Collagraph is an amazingly
versatile printmaking process, based, as its name
suggests, on the construction of a collaged matrix to
provide a printable plate. A wide range of materials
and textured surfaces can be used in the process and
plates can be printed either as intaglio or relief
images, or as combinations of the two, leading to
prints of astounding richness and strength. The
quality of image is constrained only by the artist's
imagination! The special quality of Collagraph
printmaking is its eminent suitability for a whoale
range of approaches; it can be sculptural, graphic,
painterly - whatever the printmaker wishes it to be.
This five-day course, centrally
situated in the beautiful and
historic city of York, offers the opportunity to
explore this
exciting and innovative process with one of Britain's
leading exponents. The course is suitable for both
beginners and more experienced printmakers, and will
cover a wide range of techniques in an accessible and
informal manner.
Basic materials are included, and
the studio will be available for further study
outisde of teaching hours.
The course tutor, Peter Wray R.E.,
teaches Printmaking at the University College of
Ripon & York St.John. He is a practising
printmaker, exhibiting widely in Europe and the UK,
and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of
Painter-Printmakers. He is a pioneer of Collagraph/
Carborundum Printmaking and one of Britain's leading
practitioners. His work can be viewed at his web site
on http://www.oldschool.u-net.com along with further information about
printmaking process and technique.
Dates: Monday 14th July - Friday
18th July, 1997, 9am - 5pm (facilities available for
further unsupervised work until 11pm).
Cost: stlg175 inclusive of
materials (lunch and coffee available at extra cost)
Location: University College of
Ripon & York
St. John Lord Mayor's Walk
York
YO3 7EX
Tel: (01904) 616672 (Faculty Office)
Fax: (01904) 6125612
E-mail: p.wray@ucrysj.ac.uk
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