{"id":61,"date":"2009-09-24T21:25:30","date_gmt":"2009-09-24T20:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musworks.co.uk\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2023-07-04T13:00:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T12:00:23","slug":"artist-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/musworks.co.uk\/?page_id=61","title":{"rendered":"Artist Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Musgrove\u00a0 \u2013 \u00a0Artist Practice\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02009<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

My background is in hot glass making, running a studio in Edinburgh during the 1980\u2019s. Among my first artistic endeavours during my schooling was printmaking.<\/p>\n

I retired from running a heating company in 2008 and decided to have a self funded sabbatical and as a result attended a course in photo-polymer etching at Edinburgh Printmakers, with Alfons Bytautus, since which time I have been a practising printmaker.<\/p>\n

I have since undertaken an extensive exploration of all of the currently used photo-polymer processes, both etch and non-etch and have satisfied myself that I have learnt, at least some, of what these techniques have to offer.<\/p>\n

My original intention was to become involved solely with the photographic elements of modern printmaking techniques, however I have subsequently become interested in the more traditional etching processes.<\/p>\n

As a result I have been working on a series of drypoint etchings. By using multiple printing plates I have been able to achieve layered, multiple coloured images rather than be confined to the monochromatic of drypoint black.<\/p>\n

Alongside this I have been investigating the use of photo-polymer emulsions and how they adhere to glass as a substrate. I have now successfully managed to get photo-polymer film to do this and have successfully used it as a mask to create sandblasted panels on glass using photographic imagery.<\/p>\n

I now want to combine the photographic plate making techniques with traditional glass etching and cutting techniques to produce glass printing plates.<\/p>\n

NB – I have recently discovered that a fellow hot glass worker (In fact, the father of the hot glass movement, Harvey Littleton.) has for some years been experimenting with glass as a matrix for the printmaking process (Named by him and now known as Vitreography.) I aim to make this technique my next area of exploration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paul Musgrove\u00a0 \u2013 \u00a0Artist Practice\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02009\u00a0 My background is in hot glass making, running a studio in Edinburgh during the 1980\u2019s. Among my first artistic endeavours during my schooling was printmaking. I retired from running a heating company in 2008 and decided to have a self funded sabbatical and as a result attended a course in … <\/p>\n

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