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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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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