Our wonderful printmaking instructor Nikki Barber is on another artist’s pilgrimage to Northern Thailand. She’s spending one month as a studio-based artist in residence at Rajamangala University in Chiang Mai. There, she is able to interact directly with students, faculty, and Thai artists, experiencing the technical differences between Seattle and Chiang Mai printmaking techniques.
She sent us a “postcard” via email, with some pics and notes about the first few days of her trip.
Nikki Barber, Ajan Nok (Patcharin Meelarp), and Josh (Nikki’s partner). In Thailand, everyone has a given name and a nickname. This woman is an incredible human and artist. Her nickname is “Nok”, which means bird. “Ajan” means Professor.
A Thai Printmaking Press at my friend, “Tak”’s studio in Chiang Mai
Opening ceremony for exhibition at Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna, where I’m doing the international artist workshop
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It has taken me some time to realize the artistic benefits of figure drawing online vs in the studio, but I’m getting it. Whereas large fluid physical gestures with movement and energy will likely wait until we are back in the studio, drawing online puts the model within a screen, and that screen is moveable. …
Artist Talk Nikki Barber on the Scientific Method TODAY! January 28th 2019, 5:30-7:00pm Bellevue College, Gallery Space D271 Science and art are not mutually exclusive. Both are used to explain and make sense of the world around us. Nikki uses her strong scientific background in biology and art to develop her printmaking process, and uses …
Postcard from Thailand
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Nikki Barber Printmaking in Thailand
Our wonderful printmaking instructor Nikki Barber is on another artist’s pilgrimage to Northern Thailand. She’s spending one month as a studio-based artist in residence at Rajamangala University in Chiang Mai. There, she is able to interact directly with students, faculty, and Thai artists, experiencing the technical differences between Seattle and Chiang Mai printmaking techniques.
She sent us a “postcard” via email, with some pics and notes about the first few days of her trip.
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