Seeing the Wood for the Trees - Spring Theme - week one

How time flies, it was only about 6 weeks ago when the group were exploring the theme of Winter.  And although Spring is here it doesn't seem that way.  We seem to be on a slow starter this year.  That being said I was determined to bring a splash of colour to this week's session.

It was my turn to provide a new technique for the group and I decided to let them explore creating backgrounds for their work. As is usual for me I brought along a few examples in different stages of being.

Whilst Carole went off and made the tea and coffee and lay out the nibbles I introduced the group the techniques and materials they would be exploring.

All paper ready cut, to get them started, I asked them to paint one side with Gesso and to attach text paper over the other side.  Thus allowing a stable foundation for them to work with, paints, ink sprays, sponges, stencils and a variety of mark making tools.

Here are some of the results:-

Seeing the Wood for the Trees - Winter Theme - Session Two

In this session the group continued with their collograph plates.

To get us all started I made a cuppa for everyone and re-filled during the session. This was accompanied by protein balls, to keep our strength up and cheese and crackers.

We had been shown by Carole how to create our plates from our own drawings.  Having a range of  depths and textures would be the key to having interesting results when we use our plates for printing off at the next session.

Carole encouraged us all to make 3 to 4 plates, keeping in our theme of winter.

Once completed we had the option to add a little PVA glue in places for additional interest or go straight onto sealing our plate with a shellac solution.

Here's a couple of mine drying and ready for next week's printmaking session.

Until next week......







This project has been kindly funded by the KHL Big Local and overseen by the Northampton Community Fund.