| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Supported by the Harley Foundation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course Programme 2012 Courses offered at NNNTPW are unique in the manner by which they are taught and in which they are composed. Courses are kept small (max 6) to allow individuals to explore techniques at their own pace, being encouraged to experiment and think creatively, making their own decisions as to how their prints will evolve. All courses are taught by Professional Artist/printmaker Sarah Godfrey BA(Hons). Sarah is a very enthusiastic and encouraging teacher believing that the 'Arts are for All' Everyone is welcome whatever their level of experience. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |  |  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Workshop Summary (click on workshop title for full details) Monoprinting from found objects - Sat 3rd March 2012 - 10.30 - 4.30 - £55 Photo- Drypoint and Carborundum Printmaking Combined - Sun 11th March 2012 - 10.30 - 4.30 - £55 Decorative and Dainty , Collagraph Printmaking - Mon 14th May 10.30 - 4.30 £55 Linocuts at the Crags - Thurs 17th May 10.30 - 4.30 £55 Revolutionary Spit bite courses coming soon
Experimental Printmaking Workshops 2 Day - Combined Printmaking techniques - Woodcut and Collagraph Wed 22nd & Friday 24th Feb 2012 - 10.30 - 4.30 - £110 ( click here to return to workshop summary) Usually in Printmaking we stick to one type of technique, but printmaking becomes even more exciting when we start to combine techniques to achieve even more mark making possibilities. Collagraph printing, literally means to take a print from a collage. Usually Artists construct the collage onto a piece of mountcard, but in this case we will be making it onto a piece of wood. Depending on what you decide to stick on, you can produce a wide variety of marks and textures to print from. Different qualities of paper can be used, as well as lace, leaves, sequins, selotape, mesh and lots more interesting things. After you have made your collage, now comes the even more exciting bit, you can start to cut, chisel, scrape into the wood, around or into the areas of collage...this technique allows you to combine the textural qualities of prints made using collage with the graphic line of images made using woodcut.... Excellent. The images below show examples of printing plates with both collage and marks cut into the surface of the wood before printing and also images taken from them after printing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |  |  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All prints were made by people attending NNNTPW for the first time experimenting with this technique. |  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monoprinting from found objects Sat 3rd March 2012 - 10.30 - 4.30 - £55 click here to return to workshop summary) A Monoprint is a one-off print. In this workshop we will be experimenting, exploring texture, colour and composition, making prints from found objects such as leaves, lace, sequins, thread, doylees and much more. The way we ink the items we are to print, the way we position them, wether we decide to layer items on top of one another etc will all effect the final print and make it unique. Its exciting stuff and you are never quite sure what you'll end up with but the good thing with printing in this way is you can keep re-working an image again and again, the possibilities are endless - 'just have fun' Please bring along items to print from.......bubble wrap, milk bottle tops, old cards, material... anything as long as it is relatively flat and not sharp... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Photo- Drypoint and Carborundum Printmaking Combined Sun 11th March 2012 - 10.30 - 4.30 - £55 ( click here to return to workshop summary) The Drypoint technique involves using a 'dry'point such as a sharp nail to scratch an image or design into a smooth surface, which in this case will be a photograph. We will use the imagery on the photo as a guide for the marks we make, so please bring along photos with imagery you want to develop, or otherwise bring along a good selection of old photographs you no longer want, ones that have not printed properly, or ones you look at and cannot remember why you took the photo, of where it is, who is in it.. it does not matter just bring a good selection, you can also use old postcards. Ink is rubbed into the scratched marks, the surface of the photo is cleaned and then the photo is printed using a traditional etching press. This process is ideal for creating images full of line and is great for those of us who like drawing.... We then take this process one step further by introducing tone to the print via the Carborundum technique. This involves painting liquid materials such as glue, to a plate and then sprinkling Carborundum grit into it. This leaves a textured area on the printmaking plate. When the plate is inked the textured area holds the ink and prints a tone. The day will be exciting, allowing you to achieve professional results simply. Give it a try.....
