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Photopolymer intaglio workshop with Julia Wakefield
Photopolymer Relief and Intaglio, Julia Wakefield April 8 and 22 2018, 10am - 4pm. Participants can attend either or both of these workshops. Workshop 1: Photopolymer Relief prints can be as fine as wood engravings or they can be as spontaneous as woodcuts - and they have a unique quality of their own. Participants will be shown two ways of working with photopolymer in relief: a) using found objects, exposed directly onto the plate and b) drawing on a transparency…
Find out more »Print Club in April
Print Club this month is on Saturday April 28, 11am - 3.30pm. We will have on display some of the prints that were made at Bronwyn's 'True Grit' workshop. Members are invited to suggest a topic, otherwise we will discuss any recent discoveries/residencies/workshops members have made/undertaken/participated in. Print Club is YOUR club, for all members, full and associate, to contribute to, so we welcome suggestions for exhibition venues, comments on studio arrangements, ideas for future Bittondi projects etc. etc.…
Find out more »Open Studio in April
As always, Open Studio is on the last Sunday of the month, which this month will be April 29. Like Print Club, this is a day when associate members can come in and work with a supervising member present, and it's also a day when members of the public can come in and explore the studio, ask questions about printmaking, purchase work and enrol in workshops. For all inquiries, call Julia on 0433975590 or email bittondi@hotmail.com
Find out more »Print Club in June
Print Club is on Saturday June 16 this month, 11am - 3pm. All members and associate members are welcome. We are collecting matted prints to exhibit at the Aberfoyle Park Library, so if you have some bring them along on Saturday. If you are coming, contact Julia on 0433975590. After lunch we'll be looking briefly at waterless lithography, so if you've never heard of this process come and bombard us with questions! Hopefully we'll run a workshop soon.
Find out more »Open Studio in June
Open Studio is always on the last Sunday in June. This month it's on June 24. Members of the public are welcome to visit between 12 and 4pm. For any inquiries call Julia on 0433975590
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Screen printing for beginners with Camilo Esparza
This one-day-workshop will provide you with the basic elements of screen printing and will introduce you to an economic way of setting up your own silk screen frame from scratch; something you can easily replicate at home using non-toxic materials.
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Linocut Workshop presented by Mary Pulford
The linocut is an enjoyable printmaking technique, lending itself to the production of striking images. Beginner participants will learn how to design a linocut, use the cutting tools safely, and print in relief
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Artists Book Workshop presented by Mary Pulford
This workshop will introduce participants to some basic book binding techniques, by creating mini books. Each participant will create folded book structures including x books and ox plough.
Find out more »Etching with Geoff Gibbons Pt 2
Maximum of 6 participants. Applications close Oct.15th.( You will be notified if this workshop does not proceed.) This workshop is designed as a follow up for those who have completed an Introduction to Etching workshop over recent years, or would like to extend their current skills in etching. Workshop Date: Sunday October 21st from 9.30 am – 4.30 pm. Topics to be covered include: - Sugar Lift White ground Tusche resist grounds Spit bite Scraping and burnishing A demonstration on…
Find out more »Photo emulsion screen printing with Camilo Esparza
This one-day-workshop will provide you with the basic elements of photo-emulsion-screen-printing and will introduce you to an economic way of transferring your own designs using the emulsion premix, a transparency, a halogen lamp and some basic home items. Each participant will transfer a design of their own to the emulsion coated screen using a transparency and a home-made exposure unit. Then, several prints will be made using different colours and surfaces. Each participant will walk away with at least four…
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