Description
One-day workshop | | 10:00 – 16:30 | 4 places only
£70 Full/Keyholder member |£80 Ordinary Member | £90 Non-member
A 1 day workshop to focus on mark making and design for screenprinting.
Participants will be shown a range of mark-making sources that Kelly uses in her screenprinting practice
This will include drawing directly onto a transparent film, experimenting with a range of materials to create a variety of their own marks.
Processing elements of other source materials for example from a drawing/sketch/collage you have made, enlarging /reducing imagery to fit layers together
PLEASE NOTE: There is no element of Photoshop or digital processing involved, this is a very direct method of processing direct drawing.
Screen printing is a very versatile printmaking technique, creating simple or complex imagery by producing a series of colour separations which are then individually screen printed onto paper. Edinburgh based illustrator and printmaker Kelly Stewart creates her original screenprints by drawing and preparing every layer by hand, resulting in endless possibilities for combining drawings, painterly marks, collage material, pattern, handwritten text and found graphic patterns together in the one image. The water based tusche washes and acrylic brushstrokes create lithographic-like line qualities which are then translated directly into the screen print process.
Printmaking knowledge is not necessary. If you are an artist working in a different medium or would like to get back into some hand generated work then this is a great opportunity for you.
If you are also booked onto Kelly’s 2 day workshop you can use the time to prepare for your print the next day.
Meeting at the studio at 10.00 am for an introduction and to pick up materials then over to the fabulous Swansea Indoor Market for a few hours of drawing.
Returning to the studio in the afternoon to explore the way your material can be used in a multilayer print
Swansea Indoor Market Swansea Market is the largest indoor market in Wales with a wide range of stalls and services and areas where you can sit and enjoy a wide range of refreshments. There are chairs and tables in the centre of the market where you can sit and draw and access materials.
About the Artist
Kelly has exhibited work in Australia, Ireland, Norway, USA, Switzerland and throughout the UK in exhibitions such as the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts and the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. In 2012 she was awarded Printfest’s Printmaker of the Year Award.
You can read more about Kelly and view her artwork on her website and Instagram
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.3 hour parking is available outside of the controlled city centre zone. There are also multiple long stay car parks in the town centre.
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.
Our Cancellation Policy can be found here.
