A multiple print assemblage. Made f fragments of photos found in a flea market and transformed into prints using Solar Plating Printmaking. 80 by 50 cm Edition number: One only Date: 15 December, 2018
SIMULACRUM II
Double Plate Intaglio photogravure. Second in a series exploring the power of the partially obscured, or inadequately seen image to evoke emotion. 40 by 30 cm Edition number: Five of twenty five
BUCO NERO
Solar plate print from a computer manipulated image using coarse aquatint screen. A constellation swirls around a Black Hole 21 by 30 cm Edition number: Five of twenty
SIMULACRUM 1
Double Plate Intaglio photogravure. First in a series exploring the power of the partially obscured, or inadequately seen im. 40 by 28 cm Edition number: One of twenty five
Lines of Loss
Green plate is an intaglio photogravure - the larger is an open-bite etching. It is an exploration into memory and the phenomenon of Post Memory . 26 by 16 cm Edition number: one of five
About the Artist
Sheila’s artwork takes a critical view of social, political and cultural issues combining themes from Sublime Art through Feminist Theory and into Maternal Subjectivity.
On graduation with a 1st, she received ‘Best Overall achievement at Degree Assessment’ and later a Solo Exhibition at Margaret Harvey Gallery on completing her Masters Degree. Since then she has been appointed Artist in Residence at Intaglio Printmakers; completed three residencies under the Artist’s Access to Art Colleges Scheme; set up her own studio in Hertfordshire; been published in the peer reviewed Journal of Visual Arts Practice and had two technical essays printed in Printmaking Today. She has exhibited in London and Brighton with Printmakers Council and other Print Groups locally in Herts and Bucks; her works can be found at The Natural History Museum, Tring, Castello Chiola in Abruzzo, Italy and in private collections.
She teaches printmaking in secondary schools, colleges and on the Artscool! project at University of Hertfordshire. Sheila makes complex mixed media artwork using a variety of materials and processes with printmaking as a central core. To see more of Sheila’s work go to http://sheiladerosa.co.uk
For many years Sheila has been working with and teaching Solar Plate Printmaking; a relatively new print process that enables images to be established onto metal plates by exposure to light using sunlight or an ultra violet light source. The plates are developed by washing in water and can be printed as intaglio or relief prints. Unlike traditional etching techniques, no acid etching is necessary and no toxic chemicals are used in the plate-making process. It is a very versatile artistic medium which exploits drawing abilities, computer and graphic skills and gestural mark making.
Sheila has devised a new PRINTING FROM MEMORY workshop that uses photos of your favourite memories, transferred onto paper, wood or fabric and is then enhanced using a Monoprinting technique to create original prints with very personal memories. These are broken down into two, two-hour sessions.
Please contact her for more information and dates of courses in 2019.
