Description
Two-day workshop | Saturday, 5 and Sunday, 6 October 2024 | 10:30 – 16:30 | 6 places only
£120 Full/Keyholder Members | £140 Ordinary Members | £160 Non-Members
For the last twelve years, printmaker Veronica Calarco, has been making baskets from her (and other printmakers) discarded prints. When she started, Veronica only meant to make a few but twelve years later she has made over 1000 baskets and created many different installations using the baskets.
For the first time, over two days, Veronica will run a basket making workshop, demonstrating how to make and develop the baskets and playing with how basket making can be one way to upcycle your prints.
No previous experience is required for this workshop.
Basic materials will be provided, however you may wish to bring along a selection of old / reject artwork to personalise your creation.
About the Artist
Dr Veronica Calarco is an Australian printmaker who moved to Wales in 2012. She spends four months of each year in the deserts in Australia, creating baskets and installations from found objects and the other eight months in Wales, working in her print studio. She studied printmaking at Australian National University and has a PhD in printmaking from Aberystwyth University.
She is founder of Stiwdio Maelor, an artist residency program in Corris, which has its own print studio and a director of Aberystwyth Printmakers. She is slowly uploading images of her baskets to Instagram and they can be viewed @900baskets
About the Studio
There are some facilities for making a hot drink, microwave if you would like to bring along your lunch.
We are close to the main shopping centre and supermarket.
Parking is free all day outside the studio on Sundays only.
PLEASE NOTE | If you are not a member and are considering more workshops with us, you might like to consider joining as an ordinary member for £25 and enjoy considerable savings on further workshops. Once you have joined you can book in straightaway at the reduced rate. For this two-day workshop you will pay £140 instead of £160. Additionally you will be able to use the workshop on open access sessions to pursue work independently.
