Collagraph printing workshop

Workshops

A one-day workshop with Alicja Boyd, learning how to create Collagraph Prints. This workshop will run from 10am  to 4.00pm on Sunday 17 March 2019

All our tutors are practising artists and are able to work with beginner printers or those with more experience.

Fill in the form below and complete your payment, in order to confirm your place in the course.

Cancellation policy – if it’s more than one month prior to your workshop date, we’ll refund 50% of the fee. A full refund is offered if another participant can be found. Refunds within a month of the workshop will only be made for extenuating circumstances, at the discretion of the HIP Committee.

Materials – please note that in addition to the workshop fee there will be a small cost for materials provided by the tutor and/or a requirement for you to purchase some items yourself. Some materials are provided but it depends on the workshop.

If our workshop is full and you would like to join the cancellation list, please email maggie.aird3 (at) gmail.com to register your interest.

Collography (sometimes spelled collagraphy) is a printmaking process in which materials are applied to a rigid substrate (such as paperboard or wood). The word is derived from the Greek word koll or kolla, meaning glue, and graph, meaning the activity of drawing. Source: wikipedia.

Alicja is a local,  visual artist who works as a painter, printmaker and a digital art creator. Alicja is an active member of Hunter Island Press.

The workshop will involve

• learning about materials and using different techniques within this media
• image transfers
• preparation of plates
• inking and wiping
• producing a final print proof.

An example of a Collagraph print, is work by FatBoyDave (Devian Art):