Beautiful Silks Artist Residency Seminar and Workshop ART CLOTH

MARIE-THERESE WISNIOWSKI :

COMPLEX ART CLOTH: Seminar Thursday evening 19th May - Workshop Saturday Sunday 21st & 22nd May 2011 Code MTW02

Doors open at 9.30am for a 10am start. Workshop concludes at 4pm daily.

Two days - one workshop - 10 people limit.

Workshop Description: Marie-Therese Wisniowski Workshop at Beautiful Silks 21st & 22nd May 2011 In Pursuit of Complex Cloth: Layered Printing Approaches Create unique, one-of-a-kind ArtCloth fabrics of great visual depth and complexity which can be used in quilted, painted or stitched works. This two day workshop is dedicated to exploring and mastering complex relationships on the cloth surface using ‘complex cloth’ printed layering techniques. Using a variety of printing tools, processes and colour combinations, participants will be introduced to the underlying principles of colour, contrast, value, scale and texture employed in the creation of ArtCloth using fabric paints. The workshop will also explore and encourage you to think about the nuances of the colour and design relationship via discussion and examples. Participants are encouraged to prepare thematic ideas and images as it will be possible to prepare some tools prior to the class. All levels welcome to this two day workshop. Marie-Therese will be working in an open studio Residency Program at Beautiful Silks from the 16th - 19th May 2011 where prospective workshop attendees and other interested people can witness the artist working with the ‘complex cloth’ techniques.

Three events would be based on the same Art Cloth theme, namely on "Complex Cloth".
(a). The residency would be from Monday to Friday. (Workshop participants can visit and observe pre workshop, but you must tell us if you are visiting so that you can be looked after during your visit. )
(b) The workshop would be from Saturday to Sunday.
(c) Seminar talk on the Thursday evening to the Thursday evening group and other interested people.

2.
The residency, workshop and talk would be an integrated unit on "Complex Cloth" techniques. The residency work would be an open studio (say between 1 - 4 pm) where prospective workshop attendees, the Thursday night group and other interested people could witness and experience an artist "at work" (as you can in the store fronts in Venice). We would need to know how many may want to take advantage of witnessing and bantering to the 'artist at work', therefore if you are intending to visit, you need to book a spot!

3.
I intend to create, hone and master some new "Complex Cloth" techniques during the residency in order to create art cloth suitable for wearables (e.g. scarves or cloth lengths for clothing etc.)

Cost : $265.00 -this fee does not include materials.

Materials fee: Please bring $40 in an envelope in cash for Marie Therese for print paste. PLEASE note, Beautiful Silks can provide cloth materials at 10% discount for workshop participants, if ordered in advance.

Materials list to bring with you is here

Biography Marie-Therese Wisniowski,

........works full time as a studio artist, researcher, author & tutor and maintains Art Quill Studio at Arcadia Vale in New South Wales, Australia. She is also a casual lecturer at the University of Newcastle, Australia. In 2009, she curated the inaugural international ‘ArtCloth: Engaging New Visions’ exhibition that was held at Fairfield City Museum and Gallery, Sydney, 29th August – 11th October 2009 which tours nationally until 2011. She is the author of the book, ‘Not in My Name’. Her written works have appeared in journals such as ‘Literature and Aesthetics’, ‘Craft Arts International’, ‘Textile Fibre Forum’ and ‘Fibreline’. She has also authored articles on websites such as ‘Pop Art Legitimizing Prints as an Art medium – A Generator of Future Processes and Art Movements’ for the Exchange Partners in Print Media website. In 2007 she was invited to be the inaugural guest editor of the international e-zine ‘HeArtCloth Quarterly’. She specialises in the area of ArtCloth and limited edition prints and has created two new silkscreening techniques, “Matrix Formatting” and “Multiplexing” which she employs in her works. Her current work explores contemporary post-graffiti socio-political and environmental issues and she employs dyeing, discharge, stencilling, handpainting, digital imaging, dye sublimation and silkscreen printing to explore issues via her large format ArtCloth works. Her ArtCloth and works on paper have been widely exhibited nationally and internationally and are held in major public and private collections in Australia, Canada, England, Hong Kong, Ireland, Sweden, Thailand and the USA.

To enrol email: workshops@beautifulsilks.com or call (03) 9419 7745

To enrol email: info@beautifulsilks.com or call (03) 9419 7745