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Blue Mountains Summer Workshop with Gary Shinfield and Irena Conomos

December 3, 2017 by sydprint 4 Comments

A Site specific creative workshop exploring printmaking and photographyover 4 days and 3 nights from Monday January 8 to Thursday January 11, 2018  10am-4pm daily.

Printmaker        Gary Shinfield   email: gary@garyshinfield.info

Photographer    Irena Conomos    email: irenaconomos@gmail.com

Make connections with the surrounding area environment, and create in a studio in Medlow Bath.

Explorethe Grose Valley and Blue Mountains National Park through daily excursion and research

Create through printmaking, drawing and photography

Develop your ideas in the studio.

Pathways, woodcut and photopolymer print on 4 sheets of paper, UP

Gary Shinfield  2017

My recent work explores the idea of mapping journeys in the surrounding environment, and combining different printmaking techniques.

In the workshop you will be working with multiple plates – 3 woodblocks and one piece of lino – to build a composite image or series of images. We will also explore ink painting in the landscape, the transfer of these onto blocks, etching lino, and various methods of multi plate printing.

www.garyshinfield.info

Coat, Digital print Irena Conomos 2017

This image is based on a single photograph developed into a multiple, mirrored piece morphing into something organic and unknown.

In this workshop you will be encouraged to explore photographically to move past the preconceived or familiar developing images using the photographs ability to reveal what is often unseen. The resulting work may remain as digital files for you to work on over time, images can be printed onsite or you can combine these with overprinting or as inspiration to draw on plates.

The basis of this workshop is an immersive experience responding to the environment, climatic conditions and nature in all its manifestations. Your work will be shaped by these experiences and any changes as they unfold.

From this exploration you will work independently developing your own ideas over the period of the workshop, working with two artists with many years experience in their respective fields of printmaking and photography.

To receive workshop details and registration information please enquire on the above contacts. For accommodation options contact Gary Shinfield directly.

Filed Under: Workshops Tagged With: Blue Mountains, drawing, Gary Shinfield, Irena Conomos, Linocut, multiplate printing, Photography, printmaking, woodblock

Christine Willcocks Workshop

August 16, 2017 by sydprint Leave a Comment

WARRINGAH PRINTMAKERS STUDIO

drypoint etching from cardboard plates

With guest artist christine willcocks

saturday 26 & sunday 27 august

Drypoint etching from specially treated cardboard plates offers a cleaner, safer alternative to metal plates, while still retaining the qualities of traditional etching and more. Experience the subtleties of the cardboard without the dangers of chemicals or rosins. The process is very versatile & during the workshop it will be possible to explore the techniques of embossing, chine collé & monoprinting. Please note that this process is different to collagraph or carborundum.

Our guest lives & works in Mullumbimby, NSW & has an art practice which spans the disciplines of drawing, painting, photography & installation although printmaking is a primary focus. Christine Willcocks has received many awards & been included in many selected art award exhibitions including the Freemantle Print Award, the Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award,the National Works on Paper Award and the Waterhouse Natural History Prize. In 2014, Christine became the recipient of the Australia Council Studio Residency at the Paris Cité International. Her work is in numerous public collections & regional galleries, universities & schools as well as Artbank, the Print Council of Australia, the State Libraries of Queensland & Victoria & many private collections.

Time: 10am to 4pm
Members: $275.00
Non members: $300.00 (includes Assoc.Membership)
Bookings: Susan@printstudio.org.au

Website: printstudio.org.au

 

Filed Under: Workshops Tagged With: Christine Willcocks, drypoint on cardboard, Warringah Printmakers Workshop, workshop

Photogravure workshop with Silvi Glattauer.

June 17, 2017 by sydprint Leave a Comment

Warringah Printmakers Studio

saturday 15 & sunday 16 July.


Using the direct to plate method for making photopolymer plates eliminates the need for transparencies and is an ideal workshop for photographers or printmakers wanting to explore this safer printmaking technique.

