Collage & Monoprinting Explorations
10 Week Class | Available
In this lively and experimental course, students will explore the creative potential of collage and monoprinting using Gelli plates, integrating drawing, collaging and printmaking processes. We will work with a wide range of papers including text, photos, maps, prints and more. Students will learn to create dynamic monoprints using Gelli plates, experimenting with texture, transparency, colour, and composition. These prints will serve as both finished artworks and source material for collage and mixed-media constructions. Through drawing, reassembly, weaving and layering, participants will develop personal imagery that bridges abstraction and representation. The course will also look at the history and contemporary practices of collage and monoprinting, offering inspiration from artists who merge these traditions in innovative ways.
All levels welcome. Curiosity encouraged.
Base Tuition: $470 + Material Fee: $25 = $495 Total
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- What You Will Learn:
- Learning how to monoprint and use of various tools
- Exploring and developing ideas, editing and presenting
- Strategies for elaborate cutting and layering papers
- Additive and subtractive collage methods
- Learning to print and explore the wide range of possibilities with Gelli Plates
- Collage in combination with drawing and printing
- Exploring and developing ideas, editing and presenting your work
- Contemporary and art historical context
- Please keep all purchase receipts in case items need to be returned.
- Pad of Mixed Media and/or watercolour paper
- Set of good quality pencil crayons and pencils
- Fine line pen(0.8)
- Round and flat brushes, various sizes (small to medium)
- Kneadable eraser, sharpener
- Scissors/Exacto knife
- Gelli printing plate made for printing with block printing inks (Speedball or Gelli Arts)
- Block printing inks (tubes), various colours
- Soft brayer/roller
Additional materials will be discussed in class.
Tina Oehmsen-Clark
Tina's work has always been an exploration between various art forms, including sound, dance, installation, sculpture and drawing. She has exhibited in various galleries, museums and public spaces in Germany, Denmark and Canada. Since moving to Toronto in 1996, Oehmsen-Clark has worked on art projects at the AGO, Ryerson Student Gallery, Dancemakers and Wychwood Artscape. Besides her own art practice, she has taught in a number of schools and institutions including TSA. Tina always enjoys working with a wide age range, and believes that teaching art is an interactive learning process, both to inspire and be inspired.