‘GIFTS FROM THE GARDEN’
Printmaker Adrienne will share her love of Monoprinting in this garden themed session. ‘Mono’ meaning ‘one’- a monoprint is a single, printed image and a very painterly form of printmaking.
This workshop will explore Monoprinting using a clear acrylic sheet inked up with rollers and by painting the ink directly onto the plate. You can experiment with layering colours and the plates will be printed onto paper through the Chapel’s vintage etching press.
Adrienne Says – ‘ I find monoprinting a seductive process, that captures the energy of brushstrokes and mark making. It enables you to make ‘paintings’ reasonably swiftly, and mixing the coloured viscose inks on the plate is a satisfyingly child like indulgence. Who hasn’t taken pleasure in applying paint to a surface – as we did as school children when we folded paper in half and made ‘symmetrical’ butterfly images – to see what image will appear.’
Monoprinting ink palette