A Quick Guide To: 3D Printing

Alongside my fine art work, I also have access to the fantastic resources of makespace, a workshop in the centre of Cambridge, where I have some responsibility for a pair of 60W laser cutters, and a mill. Over on one

A Look At: My Studio

Oil painting is slow, and takes up room, and after an attempt to do it in my kitchen was vetoed, I had to find a studio. I joined a set of artists working out of a near-derelict building, on a

Thinning paint and painting layers

This is an expansion to a couple of Twitter posts I made as @DianaProbst. Oil paints can be put on in layers, but because they are slow-drying, there are some rules that have to be obeyed for a painting that

Adding Colour Part 3

This is a bit of a ramble about my watercolour habits. First of all, let me blame James Knight and all the other people who encouraged me along the way. Fools, do you know what you have done? I use

Blooming Huge Blue Glass Still Life: Interlude

A quick one: this is what happens when a camera phone is falling to pieces. The camera housing itself is probably working loose, leading to loose connections. This should not be purple, as you no doubt remember. It should be

Still Life of Blue Glass

I have a still life in mind, and a canvas prepared for it. Forty by thirty inches is a lot of material to cover with paint. I need to buy more paint.

Building a Light Box: Part 3

How lucky I live in Cambridge Today I zoomed down to Engineering and Design Plastics Ltd. I like that name; it does what it says on the tin. I had a piece of milky perspex cut to my aperture size