Zelda Eady

As an artist- printmaker I use a variety of approaches depending on the kind of image I wish to produce. I use a combination of Bauhaus methods and spontaneous mark making to create my paintings and prints.
I am particularly interested in using found natural objects and experimenting at the boundary between representation and abstraction. I enjoy the transformative capacity of printmaking in which every day materials such as string, fruit net bags and discarded packaging can be used to make interesting works of art.
My training at the Curwen Print Study Centre, Cambridge has enabled me to use a variety of printmaking techniques, often pushing techniques beyond the conventional to make unique pieces rather than producing editions.
Screen-printing acts as a bridge between my practice as a painter and my experimental approach to printmaking. I over print monotypes with images based on photographs I have taken. This gives me the opportunity to mix painterly mark making with the fixed image and produce a series of unique prints based on the same subject.
The themes that I am interested in include maternity and capturing the ephemeral in Nature. Recently I have become preoccupied with musicians using abstraction to create works which through form and colour can potentially to create synesthesic effects on the viewer. I participate in Norfolk Open Studios regularly. I have exhibited in a variety of venues in East Anglia including Welborne Arts Festival, the Cambridge Art Fair and Wymondham Arts Centre and in the Menier Gallery, London. I am a member of the Espacio artists project whose gallery opens in London this May. In addition to making art, I am a part time tutor at Curwen Print Study Centre.

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