Silvi Glattauer is the guest photomedia artist & printmaker from Melbourne. She is founding member of the Baldessin Press Printmaking Studio & is recognised as an authority on the photogravure process as well as working with a range of other photographic processes.

Time: 10am to 4pm
Members: $275.00
Non members: $300.00 (includes Assoc.Membership)
Bookings: Susan@printstudio.org.au

Filed Under: Workshops Tagged With: Manly Vale, Photography, Photogravure, photopolymer plates, Silvi Glattauer, Warringah Printmakers Studio

Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award

May 12, 2017 by sydprint Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Exhibitions, Print Prizes, Workshops Tagged With: Ben Rak, exhibitions, Gymea., Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Laura Stark, Seraphina Martin, workshops

Drum Leaf Binding Workshop with Monica Oppen.

May 12, 2017 by sydprint Leave a Comment

Warringah Printmakers Studio

Monica Oppen
Drum Binding
saturday 27 & sunday 28 may

Drum-leaf Binding is one of the best binding styles for printmakers! It is a simple but adaptable binding style which can be either a codex or a concertina, can have pop-outs, fold-outs, cut-throughs and sewn sections added without the binding becoming more difficult. In this workshop the bookbinding basics will be covered as well as an exploration of the possibilities of extending the binding into its more exciting contortions. Participants can use proof prints, rejected prints, found material, decorative papers to create the book. Text can be printed using rubber stamps, typewriter, cutting lino or stencils etc. This workshop is suitable for beginners and those who have had some binding experience.

Our guest bookartist, printmaker & writer, Monica Oppen, has trained & worked as a hand binder & has 20 years of binding experience. She has bound her own work & collaborated with other artists. Her books are in public & private collections in Australia and overseas.

Time: 10am to 4pm
Members: $275.00
Non members:  $300.00 (includes Assoc.Membership)

BOOKINGS susan@printstudio.org.au

Filed Under: Workshops Tagged With: Artists Books, Drum Binding, Monica Oppen, Warringah Printmakers Studio, workshop

Gary Shinfield/Irena Conomos Workshop in the Blue Mountains

March 18, 2017 by sydprint Leave a Comment

‘WALKING THE TRACK’ IN AUTUMN

Artists’ Workshop Sat 8 April – Tue 11 April 2017

4 days and 3 nights

Gary Shinfield Printmaker email: gary@garyshinfield.info

Irena Conomos Photographer email: irenaconomos@gmail.com

Explore the regional environment in a botanic garden and bush-land in Medlow Bath

Create through printmaking, drawing and photography

Develop an artist’s folio in on-site studio

Suitable for those with some experience of printmaking and photography.

For workshop details and registration please enquire on the above emails.

For accommodation options please email Gary Shinfield.

Filed Under: Workshops Tagged With: Autumn, Blue Mountains, Create, Develop, Explore, Gary Shinfield, Irena Conomos, Mellow Bath, Photography, printmaking, Walking the Track

Workshop with Gary Shinfield and Irene Conomos in the Blue Mountains.

March 7, 2016 by sydprint Leave a Comment

flyer-emailSecret Spaces in the Mountains

Creative workshop over 3 days and 3 nights
Autumn Workshop Fri 1 – Mon 4 April, 2016

With:
Printmaker:        Gary Shinfield
Photographer:   Irena Conomos

Explore lost gardens, walk through native bush trails and create. Develop an artist’s folio in a newly established studio located in a botanic garden in Medlow Bath.

The inspiration for this workshop will be the secret gardens on site and a guided walk through adjacent bush land. In the studio you will develop a folio of images based on your responses, an exploration through drawing, printmaking and photography.

You will work with two artists with many years experience in their respective fields of printmaking and photography.

Come and join us

Suitable for those with some experience of printmaking and photography

To receive workshop details and registration information please enquire on the above contacts. For accommodation options contact Gary Shinfield.

