The Sidney Nolan Trust supports a group of artist-printmakers who use
the Trust's printmaking studio and exhibit at Trust exhibitions. There is a modest annual subscription (currently £30 pa) and a daily studio use
charge (£5) towards overheads and the cost of consumables. The Trust
arranges a programme of printmaking courses and workshops and offers members'
discounts on course fees.
In 2011 we welcome another experienced printmaker and book artist from our Australian partner studio, Warringah Printmakers near Sydney. Jan Melville - accompanied by her husband, a watercolour artist - will be with us from 3 -18 September, which includes Herefordshire Art Week (h.Art). Jan is also a specialist in altered books and assemblage and will be running workshops on both these topics. To give you a flavour of what's to come, have a look at Annie Day's account and pictures of her and Robin Ezra's visit to The Rodd in September 2010.
The major event of 2011 will be our "Steamroller Prints" weekend in August. The 2009 event was such fun for everyone who took part and for the hundreds who came to watch. In 2011 we plan an even more ambitious festival over five days, building on the successes of the inaugural event. Click here for the artists' brief.
Other highlights of our 2011 programme are that we can, for the first time, offer workshops in traditional lithography. We are pleased to welcome Gini Wade back at The Rodd after her two year apprenticeship under Tamarind master printmaker Paul Croft and now with an MA in printmaking.
London-based wood engraver Peter Brown (see Times "Nature Notes" illustrations) will be back to run three days on Japanese woodblock.
As if this wasn't enough, Lisa Harding will lead more of her popular series of safer etching workshops.
For book artists, we have taken a table at the Bristol Artist's Book Event on 30 April & 1 May. As mentioned above, Jan Melville will be running workshops on altered books and assemblage. We may be able to run some members' days as well.
New Printmakers and Book Artists welcome
: The Sidney Nolan Trust welcomes new users of its printmaking studio and new members of the printmaking and book arts groups. Newcomers who wish to use the print studio are asked to attend a half-day health & safety/workshop practice briefing, for which there is a charge. If you are in any doubt whether your experience is sufficient or recent enough, then please book on the printmaking workshops in Eardisley Village Hall and/or the open access studio sessions. Contact us to register interest.2011 Introductory Printmaking Workshops in Eardisley Village Hall
- Sunday 13 March, 10.00 - 4.00 - Intaglio Printmaking - Participants get to grips with traditional and contemporary methods of making fine art prints, using a modern portable etching press that is virtually identical to those in use for many centuries. An opportunity to try fine art printmaking at affordable cost.
- Saturday 19 March, 10.00 - 4.00 - Intaglio Colour Inking - Follow-on session to find out how to make intaglio prints in colour, using techniques with wonderful names "à la poupée", "chine collé", "jigsaw" & "multi-plate".
- Sunday 27 March, 10.00 - 4.00 - Collagraph Printmaking - Collagraph is a modern printmaking technique that is wonderfully flexible and almost infinitely expressive. Those with little or no printmaking training can create, in a few hours, effects similar to those which printmakers traditionally slaved for weeks or months to achieve. Many of today’s top printmakers use collagraph extensively in their work.
These workshops are aimed at adults and are suitable for artists and non-artists alike. You do not need previous printmaking experience. The workshops will also appeal to people who want to refresh a rusty knowledge of intaglio printmaking or simply develop existing skills. By the end of each workshop participants will have had hands-on experience of using an etching press safely and will have made and printed their own prints.
Participants will get most benefit by attending all three sessions. This is strongly recommended for anyone who hopes eventually to become a regular user of the Sidney Nolan Trust's print studio. But newcomers who simply want to have a go at printmaking are welcome at any of these workshops.
Course fees:£98 for all three days, or £38 for one day
, £70 for two days. Advance booking is essential, the earlier the better. The Course fees are payable on booking please. Cheques payable to "The Sidney Nolan Trust" can be sent to Amanda Fitzwilliams, The Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne, LD8 2LL. amandafitzwilliams@sidneynolantrust.orgOpen Access Studio Dates at The Sidney Nolan Trust print studio, near Presteigne
- Sunday 8 May 10.00am - 4.00pm - Open Access studio day - prepare your plates at home and use our full-size etching press to print them, or make your plates on the day, with advice from our printmaking tutor. £30 per person.
- Saturday 4 June 10.00am - 4.00pm - Open Access studio day - another chance to get accustomed to the full-size etching press under the supervision of our printmaking tutor. £30 per person.
- Sunday 10 July 10.00am - 4.00pm - Open Access studio day - build up experience of using the etching press safely, with support from our printmaking tutor - £30.
- Sunday 31 July 10.00am - 4.00pm - Open Access studio day - last chance to qualify for your health & safety/workshop practice clearance, needed before you can use the print studio "solo" - £30.
The Trust intends this to be a comprehensive programme of opportunities for newcomers, to enable them to progress from the outreach workshops at Eardisley to competent printmakers able to hold their own in our printmakers’ group. We aim to have you exhibiting with us by September 2011.
The Trust also recommends these open access studio days for any printmaker needing to gain more experience of the safe use of the Trust's full size etching press and other studio equipment. They are ideal preparation for a Health & Safety briefing.
Existing printmakers may also find it useful to come along when our printmaking tutor, Mike Clements, is on hand to help solve problems and offer advice on new approaches or techniques.
Specialist workshops and events 2011
members invited to join the Trust table at the Arnolfini, Bristol. The 2009 event was superb and successful for members. Table costs shared between exhibitors.Advance booking is essential
, the earlier the better. Contact Amanda Fitzwilliams, The Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne, LD8 2LL. Tel 01544 260149 e-mail amandafitzwilliams@sidneynolantrust.orgBook Arts Group at The Sidney Nolan Trust: The book arts group provides an opportunity:
- to meet and work with other artists involved in this exciting and dynamic new fine art medium.
- to exhibit artist's books at our annual printmaking and book arts exhibition during h.Art in September each year
- to show and sell work at book arts fairs via the Trust's table.
More information on book arts.
Steamroller Prints 17-21 August 2011
We will be making very large relief prints, using a steamroller. We'll
print them as a
"performance art" event,
with the public encouraged
to attend and take part in workshops to make their own "foot-squares"
plates. This five-day event will build on the huge success of our 2009
event - click here to see a picture
gallery from 2009. Participants at the previous steamroller event
came from far and wide. We will give an equally warm welcome to both
newcomers to The Rodd and our existing members. Click here
Participating printmakers can click here for a report on the 2-3 July preparatory weekend and to see the action now required from them.
We borrowed the name "steamroller prints" from an annual event sponsored by the San Francisco Centre for the Book. We are
grateful for their consent.Printmaking Contact details:
- Anthony Plant, Trust Administrator, The Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne LD8 2LL tel: 01544 267362 e-mail: anthonyplant@sidneynolantrust.org
- Mike Clements tel: 01544 328492 e-mail: mikeclements@sidneynolantrust.org
- Website: www.sidneynolantrust.org