During the Contemporary Art Practice course, Lorna has enjoyed experimenting with a wide range of different techniques, research and projects. The processes learned will feed into Lorna’s existing art practice, in particular the printing of found objects and the use of fabric and natural dyes.
Motivated by a lifetime of sensitive and allergy reactive skin, Au Naturel has been created by infusing cotton and hessian with the colours of natural dyes whilst avoiding the toxic chemicals used in mass-produced artificial fabric dyes. Extracted from plants, flowers, vegetables and fruit and through a process of chopping, boiling, peeling, soaking and steaming the fabric has been steeped and tie-dyed to create beautiful patterns and affects.
Biography
Previously professionally employed, Lorna Balmer is now a full-time artist and painter based in Edinburgh practising all forms of painting and printmaking. Lorna’s ambition is to exhibit more widely in the future, working on larger more abstract pieces which build upon the skills and processes learned on the Contemporary Art Practice Course.
