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Window Frieze for Temuka Library, Information & SERVICE CENTRE

30/7/2018

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During the recent 2018 Ukekele Festival in Geraldine I visited the Temuka Library, Information and Service Centre - 16 kms south on the main road to Timaru. A tiny little rural town and home to Temuka Pottery. I designed a window frieze a little while back and finally got the chance to visit and photograph my work in situ. Looks like sandblasted glass but it's frosted vinyl film supplied and installed by Geraldine Signs. Love the technology! I can email artwork as an illustrator file from home to about anywhere in the world.
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PRINT MATTERS: NEW Works on paper

25/6/2018

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PCANZ Selected Exhibition at ArtsPost Galleries Waikato Museum

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Basia Smolnicki 'Smoking Chimney' 2018 woodcut & embossing
​5 June 2018 - 16 July 2018
This exhibition shows the breadth of printmaking undertaken by Print Council of New Zealand members using a range of traditional and contemporary techniques, processes, materials and concepts.

Printmaking in Aotearoa New Zealand is steeped in tradition and credit must be given to those 20th century artists who helped achieve recognition and a new status for print.  While many artists have benefitted from this legacy, the print culture of Aotearoa New Zealand has changed significantly in the past few decades.  Some of this transformation has been by artists themselves making a stronger commitment to print but also by initiatives such as group exhibitions, community education, international exchanges, the forming of small collectives and giving support to a national organisation such as PCANZ.
Some more recent printmaking developments that have had notable impact include the emergence of photogravure, the tyranny of the edition, the mixed media print and the acceptance of digital printmaking. For some, there is much confusion regarding what constitutes digital printmaking while, for others, any new pathways are simply ways of extending the existing field and offering new creative opportunities. For print to remain viable, such evolution is necessary and many have had to adapt while others maintain perhaps a quieter allegiance to a tradition. Debate about what print actually is and how to ascertain value is complex but if this exhibition shows why ‘print matters’ to the guest selector Mark Graver and why it matters to the artists whose work he has chosen, then it has achieved its goal. - Carole Shepheard
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Wellington Regional Arts review 2018

25/6/2018

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Basia Smolnicki 'Smoking Chimney' 2018 woodcut & embossing
23 June - 5 August 2018 | Golden Homes Gallery
​at Expressions Whirinaki, Upper Hutt Wellington


Pleased to have my work selected for the biennial Wellington Regional Arts Review.
This exhibition showcases a wide range of media from a diverse number of artists from the Wellington region.
It is an opportunity for emerging or established artists to showcase their original works.
Entries have been selected by an independent panel of judges and exhibited at Expressions Whirinaki.

Sunday 29 July 2018 | 4pm Hear from the winners of the Wellington Regional Arts review in this artist Q and A session.
Booking required Tickets: $5 Public | Free to Friends of Expressions

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Copper Sulphate & Salt Etching on aluminium plates

7/5/2018

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Last week I taught a week long intensive block course - Copper Sulphate & Salt Etching on Aluminum plates at The Learning Connexion www.tlc.ac.nz. It was good to revisit this technique. We used non-toxic methods: acrylic floor polish & Liquitex pouring medium as a hard ground, soda ash solution to remove the hard ground and Kremelta for negative and positive mark-making in a variety of tones. No need to aquatint aluminium plates for tones! The students printed their plates using soy oil based Akua inks on to good quality Fabriano printmaking paper. They created a wonderful variety of prints and incorporated the chine collé technique - collaging hand-coloured cartridge paper in between ink and paper
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Students Hard Ground Etching
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Fire Sparks 2011 by Basia Smolnicki. Copper Suphate Etching & Collage
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Students Hard Ground Etching & Collage
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Printmaking classes at The learning connexion

21/3/2018

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Meet Marci Tackett & Basia Smolnicki - printmaking tutors at The Learning Connexion with students work on display at TLC reception. Featuring monoprints, woodcuts, dry point etchings, stampmaking, collaged cardboard relief prints, collagraphs, plaster prints, screen prints on paper & textiles, book binding & so much more! What a team.
Check out Term 2 for casual, part time or full time classes in printmaking at www.tlc.ac.nz.
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Seatoun School Gala Sunday 11 March 2018

23/2/2018

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This elegant mirror Through the Looking Glass is up for auction at this year's Seatoun School Gala Sunday 11 March 2018. 
Beautifully made by sandblasting Kiwi flora and nature motifs into mirrored glass, this large piece 600mm x 750mm by Basia Smolnicki, will hang with pride on the wall of our auction winner.
Basia will also make mirrors like this one on commission, incorporating whatever symbols are meaningful to you and your family. "My commission work captures my client's stories, so the final piece reflects their life." 
And Basia will kindly donate 10% of any commission request from Seatoun School parents to our school in 2018.
​Thanks for your generosity, Basia.
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NEW WORK - Slumped & Etched Glass Bowls 2017

24/1/2018

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The glass disc balances on top of the mold in the kiln ready to go.
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The glass disc has sunk into the shape of the mold.
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Climb aboard 2017 slumped etched glass bowl 60 X 260 mm
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Howling Dog 2017 slumped etched glass bowl 60 X 260 mm

​Basia has applied innovative printmaking methods to alternative materials other than traditional paper used to print her woodcuts and etchings. Her slumped etched glass bowls are unique, functional in design and original in her distinctive graphic style. The photos above illustrate the process of transforming a round flat sheet of glass into a three dimensional object.
A round disc of flat glass is placed on top of a slumping mold into a ceramic kiln. The kiln is heated to a high temperature which softens the glass enough to sink into the shape of the mold.
After the glass has cooled, the surface is covered with a stencil. Basia draws the design and cuts through the stencil to reveal the glass to be sandblasted. Sand shot through a hose under pressure etches and erodes away the surface of the glass to produce a low-relief sculptural surface that has a tactile depth and is opaque in contrast to the smooth glass surface of the glass bowl.
Basia sells her slumped etched bowls exclusively at Solander Gallery, Wellington.

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PRINTMAKING Summer School with basia smolnicki

18/12/2017

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Printmaking Summer School with Basia Smolnicki 2018
Inverlochy Art School

3 Inverlochy Place Wellington
15 - 19 January 2018
An exciting introduction to the many possibilities of traditional printmaking techniques with simple and easy to use contemporary materials.
Students will explore mono printing, rubber stamp making, textured collagraphs, bold linocut & wood block carving methods and the delicate line drawing of dry-point etching techniques.
Enjoy the relaxed and friendly atmosphere of historic Inverlochy House over the summer holidays.
All materials provided.
5 days of creative printmaking bliss!
Contact www.inverlochy.org.nz for more information.


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All Aboard 60 works by 30 Artists at solander gallery

25/11/2017

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Beach Walkers 300 X 350 mm Acrylic & vinyl on board
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Big Fat Pigeon 300 X 350 mm Acrylic & vinyl on board
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Hats & Mirrors AT PĀTaka

24/10/2017

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HATS by LIZA FOREMAN
​with MIRRORS by BASIA SMOLNICKI

13 October – 26 November 2017
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Toi Object Space, Pātaka Porirua
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Wellington milliner Liza Foreman has used traditional millinery techniques with feathers, silks, lace and vintage flowers to create an exciting range of ready to wear hats, fascinators, corsages and brooches.
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Basia has provided mirrors etched with floral borders of stylised New Zealand native flowers and hybrid plant forms.

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    Basia Smolnicki is a Wellington based artist specialising in traditionally hand crafted fine art Prints and Sandblast/ etched glass for homes and interiors.

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