Capricornia Printmakers Inc

Double Exposure 2020-21 Panorama

headshot  Lynn Zelmer

Primarily working with digital prints, Lynn is a computer-based model designer and printmaker with an audio-visual background. He has worked with print, photography, film and television, radio, and training simulations; and has a passion for developing large interpretive posters for museum and other educational purposes.

Portrait by Mark Collins Self-portrait  

Portrait from 2021 Double Exposure Exhibition (left), Mark Collins photographer. Self-portrait (?) within self reflection lino, a/p, Print Day in May 2022 (right).

CPI Exhibitions and Activities

Rainbow Falls 2017

Detail from Rainbow Falls 2017

Geological 2017 Exhibition: the 42 x 60mm Rainbow Falls image (top) with detail (above) was hung over the large didactic poster (below, botton of page). The image was a composite from a full roll of negatives taken in 1995. Rainbow Falls A5 promotional poster (pdf file).

Dragon-Phoenix, ORIGINS 2017

Dragon and Phoenix linoprint for Origins Exhibition, 2018. Downloadable A5 Dragon and Phoenix poster.

QR Roundhouse

QR Roundhouse, digital print in various sizes and jigsaw for 2018 Origins Exhibition. Downloadable QR Workshops print.

Riverfest 2018

Postcard linoprint for CPI Riverfest 2018 Open House and public workshop.

Yeppoon Goods Shed, Singularity 2018

Yeppoon Goods Shed, digital print and decoupage for Singularity Exhibition 2018.

Assemblage, 2019 Off The Wall

House of Cards assemblage at 2019 Off The Wall exhibition. Exterior views (Lynn Zelmer) and interiors (Peta Lloyd).

poster, 2019 Off The Wall

Disposable wall poster showing the 80 plus exterior images in the House of Cards (2019 Off The Wall exhibition. Eighteen plus views, chosen randomly, make up each of five unique works with Peta Lloyd's prints on the reverse side.

Monoprint flag book

Monoprint detail, November 2019 CPI workshop, end of double-sided print used for flag book (see below).

Monoprint for flag book

Monoprint/Flag Book workshop

Monoprint, bound flag book from 2019 CPI workshop.

2021 Neighbourhood Exhibition

Incarcerated: Hand printed lino and digital techniques with hand-cut decoupage, Neighbourhood 2021... a sombre glimpse of the world beyond our current political barriers and public health regulations.

Lino print for 2022 CPI Print Day

PDIM: Screaming in terror or climbing out of the [Covid/bureaucratic] morass??. Lino print (artist's proof) and hand cut block for CPI Print Day in May | "Self-reflection/self-portrait", 2022.

Phoenix Spark

Phoenix Spark, linoprint for 2023 Viva! Magenta: There's no shame: admitting that one has a problem is the first step in responding to mental illness.

There is hope: no matter how dim the spark, the Phoenix always rises again.

Swamp Bloodwood Orbs

2023 CPI Christmas decorations: Paper orbs made from 2019 Double Exposure Swamp Bloodwood print (from photos by Ian McKeague).

Collection Focus RMOA

Queensland Sugarcane/Mine Workers' Shack in response to Lesbia Thorpe: Mountain Shack, RMOA Collection Focus, 2024.

POP Banana from 2024 POP Goes the Artist

POP Banana, a three layer screen print using CPI's new MiScreen process | POP Goes the Artist Exhibition, May 2024.

Double Exposure Exhibitions (with Rockhampton Photography Club)

Double Exposure 2017, three doorways

Double Exposure 2017: Fran McFadzen (photographer), Lynn Zelmer (printmaker), exploring the view through an ex-bank entryway with several sizes of print for the exhibition, greeting cards, etc.

Cycling through the three views: Denham Street entrance, Rockhampton (original); Hanoi apartment block; and Quay Lane, Rockhampton. Largest print was 120 x 160mm, smaller versions were for sale.

DE 2018 promo

Eye of the Brolga detail from artist's proof, first variation, used for Double Exposure 2018 promotion, Joan Tomkins (photographer), Lynn Zelmer (printmaker).

Brolga print

Brolga print (A2, ~600 x 400mm) for Double Exposure 2018 exhibition, Joan Tomkins (photographer), Lynn Zelmer (printmaker).

Swamp Bloodwood for Double Exposure 2019

Swamp Bloodwood triptych (digital print) from photos by Ian McKeague, Double Exposure 2019. Download Swamp Bloodwood poster.

Double Exposure 2021

Created for DE 2020 (cancelled by Covid) the collaboration between Mark Collins, photographer, and Lynn Zelmer, printmaker, resulted in this Iron Pot Locality panorama and detail variations including a 1000 piece jigsaw for Double Exposure 2021.

Double Exposure 2021

The portrait (above, top) was another entry in the exhibition.

Backyard print

Tote bag for "Backyard", Double Exposure 2024, A4 print using CPI's new RISO MiScreen screen printing process. Ian Ewing, photographer, Lynn Zelmer, printmaker.

Latitude 23 Inc Exhibitions (Fig Tree Galleries, Yeppoon)

CWA Cottage | Latitude 23 | 2022

Celebrating CWA Qld's 100th Anniversary | Latitude 23 Arts True Colours Exhibition | Fig Tree Galleries, Yeppoon, 5-28 August 2022

Resonance Jigsaw

Aperiodic | 2023 Latitude 23 Resonance Exhibition | Didactic (as in frame above except A4)

The Inspiration

Didactic for 2017 Geologica print

The Geologica 2017 image (left) was printed in several sizes for large and small display, greeting and promotional cards, etc. This large print served as the didactic for the mounted A3 exhibition print.

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Capricornia Printmakers Inc | ABN 34 774 997 211   Mail: c/- Sturgess Dental, 10 East Street, Rockhampton Qld 4700. E-Mail: capricorniaprintmakers @ gmail.com. Studio: G-0.8 Walter Reid Cultural Centre, Corner Derby and East Street, Rockhampton. Page last updated 9 September 2024 [lz]