bLOGOS/HA HA: CANVAS STRETCHING DEMONSTRATION after Ike Taiga (1723-1776)

David Jones, artist and poet (1895-1974) begins his PREFACE TO THE ANATHEMATA :

'I have made a heap of all that I could find.' (1) So wrote Nennius, or whoever composed the introductory matter to Historia Brittonum. He speaks of an 'inward wound' which was caused by the fear that certain things dear to him 'should be like smoke dissipated'. Further, he says, 'not trusting my own learning, which is none at all, but partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymous, Prosper, Eusebius and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons although our enemies . . . I have lispingly put together this . . . about past transactions, that [this material] might not be trodden under foot'. (2)

(1) The actual words are coacervavi omne quod inveni, and occur in Prologue 2 to the Historia.
(2) Quoted from the translation of Prologue 1. See The Works of Gildas and Nennius, J.A.Giles, London 1841.

02 May 2018

CANVAS STRETCHING DEMONSTRATION after Ike Taiga (1723-1776)

A few days ago we received this image and notification from Chapman & Bailey (Melbourne).

FREE CANVAS STRETCHING DEMONSTRATION
Saturday 12th May 2018
11am – 12 pm

BOOK NOW - Limited Spaces available!

You are warmly invited to attend a FREE canvas stretching demonstration presented by Mark Chapman.

*Chapman & Bailey Melbourne only*

For this demonstration, Mark Chapman, founder of Chapman & Bailey, will be demonstrating:
- All about different stretcher profiles and bracing
- How to put a stretcher together so it is square

- Cutting the canvas to size
- The art of stretching a canvas with and without

stretching pliers
- What are wedges for?
- Surfaces: The difference between linen and cotton,

unsized and primed canvas,

the different weights and densities of canvas you can use
- A brief explanation of surface preparation for raw linen

Chapman & Bailey
Melbourne Art Shop
420 Johnston St
Abbotsford, VIC 3067
ph 03 9417 7957

Limited numbers! Please book a ticket to reserve a place.

*Wheelchair access

Stretching The Field

The Chapman & Bailey advertisement reminds us of something similar, the arcane preliminary painting practice known as Stretching The Field.

Ike Taiga records a public demonstration of this.