Time & Location
27 June 2024, 9:00 am – 28 June 2024, 4:00 pm
Glyph Gallery & Creative Space, 38 Bank St, Port Fairy VIC 3284, Australia
About the event
Combining Textile and Paper using printmaking, layering and stitching techniques brings about visually exciting imagery. Together over two days, we will print, draw, paint and stitch something into being that has never been seen before! Layering is the key to success using these techniques and you will be guided through to completion.
Gaye Nieuwenhof has been creating and exhibiting her work for many years along with teaching various techniques to help inspire others to accept the unexpected. Her inspiration is always the environment and although the imagery is abstract in nature, that echo remains. The alchemy of materials and how they can be utilized to produce art has always fascinated her. This can come about in many forms and sees prosaic materials being used for purposes for which they were never intended. Texture, tone and line always appear in her work which creates visual excitement. She is a collector of “What Ifs”. Her earliest art making was in Ceramics and Watercolour which have evolved into painting, printmaking and mixed-media. Always searching for the unexpected and accepting that not all work will be pleasing, but forever learning from the experience. You can read more about Gaye's work HERE.
MATERIALS LIST
Acrylic paints of your choosing plus black and white. We will use these, like watercolour also.
Printmaking inks of your choosing if that is how you want to go.
Either Calico/sheeting. About 1 metre. I suggest you share the cost. Spotlight has a plain white sheet for around $8 or if you can find one in the Op Shop even better.
Some brushes
A water container (recycled butter/yoghurt pot)
Roll of paper towel or a rag.
A brayer or two
A palette – can be a sheet of baking paper or a plastic sheet for rolling out paint/ink.
Baby wipes
2xA3 sheets of watercolour paper for making concertina fold book + extra if desired
Printmaking paper of your choosing if you only want to work on paper
Black and white gel pens (1 of each)
Fabric scraps of your colour choice. These only need to be small.
Needles and thread (embroidery thread or Perl cotton is good)
Scissors, Glue stick, Metal ruler and kraft knife
A gel press . These are available from Temu at a reasonable cost. 30cmx35cm $75
1 Manilla folder
White tissue paper – a few sheets
Black tissue paper – if you can
Various paper scraps – old book pages, coloured paper etc.
Iron and blanket (available for use)
If you want to bring a sewing machine, please do.