CelineSianiDjiakoua

 Post following "The circle of my heart" / Poste suivant "Le cercle de mon coeur." Making one with the ground, the dark brown soil.                                                                                                                                   F aire un avec le sol, le sol brun foncé. Spring has arrived, the fields are ploughed, the surface of the ground opened for plants to soon grow. Le printemps est arrivé, les champs sont labourés, la surface du sol ouverte pour que les plantes y poussent bientôt. Monoprint and ink made from clay on paper - Monotype et encre faite d'argil...

Thrilled to have been offered a residency placement at Loughborough University for 2019-2020. "The AA2A project is a national set of schemes, providing visual artists and designer makers with the opportunity to undertake a period of research or realise a project, using workshop and supporting facilities in fine art and design departments of Higher and Further Education institutions. This gives participating artists and makers the opportunity to use equipment which otherwise might not be available to them, as well as benefiting the institution by allowing students to work alongside, and interact with practicing artists and makers." More about AA2A here The Barbarians, 2017 Ecoprints of my parents' garden in summer, 2018 My project : "The project I want to undertake through AA2A would come along and enrich a residency I have been invited to complete in 2019-2020, which would be the 1stpart in the long-term project of creating an interactive artist book mix...

Solo exhibition - June 2019 - Nottingham "Join local artist and Near Now Studio Member Céline Siani Djiakoua to celebrate the launch of a new website, alongside a showcase of works in progress. Céline will be showing works in progress that explore recent developments in her practice, following a period of training and learning enabled by new technologies and techniques. Works on display will include a 360˚ virtual reality animation, developed as part of a professional development programme at Quad (Derby), outcomes from an introductory course in printmaking at Leicester Print Workshop, experiments with eco-printing and examples of her line drawings."                                                           CLICK here to access the website 360 VR animation + sound track Ecoprints books Print...

I learned this technique in the summer 2018 at a time when I was getting more and more interested in observing the course of the light through the year. I then started to make books of ecoprints at specific times, as well as at specific locations. This beautiful technique offers the benefits of direct immersion and observation of the natural world around us and it brings a very  tactile  and physical reminder of the plants. At the beginning of the month I took the challenge to try the technique on a fire pit rather than the usual cooker. This took place at my friend (and artist) Val Turton's amazing allotment. The size of the container will allow much larger ecoprints ! More ecoprints photos HERE .  "Eco printing or eco dyeing is a contemporary application of the traditions of natural dyeing. In eco printing or dyeing, plants are enclosed in textiles or paper, bundled by winding over rods or stacked in layers and then steamed or ...

First trials at some basic printing techniques with Rachel Parry at Backlit Studios, Nottingham, where I am an Associate Member. ( see more here )