COLLECTORS’ FOLIO - Series IV

The 2009 team at Basil Hall Editions (BHE) and six talented indigenous artists from northern and central Australia are proud to present Series IV of BHE’s Collectors’ Folios.

Over the last four years we have now presented you with four series of superb etchings, silkscreens and relief prints; twenty four perfect excuses to start an art collection, gather inexpensive works by major Australian artists or give a unique gift.

These prints have been made in collaboration with Indigenous people from remote communities in the Northern Territory, Queensland, Western and South Australia. Basil Hall and his printers have travelled many thousands of kilometres to work on the plates, screens or blocks with the artists, before returning to the Darwin studio of BHE to proof and edition the prints by hand.

Once the prints have dried, they are carefully numbered out of 100 and have the studio stamp applied to the bottom corner. They are sent to the artists for their approval and signature and return to the studio for packing in their specially designed folios.

This co-publication between the Art Centres, artists and BHE means that the artists are paid up front for their work, while the prints are wholesaled by the Art Centres themselves and BHE.

1. ARTIST: Regina Pilawuk Wilson
TITLE: Syaw
MEDIUM: Etching
PLATE DRAWN & ETCHED: Peppimenarti, NT 2007-8
EDITION: 100
HAND PRINTED BY: Sean Smith & Nena Zanos
AT: Basil Hall Editions, Darwin
DATE COMPLETED: March 2009

2. ARTIST: Marika Patrick
TITLE: Purnululu
MEDIUM: Etching & aquatint
PLATES DRAWN & ETCHED: Warmun, 2007-8
EDITION: 100
HAND PRINTED BY: Merran Sierakowski
FOR: Basil Hall Editions, Darwin
DATE COMPLETED: January 2009

3. ARTIST: Judy Napangardi Watson
TITLE: Kurrkara Jukurrpa
MEDIUM: Etching & aquatint
PLATE DRAWN & ETCHED: Darwin, July 2008
EDITION: 100
HAND PRINTED BY: Sean Smith & Nena Zanos
AT: Basil Hall Editions, Darwin
DATE COMPLETED: January 2009

4. ARTIST: Rosella Namok
TITLE: Kaapay & Kuyan
MEDIUM: Etching & aquatint
PLATES DRAWN & ETCHED: Darwin, July 2008
EDITION: 100
HAND PRINTED BY: Sean Smith
AT: Basil Hall Editions, Darwin
DATE COMPLETED: February 2009

5. ARTIST: Don Nakadilinj Namundja
TITLE: Bats
MEDIUM: Etching & aquatint
PLATES DRAWN & ETCHED: Jabiru, 2006
EDITION: 100
HAND PRINTED BY: Mats Unden
AT: Basil Hall Editions, Darwin
DATE COMPLETED: January 2009

6. ARTIST: Peggy Napangardi Jones
TITLE: Yellow Bird
MEDIUM: Silkscreen
PLATE DRAWN & ETCHED: Tennant Creek, 2007-8
EDITION: 100
HAND PRINTED BY: Clinton Barker
AT: Basil Hall Editions, Darwin
DATE COMPLETED: February 2009