This four hour workshop will take place across the road from Blak Dot Gallery, commencing at 10.00am

All materials, plus tea & coffee provided

Spaces are limited to 9 participants per day

Price: $30.00

Please note: First Nations FREE

e: events@blakdot.com.au

for a place

WORKSHOP DAY

ONE SESSIONS ONLY

SUNDAY MAY 21 - 10-3pm (9 Participants)

XILOBLANCONEGRO WORKSHOPS

Linocut and xylography are an engraving technique that since its inception has fulfilled the social function of informing the community of the events of a place. Thanks to engraving we can see illustrations and read books from the year 1300 AD, with these documents we can see the evolution of technique and its uses at different times in history and on different continents.

For its execution, a wooden plate, where the image must be carved using a gouge or graver and then be printed in different types of support.

General objective of the Workshop:

To teach the different technical procedures of lino and woodcut engraving, their social role in history and contribute to the community through graphic experience in different media and formats.

Specific objectives of the Workshop:

Investigate and explore the various materials and printing techniques. Experiment with black and white and colour printing methods. Stimulate attitudes favourable to the concept of graphic work. -Create a personal graphic work.

Workshop Artist : Miguel Villanueva

Miguel Villanueva (Andy), a Chilean visual artist based in Australia since 2018, has spent the last sixteen years developing printmaking techniques, mainly those made in wood and linoleum on paper and textiles. Since the beginning of his career, Miguel has participated in different creative projects, standing out for his critical thinking on political and social issues, and reflecting on topics such as poverty, folklore, and indigenous culture, among others.

The artist has published five books, all of them based on his outstanding engraving technique, through which he intends to maintain the current discipline as a graphic record over the years.

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