Collagraph Day Course
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Where?
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Leicester Print Workshop
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When/how often?
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Saturday 20th May 10.00am - 4.00pm.
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Who's teaching the course?
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Michelle Keegan
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Collagraph involves adding layers of adhesive or
solid material to the surface of a printing plate, in addition to being created
by scoring and drawing into the surface of the plate. Therefore making it
possible to incorporate both intaglio and relief methods on one plate. Standard
collagraph plates are normally made out of card and coated in a French polish
to seal the plate after the image has been created.
• Working with a number of plates you will explore mark marking and line
in
• this highly versatile process.
• Learn how to build up layers of tone and line on a mount board plate.
• Explore multi plate and multi colour printing resulting in a more
complex
• approach to collagraph.
• You will also learn chine collé techniques and composition and registration
• tricks.
£70 / £63 concessions
Course structure
• Demo: Mark making and line
cutting on mount board safely
• Production of multiple plates leading to demonstrations of inking
process
• Demo: Registration
• Demo: How to set and use a press
• Discussion around ink types and paper
• Production of multiple prints
• Clean and tidy up
About
the Tutor
Michelle Keegan studied Fine Art at the Kent
Institute of Art and Design, graduating with first class honours. She
specialised in printmaking immediately, having been intrigued by the
possibilities of process, and exploring unknown ways of making marks. Michelle
continued her post graduate education at the Slade School of Fine Art.She has made
prints and exhibited widely for the past 20 years, she is course leader for the
Foundation Degree in Fine Art Practice at Central College Nottingham and tutor
for printmaking at Open College of Arts. Michelle is also a guest tutor at
numerous Print Workshops.
