Ref: SWE43220
This course is designed for those with a practice in making, but who are looking for ways to fully develop their ideas before embarking on time and resource intensive processes. Whether your practice is in ceramics, glass, jewellery, sculpture, painting, textiles, fibre art, etc., two-dimensional or three-dimensional, you will learn and use processes to develop initial ideas to their fullest potential.
You are encouraged to bring images and objects that you are inspired by as a starting point; the tutor will provide some as well. You will explore their potential using a wide range of research to influence your ideas, and you will explore themes and think laterally, which can reveal rich veins of inspiration. You will use observational and non-observational drawing and collage techniques to explore and interrogate your inspiration, and find the shapes and forms that you wish to harvest for your own use.
Once you have your ingredients, you will look at ways of combining research and inspiration, exploring more drawing techniques and using the photocopier to its fullest potential to produce multiple iterations for each idea, combining, reviewing and refining with the freedom available with these multiple material and time light processes. We will work as a group to support each discovery and explore ways to be a critical friend in the creative process.
By the end of the course, you should have several ideas/ designs ready to be developed in your chosen media, as well as ideas you wish to develop and explore further with the new processes and practices you have used.
The college will supply some materials, including cartridge paper, ink, use of photocopier, glue, masking tape and newsprint.
It is essential that you bring: Images of your own previous work:
variety of art and craft materials are available in the Gardens Gatehouse Shop.
Please wear appropriate clothing/aprons for the workshop or studio, this includes stout covered footwear (no sandals or open toes).
Arrival day - first date of course
Residential students can arrive from 4pm, non-residential students to arrive by 6.45pm for registration
Student welcome, followed by dinner: 6.45pm (dinner included)
Teaching session: 8pm-9pm (attendance is essential)
Daily timetable
Course teaching: 9.15am-5pm
Morning session: 9.15am-12.45pm including coffee/tea break
Lunch break: 12.45pm-2pm (lunch included)
Afternoon session: 2pm-5pm including coffee/tea break
Teaching finishes: 5pm
Evening working: students may have access to workshops until 9pm, but only with permission from the tutor and provided any health and safety guidelines are observed.
Departure day - last date of course
Course teaching: 9.15am-3pm (lunch included)
Teaching finishes: 3pm
Residential students will need to check out of rooms by 10am.
Please note, the tutor may make slight variations to the daily timetable as required.
Trained in Fine art At Nottingham Trent University, Anna has worked in arts education for over 20 years. Anna’s practice explores the material nature of thinking and “working out”, the much-maligned value of making something nice to look at, and the symbiotic relationships between learner, educator, artist, audience, art and place.
Residential option available. Find out accommodation costs and how to book here.
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