Tutor: Sharran Makin

Date: Saturday 21st and SUnday 22nd April 2024

Time: 10am - 4pm both days

Cost: $210 Non-Members | $190 current NPW Members

Plus $20 materials fee payable to Sharran on the first day.

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Venue: Newcastle Printmakers Workshop, 27 Popran Road, Adamstown

Overview of class:

Learn the basics of screen printing on paper using a simple one-colour design. You will be shown how to coat your screens with emulsion and how to transfer your image onto the screen by exposing them in a light exposure unit. We will discuss the different screens and paints available and the tools you will need to start creating your own screen prints independently after the workshop. After we have completed screen-printing, you will be shown how to wash up your screens and remove your images.

What is provided:

There is a separate materials fee of $20 payable to Sharran on the day.

- Access to screen printing equipment for the day, screen, etc.

- Paint, limited palette; if you want a specific colour, you are encouraged to bring your own acrylic paint.

- 2 x transparency

- Paper supplied: If you need extra paper, you can purchase it from the printmaker’s workshop or bring some watercolour paper if you want additional prints.

What participants need to bring:

Students are encouraged to bring images that they would like to print to class. A high contrast, uncomplicated A4 size black and white image will need to be emailed to the tutor one week before the workshop so that it can be printed transparently.

- Apron or old clothes.

- Closed in shoes.

- Earmuffs and safety goggles if you want to use your own.

- Food and drink.

- A smile and your creative mind.

Bookings essential as places are limited to four. Minimum of 2 participants for the workshop to proceed.

Covid Safety: Participants must sign in, wash or sanitise their hands immediately upon entering the workshop and maintain physical distancing whenever possible during class. If you have COVID-19 symptoms, have visited a COVID case location, or have been directed to isolate, you must not attend class.

ABOUT THE TUTOR

Sharran Makin is a multidisciplinary, national award-winning artist at Lake Macquarie, near Newcastle, NSW. She is best known for her photography, printmaking and painting and loves working with many mediums. En plein air art is where she feels most alive and inspired, so you may spot her sketching along a local street, a beach, the lake, or the bush, anywhere outdoors, where she can connect with the land, the people, and her art.

Her work has been exhibited in Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, The Central Coast, Armidale, Mudgee, Maitland and Bathurst. In addition, her art and photography have found their way into many homes and organisations . She tutors in various art disciplines, including photography and printmaking, as she loves encouraging creativity in others.

Sharran is currently undertaking a Bachelor of Creative Practice through TAFE NSW. She is an active member of the Newcastle Urban Sketches, the Society of Artists Newcastle, and the Newcastle Printmakers.