Printing the Museum by Claire Willberg,
Muir Trust Artist in Residence 2022
In this residency supported by The Muir Trust, London based print maker and stop motion animator, Claire Willberg, created new works in relief print inspired by the museum and its collections. This exhibition illustrates her journey from initial inspiration to finished prints.
Claire enjoyed spending time in a new environment and responding to museum objects. She explored the juxtapositions of bringing unlikely groups of objects together – clashing and combining artifacts from different cultures and curating her own selections through print media.
Claire’s prints were created using a relief process and are printed both by hand and on an intaglio press. The printing plates were made from a variety of repurposed and recycled materials such as everyday cardboard packaging. Each print is a one-off and may go through the press multiple times using inks mixed with translucent mediums to create colour and texture.
Power Compote by Claire Willberg, relief print, 2022, 76x56cm © the artist
Artist statement:
‘As an artist printmaker and collector over many years I create and respond to collections that inspire and influence my work. I am looking forward to spending time in a different environment and responding to museum objects. I plan to spend time creating stencils and cut outs that are then relief printed and I want to explore the juxtapositions of bringing unlikely groups of objects together. I am interested in clashing and combining artefacts from different cultures and in curating my own selections through print.
My prints are created using the relief process and are printed both by hand and on an intaglio press. The printing plates are made from a variety of repurposed and recycled materials such as cardboard packaging. Each print is a one-off and may go through the press multiple times using inks mixed with translucent mediums to create colour and texture. In recent years my work has developed to include stop motion animation using the stencils and cut outs.’
Residency supported by The Muir Trust, discover more about the Muir Trust here.
Gallery
Image credit: © Claire Willberg
Stop Motion Animations
Stop motion films © Claire Willberg
More films can be seen on Claire’s Instagram Claire Willberg Artist
