Courses during 2010
**All courses are subject to receipt of funding for 2010**
WOODBLOCK PRINTING
June 2010
Resident artist ANNIE SILVERMAN
26th - 27th June 2010 (10 - 4)
Course description
Experiment with nontraditional woodcut printmaking techniques that yield contemporary, expressive results. Building a vocabulary of carved and incised marks on wood, students will make a set of plates that can be used alone or in conjunction with one another, as well as with additional prints. A dialogue between carving, and printing begins, with the conversation turning spicy when multiple layers of colored ink in varying degrees of transparency are introduced and the improvisation begins. This is an unique way to work with woodblock that can have the immediacy of collage, yet with the possibility of multiples and work within a series for which printmaking is ideal.
The class also covers: tool care and sharpening, work with stencils and masks, and chine colle’ , a way of collage thin papers during the printing process.
All levels welcome.
Cost: €175 including materials
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CHILDREN'S ART SCHOOL
June / July 2010
Resident artist JOHN DOOHAN
28th June - 1st July (10 .30 - 3)
Monday: Mixing Colours & Painting
Tuesday: Drawing
Wednesday: Constructing sculptures using recycled material & paper maché
Thursday: Modelling using clay
Friday: Self portraits, farewell party & group photo
Ages 4 - 12
Cost: €65 each child
*Reductions for more than one child.
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ETCHING
PHOTO ETCHING
July 2010
Resident artist AOIFE MC GARRIGLE
10th - 11th July 2010 (10 - 4) COLOUR ETCHING
17th - 18th July 2010 (10 - 4) PHOTO ETCHING
Course description
Colour Etching
During this course you will learn a range of skills that can be applied to the process of etching. Tuition will cover basic hard/soft ground etching and drypoint, through to more advanced techniques such as aquatint and multi-plate colour printing. This course is suitable for beginners as well as those with previous experience.
Photo-Etching
Learn the basics of photo-etching and photo polymer printmaking. The process is an innovative new etching process, which allows the artist to produce photographic and digital images printed with the quality of a traditional etching. Students will learn how to expose and print photo polymer plates. This workshop will also explore photo-etching techniques. This process allows the artist to combine photo imagery with traditional etching techniques such as aquatint and hard/soft ground on the same plate. This offers the artist more freedom to alter the image with autographic marks.
Cost: €175 including materials
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LANDSCAPE PAINTING
August 2010
Residenct artist HEIDI NGUYEN
12th - 16th July ( 10 - 4)
Course description
Day 1:
Meeting, informal; chat about what people are doing and what they wwould be particularly interested in studying. Sketches colour and black and white.
Main theme: composition of a picture
Day 2:
Study of proportions, working on a portrait or landscape.
Day 3:
Different types of exercises to study lights and shadows.
Day 4: Different ways to mark the canvas. Trying different scale of works.
Day 5:
Finishing one main piece of work, including basics on framing.
Over the 5 days we will be working toward one or two finished paintings, from a landscape or a particular view. The week will focus mostly on working outdoor (but do not worry there would be plenty of plans B and C if weather is temperamental) with colour and paint, where it is acrylic or oil.
Cost: €300
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Experimental printmaking techniques for artists
August 2010
Resident artist Danielle Creannaune
14th - 15th August 2010 (10 - 4)
Course description
This workshop will look the meaning of experimental in terms of both image-making and also the use of materials. It will encourage a spontaneous approach to working intuitively and directly onto plates. To develop this approach, we will use the surrounding natural landscape at Clò to inspire our image-making.
We will explore techniques to achieve unexpected textures and results; look at layering various techniques within the image; and also the affects of using transparent colours. The main processes explored will be monotype, relief and etching, however, techniques learnt can equally be adapted for use across other print media.
If students have exising image plates that they would like to experiment with then they are welcome to bring them along to combine with other new images.
No previous experience is neccessary.
Etching & Chine Collé
August 2010
Resident artist Danielle Creannaune
21st - 22nd August 2010 (10 - 4)
Course description
Chine-collé is a printmaking technique in which the image is transferred to a
thinner paper surface that is bonded to a heavier support in the printing process.
Chine-collé roughly translates from French, “chine” meaning tissue and “collé”
meaning paste. It is generally thought that the term "Chine" was used because the
thin tissue paper was traditionally imported from China, India or Japan.
In this course, we will learn about it´s application in the etching process, however, the techniques can equally be adapted for use in lithography and relief.
Students will learn about different varieties of suitable Japanese papers; how to mix and apply wheat starch paste glue made; how to register and apply the chine collé at the time of printing; how to dry, handle and chine collé prints; and how chine collé can be innovatively combined with other printing techniques.
If students have exising image plates that they would like to experiment with then they are welcome to bring them along or alternatively create new images.
No previous experience is neccessary. Students are encouraged to come prepared with working drawings or an image ideas.
Cost: €175
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Etching Club 2009
Cló runs an etching club every Wednesday from 9 a.m – 5.00 p.m for artists who want to produce their own prints. The fee per year is €200, which includes basic materials.
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