Expressive printmaking with monotype, collagraph and carborundum

Workshop details:

Participants will be introduced to a range of non-toxic printmaking techniques to create unique expressive print-based works. Over the course of the workshop different ways of plate-making will be demonstrated that can be easily used in combination. Participants will be shown how to create painterly monotype prints, textured collagraph plates, and the addition of carborundum for gestural image-making. Over the course of the workshop, we will build up a range of cardboard collagraph plates using found materials to create the print surface. Participants will also be shown ways of applying carborundum powder to create the plates, different ways of inking and printing to create a number of unique layered prints.

What to Bring:

Sharp cutting knife and scissors

Cutting mat if you have one

Texture materials: This is not essential as tutor will bring a selection. If bringing your own these need to be very flat, and ideally natural materials/fibres: ie. Silk/linen fabrics, textured paper, Japanese papers, sandpaper

Etching needle if you have one – tools will be available if you don’t have one

Dust mask for carborundum

Paper: paper will be provided but bring extra heavy weight printmaking paper or interesting papers for collage and experimenting with if you wish. 

Old clothes or an apron

Gloves for getting inky – the yellow rubber gloves with the dots on the fingers are good as more re-usable than disposable gloves

Rags or a roll of chux cloths

Baby oil for cleaning 

Bio:

Celia Walker is a printmaker based in Tāmaki Makaurau, whose work reflects her interests in ecology and human-altered landscapes. She uses non-toxic processes such as collagraph and monotype to create unique-state prints that are often quite large scale. She has coordinated several collaborative print installations around environmental themes that explore ways paper can be manipulated, shaped and transformed. Celia has been a finalist is several major national awards, including the New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards, the Parkin Drawing Prize, and the Estuary Art and Ecology Awards.