Some years ago I worked as a volunteer at the National Gallery of Australia cataloging their international print collection. The first works I cataloged were Ben Nicholson’s Greek and Turkish forms printed by Francois Lafranca in the 1960s. Part of the task was to find out background information about the making of the prints. In this case there was just one small paragraph about Lafranca and I started to wonder what he was like never expecting to one day meet him. He lives in a stunningly beautiful remote part of Switzerland in the Italian canton of Ticino. Once he made gigantic sculptures as well as prints and paper but now his concentration is on paper making.
Georgio Upiglio
I was introduced to this delightful old man by Bruno Leti. In one of the images he is holding a photo I sent him of Bruno. Now in his eighties Georgio was one of the master printers printing for Miro, Man Ray, Giacometti, Fontana, Duchamp, De Chirico, the list goes on as you can see by the boxes of editions lining the walls of his Milan studio.
Atelier de Saint-Prex
Painter and Printmaker Pietro Sarto lives and works in the beautiful lakeside village of Saint-Prex between Nyon and Lausanne. He and fellow master printer have a very hands-on approach to printing. Sarto often works with several colours on the one plate creating extraordinary atmospheric colours and tones.
Tom Petsinis, Bruno Leti, Helene George & Judy Holding
Tom came to Switzerland on a writers residency during which he started his latest novel Fog.
Here he is admiring the press at atelier GE Grave which is a French version of the Stanhope press. Lord Stanhope studies mathematics at the University of Geneva.
The Martin Bodmer Foundation fascinates all visitors. It’s a unique collection of manuscripts, rare books and objects relating to civilisations through writing. www.fondationbodmer.org
Australia
Every year usually in March and April I come back to Australia to see family and friends,
do some printing and a lot of eating.
Lewis Editions printing a Margaret Olly and Dianne Fogwell's studio
Deborah Klein, Kristin Headlam and Bruno Leti in their studios
Judy Holding in her studio and Gria Shead outside her flat
food as art
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