When I was studying a ‘Bachelor of Fine Art – Printmaking’ at the Centre for the Arts on Hunter st, Nipaluna / Hobart, in the year 2008 I created a project called:
‘A Visual Interpretation of Incidental Geometry Observed in my Everyday Experiences‘
Incidentally, what emerged wasn’t very geometric. It began with tree and water shapes, and the lines created by the direction of their energy. It extended into non-figurative shapes alluding to physics.
I carried my etching plates and lino sheets back and forth across Nipaluna / Hobart and along the Rivulet many times. I scratched them and carved them while overlooking the bay from the Printmaking Studio, and scratched them and carved them in South Hobart where I lived, overlooking the bay from a different angle.
This work was included in my exhibition ‘Incidental Lines’ at Entrepot Gallery at the Centre for the Arts, Nipaluna / Hobart in 2008.
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I made these paper sculptures from my prints. I had previously learned how to make paper sculptures in these shapes when I studied at the Brighton Bay Art, Design and Photography Program at Elwood College in Naarm / Melbourne in 2005. These paper sculptures made from my etchings and linocarvings in 2008 were included in my exhibition ‘Incidental Lines’. They were also exhibited on their own in my installation at The Lightbox, Salamanca Arts Centre, Nipaluna / Hobart, named ‘Stairs to Nowhere‘:
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This piece was created for a group exhibition named ‘Interpreting 12’ in Nipaluna / Hobart in 2008. The exhibition theme was: To create a piece that interpreted the number 12 in some way. I named the piece ’33 1/3′. The exhibition was also a competition, and this piece won the ‘People’s Choice Award’:
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Scratching the bitumen with a nail, making the etching plate for this piece, ‘Untitled,’ 2008. The piece was displayed at The Henry Jones Art Hotel in Nipaluna / Hobart:
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After I had returned to Naarm / Melbourne, I continued drawing in a similar way with a lot of repetitive lines but instead of scratching etchings with a nail, I started drawing them with pigment ink pens. These next few were done with a metallic silver pigment ink pen that reflects light at certain angles:
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Later on in Naarm / Melbourne I made my first GIF with the some of the paper sculptures:
Alison Lobbe 
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