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Decorative and Dainty - Collagraph Printmaking Mon 14th May 10.30 - 4.30 £55 ( click here to return to workshop summary) Collagraph printing, literally means to take a print from a collage. You can use any surface to construct a Collgraph printing plate, but usually the Artist uses a piece of mountcard as a base tom sthen sticks things on. Depending on what you decide to stick on, you can produce a wide variety of marks and textures to print from. In this case we will be inspired by 17 century embroidery using a variety of textured materials and papers... bring some along......(sequins, lace, dried leaves/flowers. ribbon, mesh, old embossed greetings cards) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thurs 17th May 10.30 - 4.30 £55 ( click here to return to workshop summary) Linocut printmaking involves carving, cutting or scraping a design into the surface of a piece of lino block. The surface of the block is rolled with ink and a print taken. We will all meet at NNNTPW where you will be explianed the principles of the Linocut technique, after which we will set off on a short walk through woods to Creswell Crags approx 1mile. We will take our Lino cutting tools, Lino and sketchbooks and we will explore the site and sit and absorb the environment. Where we will then start to cut, scrape and make our own interpretation of the Crags into the surface of the Lino, this need not be representational, you can explore mark making alone, you can re create your own version of the Cave art in the crags, it is up to you. We will have an early picnic lunch, maybe grab a coffee in the cafe there before walking back to theworkshop where we can then print our Lino cuts. Revolutionary Spit bite courses coming soon - Provisional course dates: TBC April 26th/27th - £135 This Workshop offers the unique opportunity to have fun and experiment with this cutting edge technique. It is easy, quick and there are lots mark making possibiliites.. The technique allows you to make marks by painting on the printing plate to produce soft watercolour like washes of tone. There are no other workshops currently offering courses in this technique in the UK. Sarah is currently making further tests in order to be able to offer Workshops using the Intaglio-type printmaking technique. Sarah has offered courses in these techniques in the past, but recently the new ImagOn HD film has been developed to further enhance the techniques possibilities. The Intaglio-type technique is a revolutionary printmaking technique first developed by Professor Keith Howard RIT. NEW YORK. This technique is completely non -toxic and offers the artist a wide variety of unique and exciting mark making techniques, which can be used individually or in combination with each other to make quality prints. The technique involves the use of ImagOn HD , a soft, blue, light sensitive film which is laminated with water to a printing plate, (this can be any smooth surface, e.g copper, steel, aluminum. perspex or even wood which has been varnished accordingly) The film is soft until it is exposed to UV light which hardens it. Therefore when we place an image between the ImagOn film and UV light source, where ever the image is , it stops the light getting to the film . so the film stays soft. Where there is no image , the light can get to the film so it hardens. When the film on the plate is developed the soft areas where the images was wash away leaving impressions in the film surface which can be inked and then printed in the same way as other intaglio printmaking techniques. The Spit-bite is one of the family of Intaglio-type techniques. In this technique after the film has been laminated to the printing plate it is exposed with a uv light to an aquatint screen. This screen is made up of millions of little dots. If the printmaking plate where to be developed at this stage equally all over in a tray of soap water it would produce a plate with a fine tone all over the surface. However rather than doing this the Artist paints on the developer selectively instead, wherever the developer is painted a tone will appear on the plate. The quality and density of the mark painted onto the plate will depend on the strength of the developer and how long it has been left on the plate for. This technique is very simple yet produces wonderful fluid marks and washes on the plate in a matter of minutes. The technique can be manipulated further by adding oils to the developer, using wax resists and stencils. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
To reserve a place on any of the courses listed please contact Sarah by email : nnntpw@yahoo.co.uk Tel: 01246 826154 Mobile : 0776 162 7078 Then send a cheque to secure the reservation within1 week of the it being made. Cheques to be paid in full to Sarah Page and posted to North Notts Non- Toxic Printmaking Workshop, Unit 4, West Workshops, Harley Foundation Artists Studios, Welbeck Estate, Nr Worksop, Notts S80 3LW.
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |