Printmaking Expedition: Field Studies in Ireland
Rooted in the print studio, workshop participants will take daily excursions into the Ballinglen countryside as the integral component. This workshop was designed to use what works best in the field: photography, drawing and painting. Two processes were carefully selected for their ability to be largely worked on out of the shop and for their long term usefulness for participants.
Process One: “Silk aquatint intaglio” is a painterly process. It has the ability for plates to be made outdoors, alla prima, and then be proofed at the press. One paints with white acrylic on a dark ground, proofing and making changes as needed.
Process Two: “Pronto plate lithography” is a versatile process. Pronto plates can be drawn on then printed. They can also be used to directly print a photograph on an intaglio press.
Any and all combinations of painting, drawing and photographs can be fused using these two processes. In the shop we will explore colour print variations including multiple plate printing, and a host of colour print possibilities.
This Printmaking Workshop takes place from the 23rd - 31st of July 2016. The cost is $1,650 which includes tuition, shared cottage with private bedroom for 8 nights, lunch/dinner/dessert/tea/coffee, collection/delivery to the bus/train stations in Ballina, full use of the Ballinglen Library & facilities 24/7. Participants arrive on the 23rd and depart on the 31st (The workshop is for seven days with arrival and departure day making it nine days). Please contact Una Forde on unaforde.baf@gmail.com for availability and booking form.
Shelley Thorstensen has expertise in all printmaking techniques, specializing in hand- pulled colour multi-print media. Her work is part deep personal archive, part printmaking evangelism, woven together in fabric of colour, metaphor and commentary. Art critic Edward Sozanski wrote of her work “The ease with which she combines these processes and exploits their individual strengths gives her prints uncommon presence and, more often than not, transcendent beauty”. Recent solo shows include: From Here on In, Wagner College & University of the Arts (fall 2015), Since the River Spoke at the Rose Lehrman Gallery, (2013), This the Smoke from When the Horses Left at the Painted Bride (2011), Counterpoint: The Leap from Vision to Print at Woodmere Art Museum (2010) & The Preponderance of Evidence at The Print Centre (2009).
http://printmakersopenforum.org/expeditions_abroad
To check availability for this Workshop please complete and submit the form below.
Rooted in the print studio, workshop participants will take daily excursions into the Ballinglen countryside as the integral component. This workshop was designed to use what works best in the field: photography, drawing and painting. Two processes were carefully selected for their ability to be largely worked on out of the shop and for their long term usefulness for participants.
Process One: “Silk aquatint intaglio” is a painterly process. It has the ability for plates to be made outdoors, alla prima, and then be proofed at the press. One paints with white acrylic on a dark ground, proofing and making changes as needed.
Process Two: “Pronto plate lithography” is a versatile process. Pronto plates can be drawn on then printed. They can also be used to directly print a photograph on an intaglio press.
Any and all combinations of painting, drawing and photographs can be fused using these two processes. In the shop we will explore colour print variations including multiple plate printing, and a host of colour print possibilities.
This Printmaking Workshop takes place from the 23rd - 31st of July 2016. The cost is $1,650 which includes tuition, shared cottage with private bedroom for 8 nights, lunch/dinner/dessert/tea/coffee, collection/delivery to the bus/train stations in Ballina, full use of the Ballinglen Library & facilities 24/7. Participants arrive on the 23rd and depart on the 31st (The workshop is for seven days with arrival and departure day making it nine days). Please contact Una Forde on unaforde.baf@gmail.com for availability and booking form.
Shelley Thorstensen has expertise in all printmaking techniques, specializing in hand- pulled colour multi-print media. Her work is part deep personal archive, part printmaking evangelism, woven together in fabric of colour, metaphor and commentary. Art critic Edward Sozanski wrote of her work “The ease with which she combines these processes and exploits their individual strengths gives her prints uncommon presence and, more often than not, transcendent beauty”. Recent solo shows include: From Here on In, Wagner College & University of the Arts (fall 2015), Since the River Spoke at the Rose Lehrman Gallery, (2013), This the Smoke from When the Horses Left at the Painted Bride (2011), Counterpoint: The Leap from Vision to Print at Woodmere Art Museum (2010) & The Preponderance of Evidence at The Print Centre (2009).
http://printmakersopenforum.org/expeditions_abroad
To check availability for this Workshop please complete and submit the form below.
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Ballinglen: USA/Ireland Workshop @ The Ballinglen Arts Foundation
Registration begins on 1st January 2016 (names taken for reg now), booking
forms must be received by June 30th 2016. First come, first serve basis. A $500 booking fee applies & is non refundable payable by cheque or credit card. Final payment must be made before the 11th July 2016, please email for details re payment, booking forms will be accepted online. Payments are non-refundable 2 months prior to the class. Class participation constitutes an agreement to our Health & Safety Policy. Fee includes accommodation available from 23rd July with departure on the 31st. Collection at train/bus in Ballina, lunch, dinner & dessert provided from the 24th, breakfast supplies in cottage on arrival, 24/7 use of the Ballinglen facilities including a fully stocked art reference library is also included. Please contact Shelley Thorstensen with any questions on the class directly on email jane_doe_press@yahoo.com All other queries : Úna Forde, Managing Director, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Main Street, Ballycastle, Co Mayo, Ireland. T :+353 (0) 96 43184 E : ballinglenarts@gmail.com, unaforde.baf@gmail.com http://www.ballinglenartsfoundation.org/ http://www.facebook.com/Ballinglen Arts Foundation |