Art Courses
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Courses
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With over 25 year experience in the arts and over 18 in running art workshops in the community I am happy to offer art workshops in many creative disciplines individually tailored to you or your clients needs.
I have experience with all ages and most needs. I have also worked in Further Education delivery UAL L3 teaching to 16 plus years, as well as in school settings with Key Stage 3 and 4 students.
I have been printmaking in some form or other since 2007. I previously offered a programme of weekend printmaking courses in Linocut, drypoint and Collagraph printmaking techniques to small groups in my studio when I lived in the lovely Market place setting of Reepham, Norfolk.
As an Artist I am always trying to develop my own practice by trying out new techniques in my areas of research, as well as exhibiting locally and nationally. Art for me is a way of life and learning is also beneficial to our well being and self esteem. We also hopefully meet interesting people along the way!
I am currently open to deliver themed Art & Printmaking based workshops for groups of up to eight in various locations and with different organizations. Larger group bookings would require me to bring in an assistant, please don't hesitate to contact me for a quote.
I have experience with all ages and most needs. I have also worked in Further Education delivery UAL L3 teaching to 16 plus years, as well as in school settings with Key Stage 3 and 4 students.
I have been printmaking in some form or other since 2007. I previously offered a programme of weekend printmaking courses in Linocut, drypoint and Collagraph printmaking techniques to small groups in my studio when I lived in the lovely Market place setting of Reepham, Norfolk.
As an Artist I am always trying to develop my own practice by trying out new techniques in my areas of research, as well as exhibiting locally and nationally. Art for me is a way of life and learning is also beneficial to our well being and self esteem. We also hopefully meet interesting people along the way!
I am currently open to deliver themed Art & Printmaking based workshops for groups of up to eight in various locations and with different organizations. Larger group bookings would require me to bring in an assistant, please don't hesitate to contact me for a quote.
Examples of Past Workshops and courses
Wymondham High School After school Club
From February 2022 until July 2023, I volunteered at Wymondham High school, Wymondham, Norfolk, to run an ‘After School Art Club’ as an Artist in residence.
I worked with K3 children to create and explore mixed media pieces of work to help them understand what it must be like as a young person to have to come and start a new life in a country you don’t know. This was as part of a project from this school which is a school of ‘Sanctuary’ and was made for a display for refugee week. We also explored drypoint printmaking techniques in later clubs where children tried to imagine the type of landscape many young refugees may have had to leave behind.
I worked with K3 children to create and explore mixed media pieces of work to help them understand what it must be like as a young person to have to come and start a new life in a country you don’t know. This was as part of a project from this school which is a school of ‘Sanctuary’ and was made for a display for refugee week. We also explored drypoint printmaking techniques in later clubs where children tried to imagine the type of landscape many young refugees may have had to leave behind.
Edible East & Heritage Open days 2021 workshops
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The Children's workshop is for age 5 and upwards. Adults must accompany the child or children due to the nature of the forum for the safety of the child. the first session will run from 10.00 am until 12.15pm allowing to a short break in the middle and clearing up at the end. Please bring something to cover their clothing.
The afternoon slot runs from 13.30pm until 15.45pm allowing a short break in the middle and tidying up at the end. They will have some print s to take home with them. |
The young persons (age 12 upwards) and adults Linocut print workshop runs from 10.00 am until 12.30 with a break in between. It continues from 13.00pm to 16.00 pm allowing a 30 minutes tidy up at the end taking it up to 16.30 pm. Please bring overalls or an apron and some lunch. I do provide pencils and tracing paper however if you prefer to bring your own that is fine.
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Both of these workshops are free to participants and are part of the Edible East project and Heritage Open Days, supported by the Science Art and Writing Charity project manager of SAW.
www.edibleeast.org.uk www.norfolkheritageopendays.co.uk/
www.edibleeast.org.uk www.norfolkheritageopendays.co.uk/
Examples of previously Popular Christmas Card printmaking day courses
printmaking course programme Examples
HAVE YOU EVER MADE A COLLAGRAPH PRINT?
Did you know ?
Collagraph comes from the Greek word Koll
or Kolla (Colla) meaning the 'glue', and 'graph 'which means to draw.It is like collage in that you create an image by sticking on your chosen materials.The main difference between collagraphs and collage is that you use the finished collage as a collagraph*(an Intaglio) printing plate.
You then force ink into the texture on the plate,
removing excess before you print.
The final printing stage involves damp paper being 'lined up' or 'registered' with your collagraph plate and run through a traditional roller press,
or by working a Slama Hand Press over your paper & plate.
* an intaglio print as opposed to a relief print (such as the linocut printmaking process where the ink sits on top of the printing block), is made when your mark making is incised or etched into the printing block and ink remains in the lower areas of the printing block; creating darker tonal values in those areas.
This happens in the collagraph printmaking process naturally due to the layers of collage which create their own dips and marks that sit below the surface or top layer producing
an intaglio printing process.
Collagraph comes from the Greek word Koll
or Kolla (Colla) meaning the 'glue', and 'graph 'which means to draw.It is like collage in that you create an image by sticking on your chosen materials.The main difference between collagraphs and collage is that you use the finished collage as a collagraph*(an Intaglio) printing plate.
You then force ink into the texture on the plate,
removing excess before you print.
The final printing stage involves damp paper being 'lined up' or 'registered' with your collagraph plate and run through a traditional roller press,
or by working a Slama Hand Press over your paper & plate.
* an intaglio print as opposed to a relief print (such as the linocut printmaking process where the ink sits on top of the printing block), is made when your mark making is incised or etched into the printing block and ink remains in the lower areas of the printing block; creating darker tonal values in those areas.
This happens in the collagraph printmaking process naturally due to the layers of collage which create their own dips and marks that sit below the surface or top layer producing
an intaglio printing process.
