Print and the Archive
| Location | Leicester Print Workshop |
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| Date & Time | Wednesday 20th January - Wednesday 15th December 2021 |
| Tutor | Jessica Cormack |
This course works through a year long project centred around the idea of the archive. Participants will be asked to create their own printed archive, using existing or created objects, such as letters, photographs, maps and objects. We will look at how we can reproduce these ‘artifacts’ using available equipment, materials and techniques. Participants will work through monthly themes, such as narrative technique, reproducing the everyday and digital reproduction. Participants will be sent two printing kits, creating the opportunity to work with Monoprint and Cyanotype.
The delivery of the course will primarily be over Zoom. All monthly information will be provided via Google Classrooms.
Participants will be supported each month with reading, and a guided task, designed to inform the participant’s practice and engage in their work critically. The course will work towards an online exhibition.
Month 1
Introductions, individual specialisms and interests.
- Rough outline of the course and its aims. Definition of ‘print’.
- Ways to communicate.
- Homework: what does archive mean to you?
Month 2
Discussion about the archive/print in the archive
Month 3
Story telling in the archive. Narrative techniques.
Month 4
- Discussion about the reading so far and has this had any impact on how you think about your work?
- Looking at specific printing techniques-monoprinting
Month 5
- Looking at the everyday in relation to the archive. How can we reproduce these things/moments in print?
Month 6
- Printing text
Month 7
- Digital reproduction using available equipment-printers, phones, copiers, digital cameras, photographs.
Month 8
- Experimenting with materials
Cyanotype printing as documentation
Month 9
- Abstraction
- The repetition of printing. Can something be reproduced beyond its original form and still hold meaning?
Month 10
- Printing/reproducing photographs.
- Problems with using photography in the archive.
Month 11
- Rounding up of work. Any questions, feedback.
Month 12
- Virtual Exhibition with short introduction by each participant.
Course Participants will receive:
- Twelve 1.5 hour contact sessions live online.
- An exclusive Cyanotype kit of materials
- An exclusive Monoprint kit of materials
- Handouts and access to exclusive content and resources
- Full guidance in reading and research materials posted online.
- A secure online facility to share discussions, outcomes, progress and support.
- Critical feedback and best practice between sessions.
Jessica Cormack is a fine-art photographer exploring the fundamentals and limits of visual language. She employs a multimedia approach which underpins her desire to tackle emotional themes and subject matter.
Jessica has been studying photography since 2005 and has been published in magazines and featured in exhibitions. She has an MA in photography and is continuing to push herself as a working artist. She has begun to experiment with various analogue-printing techniques with the aim of broadening her skills.
Having tackled the themes of the archive within her MA she is aiming to continue her research through print.
Leicester Print Workshop
Leicester Print Workshop is the regional development centre for printmaking. Established by artists in 1986, we are a registered charity, supported by Arts Council England. Our RIBA award-winning building is situated in Leicester City Centre's Cultural Quarter and is home to a large, well equipped open access Printmaking Studio.
We have over 30 years’ experience of teaching people printmaking. Our programme offers the largest number and broadest range of printmaking courses in the region, with courses suitable for beginners as well as experienced printmakers, delivered by practicing artists and nationally renowned tutors. Participants learn in small and friendly groups in our purpose-designed studio.
Bookings
Online: You can book online here by credit / debit card or Paypal.
Telephone: You can pay by card over the phone during our opening hours (Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm). Call us on 0116 251 4174.
In person: Call in to Leicester Print Workshop during our opening hours (Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm) to book and pay by card, cash or cheque.
Pre-course information: We will send you details of how to access your course in the week before the first session.