Textile Art @ Bradford School

I spent a wonderful week at Bradford Primary School working with textile processes to enhance one of the school's rooms into a meeting place. We looked  artists Tracey Tawhiao, Richard Killeen, Cliff Whiting and Reuben Paterson along with Pacific Tapa and Maori tattoo designs for inspiration.

We had various goals - making curtains which displayed the school values and whanau groups: Pikorua   - Friendship, Koru – New life, Matau – leadership/determination and Manawa- Heart. (5 year olds did these - painting with pieces of plastic in a palette knife fashion and then overprinting symbols with foam stamps they made.)

We looked at the Three Baskets of Knowledge legend: the kete - aroni which held all the knowledge that could help mankind, the kete-tuauri which held the knowledge of ritual, memory and prayer and the kete-tuatea which contained knowledge of evil or makutu , which was harmful to mankind.   We made our three kete's by wrapping fabric around sticks - here are two  of them. Rooms 3 and 4 made the insects and birds that the blown to earth by the wind in the legend. Thanks to Elizabeth Marshall who came in and helped with this project and provided wire which we used for the handles. 

These details are of a ceiling to floor artwork of the poutama pattern panel which Room 5 collectively painted/stamped and screenprinted. The pattern represents 'steps of learning' and so numbers and letters were included along with direct printing of some of the leaves from the school environment.

 We also had the goal of making  Polynesian themed patches which were made a variety of ways – painting, screen-printing and stamping. I especially loved the cut paper stencil work. These now decorate curtains and cushions and some are 'patched together in large wall hangings -this one photographed in situ by the mirror. 

School librarian Gill said I had to be in one of the photos...here i am with my two scarves on!  I appreciated help from staff member Val in helping sew these patches onto the curtains. We also worked on a mural thinking about the Tane Mahuta legend
 - with plans to finish it next year - phew! I so enjoyed all the responsive pupils, parent helpers and the explosion of colour.

New Zealand Printmakers: Matiu Somes, 26Sep-27Oct, Wellington

New Zealand Printmakers: Matiu Somes, 26Sep-27Oct, Wellington: The exhibition Matiu Somes: The Next Chapter is opening at Solander Gallery in Wellington on 26 September. The artists featured in...

Summer Solar Printmaking class in the Hutt

Please check out Hutt Art Soc's website for an outline of workshops
http://www.huttart.co.nz/#!summer-school-2013
PRINTMAKING IN THE SUN
SOLAR PLATE PRINTING BY LYNN TAYLOR
(4-day workshop)
Dates: 10-13 January 2013
Level: see below
Time: 9.00 – 4.30
Room: print room
Number: Minimum=4: Maximum = 6
Cost: $480
Materials: to be advised
Other notes: Adult or over 16 yrs only
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:
Printmaking in the sun will introduce to and advance students in using solar plate
printing. Both emboss and intaglio processes will be explored.
Participants will be introduced to ways of manipulating images that are relevant
to them. Images are printed out on a transparent film prior to make them ready
to expose on solar plate. This is an opportunity to try something different and
produce a range of results and you will be encouraged to experiment.
Individual research strands will be encouraged in this workshop, making it
suitable for beginners to advanced printmakers. This will endeavor to encourage
linking personal ideas with practice, while considering how art might
communicate to a viewer. On the final day each participant will have a one–on–
one session with the tutor as an opportunity to discuss and format an individual
current or future project.
This course is relevant to people who are interested in process and also to artists
working in other media who are interested in extending their current art practice
through the graphic surprise of printmaking.

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have not paid by 1 December, and there is a waiting list, your registration will be forfeited
and the place given to the next person on the list – you will be refunded part of your
deposit.
If a workshop is filled, you may be put on a waiting list (in order of receipt) and advised if
a place becomes available.
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deposit. If you withdraw after 1 December you will be refunded all you have paid but not
your deposit. Withdrawals after 24 December will not be refunded unless we can fill your
place from the waiting list.
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1 December, the workshop may be cancelled. In this case you will be refunded any money
you have paid. You may like to transfer the registration to another workshop, if available.
People who have transferred, will be given priority.
Balance of Fee (and any material fees) by 1 December.

Japanese Book Binding Class

A Japanese Book Binding Class will be held on Sunday October 7th 10 -12 at Diadem Studio, Portobello, Dunedin. Tutor - me! Limit of 6 students. Cost $35 each (materials included). Please contact Mary if you wish to enroll  027 3195033

Craft Aotearoa Charitable Trust: Dunedin Craft Research Meeting Invitation

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Solar plate and photo stencil session in the studio

Today my daughter and I taught two gorgeous girls some printmaking in the lighthouse studio. They were such fast learners - so the time went in a whirlwind.  They did self portraits which were then made into negatives and exposed onto solar plate to make a relief matrix. They were printed with black oil based ink and then  hand coloured with water based inks. The girls (ages 9 and nearly 7) also screen printed background colours onto calico and over printed with photostencil designs - then their favourite bits were selected to make a cushion patch. (Plain cushions super cheap at KMart!) We did the session as a skills swap with their mum - so now we have some massages from her to look forward to - love this system. Let me know if you want to do a skills swap session!

the narrative page

Link to Jane's photos from our narrative page class.  Do contact us if you are interested in having a similar workshop - when we have enough numbers for a class we can arrange a date! http://txtilegrl.wordpress.com/2012/07/02/photos-from-the-narrative-page-class-june/