Printmaker and researcher Robyn Maclennan is teaching a brand new course at Leicester Print Workshop this Autumn! Inspired by her research into EcoGothic landscapes, participants will have the opportunity to work experimentally with the landscape whilst learning multiple different Intaglio techniques. This course will cover the use of traditional hard and soft grounds, solar plate, a la poupée and chine collé to produce multi-layered and exciting prints. Hard and soft grounds are methods of acid resist, used to produce both drawn images and textural marks. Solar plate or photopolymer is an acid free way of reproducing photographs, drawn images and found objects onto printable plates.
The workshop takes place over 6 weeks, every Tuesday evening, 6-9pm, starting on 31st October 2023. This course is great for those already working in intaglio who wish to further develop their ideas and work more experimentally, but can also be taken by someone new to printmaking as each technique will be covered thoroughly.
Robyn joined Leicester Print Workshop as part of the technician team at the end of 2021, specialising in etching and photographic techniques. She uses multiple printmaking and photography processes to explore the landscape and our connections to it. Robyn holds an MA in Fine Art and is currently undertaking a PhD at London College of Communication where she is researching how ecoGothic theory can be used to re-examine our relationship with nature and how fear has permeated our perceptions of the non-human world. She is particularly interested in the links between the darkness found in the EcoGothic and the necessity of darkness to her photography and printmaking practice, as well as how understanding the agency of both the natural world and the works she produces can grant us a better understanding of the world around us. She has exhibited across the UK with highlights including the ‘Withheld’ exhibition in London (2022) and the Derby Print Open (2023).
Leicester Print Workshop is the Midlands centre for fine art printmaking. The large open access studio houses equipment for silkscreen, stone and plate lithography, etching, engraving, relief and letterpress. With over 30 years experience of teaching people printmaking, their programme offers the largest number and broadest range of printmaking courses in the region, with courses suitable for beginners as well as experienced printmakers, delivered by practicing artists and nationally renowned tutors.
You can book online at here, by telephone on 0116 251 4174, or pop in and book in person during their opening hours (Tuesday – Saturday, 10am – 5pm). The workshop can be found at 50 St George Street, Leicester, LE1 1QG.
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www.robynmaclennan.com
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