Drawn-style monoprint workshop
Create a beautiful monochrome print, inspired by nature.
Come along and create your own drawn-style monoprint, with artist Jackie Curtis
Date: Tuesday 15th September
Time: 10.00am-12.00pm or 1.00pm-3.00pm
Cost: £10 suggested donation to support our work, booking is essential.
Join artist Jackie Curtis to design and create a drawn-style monoprint. Be inspired by the varied scenery of Steart Marshes and the range of natural materials on offer to use in your work.
Learn the process of printing through a demo with Jackie, before being guided to create your own piece. Coated card will be inked up with blue/black oil-based ink. You will then use a range of tools such as twigs, brushes and torn card to make a variety of marks in the ink. Larger areas of ink can be lifted off with cotton buds or gauze to leave lighter areas. Plant material found on site, such as grasses or reeds can be added to give extra depth. A print will then taken from the plate, using a small portable press (Xcut Xpress die cutter), with the possibility of a second fainter ghost print.
No previous experience of printing is necessary to take part, this workshop is open to everybody.
Please note – participants should be prepared to get inky! This is oil-based inks so wear clothes that can get messy. We advise wearing sturdy boots and dressing for the weather as we will also be working outdoors amongst nature.
What to bring: A sketchbook and pens/pencils, if you don't have these we can provide them. Reading glasses if worn.
Where to meet: In the main WWT car park at Steart Marshes, Stert Drove, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2PU.
About the artist:
Jackie Curtis is an artist printmaker inspired by the natural world. Jackie can often be found walking on the levels or coast, observing the landscape and wildlife, sketch book, camera or printing block in hand; looking for materials and ideas to use in her printmaking.
Jackie works from her Somerset studio using relief techniques. Her monoprints are spontaneous, lively innovative prints often created as an immediate response to recent experiences. They use natural materials such as wood veneers and plant materials to create textures and impressions of the natural world. She also creates monotypes by drawing into an inked block, often working outdoors when she is out walking, sometimes with a printing press in the boot of the car! Jackie has been using a collagraph technique working with self-adhesive foil to create blocks from natural materials that are rich in texture and detail, incorporating delicate materials such as seed heads and skeletal leaves in her prints.
Please contact info.steart@wwt.org.uk with any questions.
These workshops form part of the Steart: Connecting Coastal Communities Project, made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, we are creating opportunities in the heart of the local community designed to deepen engagement with saltmarsh and wetlands.
