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Monoprint & collage workshop 24 Jan
04
Had a great time on Saturday at the Pintados
printmaking workshop in Saltdean. My friend Marie did the
workshop a while ago and I really liked what she produced
on it so I thought I'd give it a go.
I was a bit hungover when I got there as
I'd been out with Carnival Collective the night before, but
I soon got into it. Our tutor, Liz, showed us the different
monoprint techniques: painting onto the lino, scraping ink
off, drawing on the back of the paper on an inked-up lino,
and even using leaves to print on top of other prints. Then
she let us get on with it.
I just went for it, producing loads of prints
based on some photos I had taken of Brighton architecture
and some taken from my time in Henfield.
Then in the afternoon, after talking to
the nice girls who were learning Reiki upstairs, we cut and
tore up all the work we had done in the morning and stuck
it back together again in collages.
It was so nice to let rip creatively. This
method is great because it really doesn't matter what prints
you produce because you're only going to tear them to pieces
anyway! For the collage you can use the left-over bits or
the prints that you thought went wrong.
What a great way to spend a Saturday!
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