Level: all
Wednesday
Jul 15
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Instructor: Lisa Thoren and Pam Lindberg
Fee: $85 includes supplies
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
In this workshop, students will learn how to use a soft silicone plate (i.e. gelli plate), a brayer, paint and paper to create one of a kind monoprints. The process is fun and simple and offers an endless array of creative possibilities once it’s mastered.
As a special treat, Lisa Thoren and Pam Lindberg will be co-teaching this class. Their distinct printmaking and teaching styles compliment one another making for an extra rich experience. Students will be making prints and cards in this workshop and will be offered ideas on what to make next. We do warn you though…once you start, it’s hard to stop!
This workshop is geared toward people new to the gelli plate printmaking process as well as those familiar with the technique. Lisa and Pam will guide students step by step helping them to develop prints and compositions that suit the individual’s taste.
SUPPLIES: All the necessary supplies for gelli plate printmaking will be provided by RAC. However, you’re encouraged to bring some items from home that may add an interesting textural quality to your prints and collage. Examples include flowers, leaves, combs, corrugated cardboard pieces, yarn, bubble wrap, etc. You may also want to bring reference photos for use in designing your collage.
About the Instructors:
Lisa Thorén is an award-winning mixed-media artist. She began her career studying printmaking in Florence, Italy, and earned her BFA from Parsons School of Design. Lisa was an art director at Travel + Leisure Magazine, a creative director in advertising, and board president of the Darien Arts Center in Darien, Connecticut.
Lisa was accepted into the Silvermine Guild after being juried into the 65th Annual Art of the Northeast Show at Silvermine Arts Center in 2015. She has participated in the Parsons School of Design alumni shows and has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Faber Birren Color Award.
Lisa has exhibited as a solo artist in galleries in Connecticut. Her art hangs in the permanent collections of the Greenwich Library, the Darien Nature Center, and the Stanford University Medical Center in California.
Lisa Thorén’s work has been featured in Darien/New Canaan Magazine, Brooks Brothers stores, and historical societies in Greenwich and Darien.
After graduation from Syracuse University, Pam Lindberg moved to New York City to work as a surface pattern designer for J.P.Stevens and Fieldcrest Mills. Since arriving in Fairfield County she has enjoyed her association with the Rowayton Art Center, Center for Contemporary Printmaking and the Darien Arts Center. For the last 35 years she has pursued her interests in painting, printmaking, collage and photography. She has exhibited in numerous juried shows and has won many awards. A love of nature is a recurring theme in her art. Her current work reflects her interest in using collage made from handmade paper and the Gelli Plate She also has a love of texture and unique materials and techniques in her work.