Wed & Thur 2 & 3 Aug | 9.30 am - 4pm
Max 6 participants
$595 (Includes Materials)
Available for this Workshop - AT CHECK OUT
Symphony 1 & 2 by Angela Coombs matthews - Monotype
Where painting meets printmaking: the monotype offers the most flexible and creative way to make unique piece prints.
In this workshop you will use large acrylic plates to create layered expressive images. Using acrylic plates and a range of colour mediums including watercolour paints, printmaking inks, calligraphy and fountain-pen inks, you will learn techniques that you can adapt to your own styles of mark-making and use at home or in the studio.
The nature of the process allows participants to work in a playful, spontaneous manner, making gestural, textured and experimental works.
This 2-day workshop allows you to take your time and build a small portfolio of resolved work. The first day will focus on introducing a range of techniques and the second day will allow for more focused supervised play with techniques of your choice.
NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY.
This workshop is suitable for both beginners and those who want to explore this medium further and develop a specific body of work.
Working on 30 x 44cm acrylic plates the workshop includes:
Additive method: direct mark making on the plate
Reductive method: line drawing or wiping into fields of ink
Working with watercolour and oil-based inks
Working with mediums like salt and soap for special effects
Working with fountain-pen and calligraphy inks
Using different papers and preparing for printing
Chine colle: using coloured tissue and patterned paper underlays
Building coloured layers: through multiplate printing, stencilling and resists
Incorporating collage
Printing on an etching press
Developing strategies for your home studio
This is a busy, hands-on, fun workshop that opens up this versatile style of printmaking and allows you to take home original prints!
**All workshops at Baldessin Studio use low toxic chemicals and adhere to strict OHS work practices**
ABOUT CHRIS INGHAM
Printmaker and sculptor, Chris Ingham was born in Adelaide 1974. He is currently living and working in Melbourne, where he divides his time between his art practice and teaching printmaking methods and techniques. He spent 10 years working at the Australian Print Workshop as an access studio coordinator, teacher and fine art printer.
Chris has participated in numerous residencies in both Europe and North America, and along with this has exhibited his work widely and shown in many prize shows here in Australia. He is currently exhibiting with Australian Galleries. His work explores traditional mediums and methods of making art, coupled with an expressive and gestural personal mark making style, which is heavily reliant on spontaneity, humour and freshness.
Workshop Cancellations & Refunds
We understand that circumstances can change. A full workshop refund will be offered:
· if a workshop in which you are enrolled is cancelled or deferred to a date unsuitable for your attendance. This may be the case if a Covid lockdown is announced.
· upon receipt of an email indicating your intention to withdraw your enrolment when notice is provided to us at least three weeks in advance of the workshop start date.
Workshop Credit - Transfers
We are happy to transfer your enrolment to a future workshop, but this will depend on availability of studio space and three weeks notice being given to us.
