A group of the Ali Curung artists working on their blocks during the March workshop run by Mats and Sara. In the foreground, one artist is using an electric dremel tool (great for drilling dots). It’s got a flexible shaft, so is easy to hold (like a pencil or brush).

Following the Beswick workshop in March, Mats and Sara continued down the Stuart Highway (with the etching press in the back of the car) to Ali Curung, which is not far north of Alice Springs. Here the dynamic duo ran a woodcut workshop in the well-appointed art centre there. Artists worked with cutting tools and...