Patterns in Printmaking: From Surface to Form

About

The course is inspired by a passion for patterns – patterns in works found throughout art history, but also those that surround us in daily life and often go unnoticed. When you start to look through the pattern lens, they are everywhere. Shadows falling through leaves of an oak tree, cutting sharply through a chain-link fence, reflections in windows, the tiles of your kitchen floor, clothing motifs, and wallpaper.
We will explore mark-making techniques inspired by rhythm and allow fresh and unexpected gestures and movements to happen, building our patterned languages. We’ll work through intaglio techniques such as aquatint, hard-ground, soft-ground, chine-collé, and carborundum. Through your chosen making processes, you will find yourself inking, printing, carving, scraping, adding, erasing and repeating to achieve unexpected and exciting results.
Through expansive and experimental approaches to printmaking, we’ll explore how to break down the traditional borders of what a print can be. From using the press to breaking away from it, we’ll reimagine prints in new forms – moving beyond the flat surface of the wall. Participants will experiment with innovative printmaking methods, combining elements like drawing and collage to push the medium into uncharted territories.
The course emphasizes exploration over perfection, fostering a prolific, collaborative, and stimulating studio environment. Group discussions will allow us to exchange ideas, reflect on our work, and encourage creative evolution

Course leader

Hannah Tilson / Otis Blease

Target group

Printmaking

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