Printmaking with Photography Weekend
Location | Leicester Print Workshop |
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Date & Time | Saturday 7th - Sunday 8th October 10.00am - 4.00pm. |
Tutor | Emma Gardner |
Using photographic images as a starting point this busy weekend will see you learning photoplate lithography and photo silkscreen. A great course to take photos into print.
About the Tutor
Emma Gardner is an artist and printmaker. She joined LPW as a member and volunteer after graduating in 2012 with a Degree in Fine Art from De Montfort University. In 2014 she became a studio volunteer, regularly assisting the studio team with the day to day running of the workshop. She was awarded a LPW Artist Residency in 2015. Although her work employs mostly photographic printmaking processes, she enjoys teaching a range of printmaking processes.
Alongside her practice she works as a part-time Programming Officer and Gallery Assistant at Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park in Warwickshire.
Course structure
Saturday - Photoplate lithography
Morning
- Welcome and induction to Leicester Print Workshop
- Induction into photoplate lithography
- Prepare images
- Expose images onto plate
Afternoon
- How to print the plate
- Print plates. Experiment and explore colour
- Clean up and evaluation
Sunday – Photo screenprinting
Morning
- Induction into photographic screenprinting
- Coat screens
- Prepare images. How to use a photo in screen printing.
- Expose images onto screens
Afternoon
- How to mix inks
- How to print
- Print, experiment and explore.
- Clean up and evaluation