 

valley crop

Filed Under: Workshops Tagged With: Blue Mountains, bush walk, drawing, Gary Shinfield, Irena Conomos, Medlow Bath, Photography, printmaking, secret gardens, workshop

Viscosity Printing Workshop with Seraphina Martin

February 17, 2016 by sydprint Leave a Comment

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At Warringah Printmakers Studio, cnr Lovett and Condamine Streets, Manly Vale on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th February, 2016.

Create photopolymer plates suitable for viscosity printing and then experiment with the many viscosity printing techniques. Seraphina Martin trained in Paris with Stanley William Hayter who pioneered colour viscosity printing in the 1960’s. She has a wealth of knowledge of viscosity printing to share..

Time: 10am to 4pm.
Members: $245     Non members/Associate members: $270
To book, contact Susan Baran.

Filed Under: Workshops Tagged With: photopolymer, Seraphina Martin, viscosity printing, Warringah Printmakers

Workshop with Martin King

October 5, 2012 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

There are 2 places left for this week end.

Warringah Printmakers Studio
etching | drypoint | dremel | carborundum | with martin king: 6 & 7 october
Using aluminium plate and etching with copper sulphate solution, drawing drypoint marks with a variety tools. Adding deeper marks with a dremmel and using carborundum mixed with gesso or glue for rich blacks. Aiming for and embracing scratches and foul biting, inking up intaglio and relief to create exciting, expressive prints.
$245 members $265 nonmembers
bookings susan@printstudio.org.au
Venue: Warringah Printmakers Studio
Time: 10am to 4pm

Members: $245.00
Non members: $265.00 (includes Associate Membership)

Cost also includes some materials.

Bookings: susan@printstudio.org.au

Filed Under: Workshops Tagged With: aluminium, carborundum, copper sulphate drawing, Dremel, drypoints, Etching

DJUMBUNJI PRESS WORKSHOP WITH ELIZABETH HUNTER

August 9, 2012 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

24 SEPTEMBER – 5 OCTOBER 2012

Date: Monday 24 September – 5 October 2012 (Monday – Friday = 10 days in total)

Time: 9 am to 4 pm each day, with a 1 hour lunch break (catered lunches)

Where: Djumbunji Press, 55-65 Greenslopes Street, Edge Hill, Cairns QLD

Number of participants: 10

Cost: $132 per day: $1320 over 10 days

Materials: Basic materials supplied, plates, paper, and extra ink can be purchased from the studio via materials cards (available as $25.00 or $50.00 cards)

Bookings: Must be made by 27 August 2012 by phoning (07) 4032 5598, or via email: seniorprintmaker@kickarts.org.au

Djumbunji Press Senior Printmaker Elizabeth Hunter has studied and taught in Australia and overseas. She obtained her BA at City Art Institute, Sydney, Australia; Attestato di Qualifica Professionale, Incisione, Regione Toscana, Italia; and MA at Surrey University, London. Previous positions include appointments in organisations such as; Studio Art Centres International (SACI) Florence Italy, Emily Carr College of Art and Design Florence Italy, Rebis Press Professional Print Studio and Gallery Chianti Italy and Meadowbank, Hornsby & St George TAFE Institutions Sydney. She has exhibited in Australia, Italy, England, the Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, India and the USA.Djumbunji Press opened in March 2009, The air-conditioned studio is set in a spacious open area on Greenslopes Street in the tropical cultural precinct of NorthCairns, opposite Centenary Lakes and the Cairns Botanical Gardens. The facilities include: A large Mitomel Press, an MES HD etching press; an NW small etching press; a Manuka small etching press; a Takach-Garfield Lithography Press (manual); 2 drying racks; an exhaust vent clean-up solvent room; and a process room with vapor hood for nitric acid.

Filed Under: Workshops Tagged With: Cairns, Djumbunji Press, Elizabeth Hunter, printmaking, workshop

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