Design
BLOCK & LINO PRINT
![blp1](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blp1.jpg)
Long road crossing meseta
![blp2](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blp2.jpg)
Templar Fort, Ponferrada
![blp3](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blp3.jpg)
Bishop’s Palace, Astorga, Gaudi design
![blp1](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blp1.jpg)
Long road crossing meseta
![blp2](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blp2.jpg)
Templar Fort, Ponferrada
![blp3](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blp3.jpg)
Bishop’s Palace, Astorga, Gaudi design
![blp4](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blp4.jpg)
![blp5](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blp5.jpg)
![blp5](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blp5.jpg)
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Textured paper 1: white acrylic on black paper with sea salt granules to form Milky Way pattern.
![blp7](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blp7.jpg)
![blp7](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blp7.jpg)
Textured paper 2: white acrylic on black paper with moss to form Milky Way pattern.
![ball](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ball.jpg)
![swirl](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/swirl.jpg)
![beige rect](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/beige-rect.jpg)
Shapes traced from ball sculpture of books & magazines, “Singularidade 2011” by Alicia Martin Lopez, Cidade da Cultura de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela (more ethereal than other shapes tried).
![ball](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ball.jpg)
![swirl](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/swirl.jpg)
![beige rect](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/beige-rect.jpg)
Shapes traced from ball sculpture of books & magazines, “Singularidade 2011” by Alicia Martin Lopez, Cidade da Cultura de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela (more ethereal than other shapes tried
![blp8](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blp8.jpg)
![blp8](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blp8.jpg)
![blp18](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blp18.jpg)
![blp9](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blp9.jpg)
![blp18](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blp18.jpg)
![blp9](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blp9.jpg)
![blp11](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blp11.jpg)
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Colour palette for El Camino
![blp13](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blp13.jpg)
Test print on textured paper
![blp12](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blp12.jpg)
Colour palette for El Camino
![blp13](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/blp13.jpg)
Test print on textured paper
![decanter](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/decanter.jpg)
Wax dechanter
![wax resist](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/wax-resist.jpg)
Wax resist on white gauze dyed blue
![Batik](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Batik-1-scaled.jpg)
Batik hand-painted burnt sienna/copper
![decanter](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/decanter-300x300.jpg)
Wax dechanter
![wax resist](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/wax-resist-300x243.jpg)
Wax resist on white gauze dyed blue
![Batik](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Batik-1-scaled.jpg)
Batik hand-painted burnt sienna/copper
![block print](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/block-print.jpg)
Block print colour test
![sponged cotton](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sponged-cotton.jpg)
Print medium plus acrylic hand-painted on sponged cotton
![block print](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/block-print.jpg)
Block print colour test
![sponged cotton](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sponged-cotton.jpg)
Print medium plus acrylic hand-painted on sponged cotton
Artist statement on El Camino design:
“As above, so below” layers express the duality of the Camino de Santiago experience: spiritual/physical, heaven/earth, divine/human, internal dreams/external exertion. The Milky Way above is the cosmic Infinite which is the aspiration of the soul birds that are the pilgrims’ dreams. Below on the Earth are the cathedral-like arches that lead to the experience of the long road ahead. The Tau crosses, like miniature monks, represent the pilgrim walkers.
Artist statement on El Camino design:
“As above, so below” layers express the duality of the Camino de Santiago experience: spiritual/physical, heaven/earth, divine/human, internal dreams/external exertion. The Milky Way above is the cosmic Infinite which is the aspiration of the soul birds that are the pilgrims’ dreams. Below on the Earth are the cathedral-like arches that lead to the experience of the long road ahead. The Tau crosses, like miniature monks, represent the pilgrim walkers.
SILK SCREEN
![A1](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/A1.jpg)
![A2](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/A2.jpg)
![A3](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/A3.jpg)
Traced from rubbings & impressions via paint/charcoal/oil pastels, blown up by photocopy & inked (the leaf itself becomes a mould)
![A1](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/A1.jpg)
![A2](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/A2.jpg)
![A3](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/A3.jpg)
Traced from rubbings & impressions via paint/charcoal/oil pastels, blown up by photocopy & inked (the leaf itself becomes a mould)
![B1](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/B1.jpg)
![B2](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/B2.jpg)
![B1](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/B1.jpg)
![B2](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/B2.jpg)
Acetate stencil held on screen with masking tape. Table of print medium, acrylic paint, textured papers, fabrics & T-shirts. Started with one colour, then two, then three.
Acetate stencil held on screen with masking tape. Table of print medium, acrylic paint, textured papers, fabrics & T-shirts. Started with one colour, then two, then three.
![C1](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/C1.jpg)
Sample silk-screened papers & fabrics
![C2](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/C2.jpg)
Favourite textured paper
![C1](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/C1.jpg)
Sample silk-screened papers & fabrics
![C2](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/C2.jpg)
Favourite textured paper
![D1](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/D1.jpg)
T-shirt stencil arrangement
![D2](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/D2.jpg)
Painted T-shirt (sponged acrylic)
![D3](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/D3.jpg)
Hand-dyed T-shirt
![D1](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/D1.jpg)
T-shirt stencil arrangement
![D2](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/D2.jpg)
Painted T-shirt (sponged acrylic)
![D3](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/D3.jpg)
Hand-dyed T-shirt
FABRIC PAINTING
“El Camino Feet”
![feet](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/feet.jpg)
![feet2](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/feet2.jpg)
![feet3](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/feet3.jpg)
![feet](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/feet.jpg)
Cobalt blue/white/burnt sienna sponged on stiff cotton
![feet2](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/feet2.jpg)
![feet3](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/feet3.jpg)
Feet for pilgrims of different colours
Cobalt blue/white/burnt sienna sponged on stiff cotton
Feet for pilgrims of different colours
![acp1](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/acp1.jpg)
![acp1](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/acp1.jpg)
Acrylic paint sponged onto wet cloth & newspapers underneath stain shadowy patterns
Acrylic paint sponged onto wet cloth & newspapers underneath stain shadowy patterns
![brush1](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/brush1.jpg)
![brush2](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/brush2.jpg)
![brush3](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/brush3.jpg)
![brush1](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/brush1.jpg)
![brush2](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/brush2.jpg)
![brush3](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/brush3.jpg)
![window1](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/window1.jpg)
2 pieces sewn together for window fitting
![window2](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/window2.jpg)
In situ (white flecks disappeared in photo). Acrylic paint proved to be steam resistant!
![window1](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/window1.jpg)
2 pieces sewn together for window fitting
![window2](https://ormelling.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/window2.jpg)
In situ (white flecks disappeared in photo). Acrylic paint proved to be steam resistant!