, lino, polymer, cardboard or organic matter as my matrix.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Caveboy with Dog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Multiple woodblocks and a pot scrubber, printed using waterbased letterpress inks&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/S0c9mOZXlkI/AAAAAAAAAX4/Audq-OJiKqI/s1600-h/Oriental+Dragon.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 227px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/S0c9mOZXlkI/AAAAAAAAAX4/Audq-OJiKqI/s320/Oriental+Dragon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424372003099874882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Oriental Dragon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Single plate viscosity print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Techniques can involve etching, aquatint, drypoint, intaglio, relief, viscosity, chine collé, embossing and woodcut. Using multiple plates with colour and often combining traditional etching methods with modern methods that retain the use of a developed and prepared matrix that can be inked in a traditional manner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My work regularly involves a number of techniques in a complex layering of images to produce the final work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/S0c99nuVpII/AAAAAAAAAYA/7vHxyAaUFXU/s1600-h/Delta+Yellow.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/S0c99nuVpII/AAAAAAAAAYA/7vHxyAaUFXU/s320/Delta+Yellow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424372405035705474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Delta Yellow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Two plate viscosity print&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A viscosity print involves creating a plate that has three (or more) distinct surface levels.   The inking of the plate involves placing all the ink colours, one after the other, simultaneously onto the plate and then printing the plate in one go through the press.   The term 'viscosity' refers to the differing thickened/thinned inks which will repel each other during application.   This is a highly complex method of printmaking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each work, even as part of an edition, is an original artwork that is hand made from the initial concept to the final artwork.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Rosanna%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;All images Copyright  ©   2004 - 2010      Rosanna Jurisevic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21441702-115908706515619597?l=rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/feeds/115908706515619597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21441702&amp;postID=115908706515619597&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/115908706515619597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/115908706515619597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/2006/09/creating-work.html' title='Creating Work  . . .'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/S0c9MOldhpI/AAAAAAAAAXo/HbSXwASvALM/s72-c/Caveman.0.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702.post-115908565868202493</id><published>2006-09-24T18:13:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T01:22:08.567+11:00</updated><title type='text'>It All Started When . . .</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Autumn.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/320/Autumn.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;My passion with etching took a hold of me in mid 2004 after a very long hiatus from art, when submitted work was selected for inclusion to an exhibition of miniatures in the USA. This was the first time I had placed my work forth in offer for selection and this was the first time my work had been placed on exhibition to the public.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; It was a big step, actually this was a huge leap into an unknown arena that became very encouraging and exciting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; When others speak of positive events that are life changing, it’s hard to imagine the sudden impact of waking up one day to realise that things have changed. This was one of those times for me, there was no turning back. This event changed things in a way that I would never have dreamed possible. Click on the following link for a visit and have a look at the little piece that started it all, &lt;a href="http://www.iowabiennial.org/Selections/2004/pages/FloatingAutumn.htm"&gt;http://www.iowabiennial.org/Selections/2004/pages/FloatingAutumn.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Rosanna%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;All images Copyright  ©   2004 - 2010      Rosanna Jurisevic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21441702-115908565868202493?l=rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/feeds/115908565868202493/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21441702&amp;postID=115908565868202493&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/115908565868202493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/115908565868202493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/2006/09/it-all-started-when_115908565868202493.html' title='It All Started When . . .'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702.post-115908350986743583</id><published>2006-09-24T17:34:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T01:21:50.722+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Some Images  . . .</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Mammoth.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/320/Mammoth.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mammoth&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(18cm x 18cm)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This image and the ones that follow are from a set of six that depict stories from my childhood. All artwork was initially created by painting onto film using black ink in various strengths to create tonal qualities that would eventually allow light to pass through at varying strengths.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Zmaj.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/320/Zmaj.1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Zmaj&lt;/span&gt; (Dragon)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(18cm x 18cm)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Artwork was then layed onto steel backed light sensitive polymer plate and exposed to UV light in the creation of the matrix. When exposed at sufficient time, the plate is etched in water washing away areas in the creation of the final image.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Norfolk%20Pine.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/320/Norfolk%20Pine.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Norfolk Pine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(18cm x 18cm)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All plates were inked intaglio and relief with Charbonnel etching inks, then using an etching press were printed onto Magnani Incisioni 310gsm white paper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click on th following link &lt;a href="http://artottawa.ca/miniprint/index_files/Page590.htm"&gt;http://artottawa.ca/miniprint/index_files/Page590.htm&lt;/a&gt;  to see two more images from this series which were selected for exhibition in Canada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Rosanna%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;All images Copyright  ©   2004 - 2010      Rosanna Jurisevic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21441702-115908350986743583?l=rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/feeds/115908350986743583/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21441702&amp;postID=115908350986743583&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/115908350986743583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/115908350986743583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/2006/09/some-images.html' title='Some Images  . . .'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21441702.post-115901760607061987</id><published>2006-09-23T22:40:00.004+10:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T01:21:30.265+11:00</updated><title type='text'>Some Work . . .</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/S0c74Gxe2dI/AAAAAAAAAXg/5TlOdeGmQ5Y/s1600-h/Harry-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 199px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/S0c74Gxe2dI/AAAAAAAAAXg/5TlOdeGmQ5Y/s320/Harry-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424370111267920338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Harry&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Linocut inked with waterbased letterpress inks printed onto Japanese paper&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="file:///Users/rosannajurisevic/Desktop/Harry-1.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Thought I would show some images of my artwork so that you can see what I have been doing over the past two years since I've taken up etching and other things related to printmaking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;My work comprises art that is in miniature form through to larger works and most things in between. I use simple line drawings or abstract forms to convey images right through to techniques employed in scientific illustration to convey exacting scale of a specimen and again anything in between.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A friend of mine once said in whispered hushed tones “It’s good fun isn’t it!” and indeed it’s tremendous fun!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can’t think of ever doing other work in life that gives so much joy, except learning to play the piano accordion, but that’s another story . . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/1600/Rosanna%201.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4067/2168/320/Rosanna%201.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;All images Copyright  ©   2004 - 2010 Rosanna Jurisevic&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;_uacct = "UA-1933114-1";&lt;br /&gt;urchinTracker();&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21441702-115901760607061987?l=rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/feeds/115901760607061987/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21441702&amp;postID=115901760607061987&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/115901760607061987'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21441702/posts/default/115901760607061987'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://rosannajurisevic.blogspot.com/2006/09/some-work.html' title='Some Work . . .'/><author><name>Rosanna Jurisevic</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13844144993662148780</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xKMAfhiG6wQ/S0c74Gxe2dI/AAAAAAAAAXg/5TlOdeGmQ5Y/s72-c/Harry-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
