dunmoochin Artist book of 50 loose leaf drawings encased in wax, drawn with charcoal and found pigments, housed in artist made solander box with wax drawing inlaid, 26x26x5cm, 2024
This artist book holds 50 drawings made of the view from my studio at the Dunmoochin Foundation, and over the past two years. Set right on top of a hill, from one side I look South West across the hills with the Melbourne CBD lighting up the horizon line. From the other side I see the foothills of Kinglake, the start of the Great Dividing Range. I have used a mixture of smashed up charcoals (found in the bush around the house) and beeswax on paper. It's maybe a weird thing to write about, but somehow these drawings smell like the places I have drawn, and to touch, they have a residue that is different, but also reminiscent, of the waxy leaves scattered about the place.
A little depth to the surface Monotypes on 300gsm Velin Arches, Concertina with hard-back printed cover, Edition Variable of 3, 2023
Disturbance to a natural habitat Soap Ground Etching with Drypoint and Roulette on 250gsm Velin Arches paper, concertina fold with debossed relief wrap cover, 19x56cm open/19x15cm closed, Edition of 9, 2023
A curse on an isolated landscape Graphite drawings mounted on Zerkall 145gsm paper, Saddle stitch bound with drawn graphite hard cover, 2023
The difficulty of walking with two feet on the ground Monotypes with beeswax and thread, Silk Gampi, Tri-fold hard cover, 2023
firesmoke Monotypes on silk, dipped in beeswax, hand ground ink from charred sticks collected from 2019 fire site (Victoria), Stab bound, in gilded box enclosure, 2022
Partly concealed movements Photopolymer etchings on 250gsm Velin Arches, Concertina with printed hard bound cover, 20x15cm closed / 20 x 120cm extended, 2022
kismet Etching on 250gsm Velin Arches, 19x15 cm closed / 19x60 cm open, Edition of 6, 2019
Signals Graphite drawings on 10gsm Silk Gampi Tissue and 70gsm drawing paper, Stab bound with debossed hard cover, 21 x 30 cm, 2019
Fortitude Monotypes on 300gsm Velin Arches paper. Concertina format with printed hard cover and rice paper interior, 19 x 28cm closed / 28 x 76cm open, 2018
Land Mass Monoprints on Hosho paper, Coptic bound with wrap cover, 19 x 24 cm (closed), Edition Variable of 4, 2018
Land Forms 36 monoprints printed on Ho-Sho paper, coptic bound, Unique State, 19 x 28 x 1.7 cm, 2017 (Shortlisted in the Fremantle Print Award 2017)
escape/landscape Monotypes on on 150gsm Hahnemuhle paper, Unique State, 2017
Imagined Landscapes: Bethell’s Unique state silk screen concertina artist books, Edition of 9 , 19.7 x 29 cm closed / 19.7 to 58 cm open / 19.7 x 232 cm open (Full Extension), 2017
Thwaites Monotypes on 250gsm Velin Arches, Coptic bound with wrap cover, Edition Variable of 5, 2019
To Do #1 Monotypes on Kozo paper, Coptic bound with wrap cover, 28 x 24 x 3.5cm (closed), 2018
Imagined Landscapes: Kaipara Monotypes on Stonehenge 250gsm paper, Concertina format with handwritten title on sewn tissue paper sleeve, Edition Variable of 18, 2017
Rockwash Backbone Aluminium Plate Lithograph on Somerset Satin 300gsm paper, Concertina structure with wrap cover, Edition of 20, 19.5 x 28.5cm closed / 150cm x 28.5cm open, 2016
