DRYPOINT, ETCHING AND CHINE COLLE PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP AT THE CENTRE FOR CREATIVE PRACTICES

CENTRE FOR CREATIVE PRACTICES
15 Pembroke Street Lower, Dublin
Saturday, Oct 22 2011 11:00 AM
Tutor Debora Ando

This is a workshop where participants will make their original prints through the medium of drypoint, etching and chine colle.
Chine colle roughly translates from French, chine = tissue and collé meaning glue or paste. "Chine" because the thin paper traditionally used in the process was imported to Europe from China, India and/or Japan.

Participants will create their images on perspex (acetate), copper and aluminium exploring drypoint and etching processes to make incisions on the surface of plates. A whole range of tools will be available such as roulettes, drypoints of differents types and burin.
The printing process then will include not only the etching paper but also the lightweight paper (as the Asian papers are referred to). This paper (usually colorful, texturized and of the same size of the plate) will be placed between the plate and the etching paper resulting in a beautiful and accomplished chine colle.
No previous experience or skills required as tutor will provide full assistance throughout the workshop. Recommended for teenagers and adults.
Debora Ando is a Brazilian artist based in Dublin since 2006. She studied in University of Sao Paulo where she got a degree in Fine Arts. Ando is currently finishing her MA in Visual Arts Practice with IADT, Dublin.
She is a Board Member in Black Church Print Studio where she also teaches etching and performs the role of Head of Education committee. She is also part of the artists panel in the National Gallery of Ireland, The Ark and National Print Museum.
She has been the recipient of Arts Council's Travelling and Training Award for a two-month residency in CAMAC, France and has also received grants from Culture Ireland for the Irish and Colombian Print Exchange she is organizing alongside the Original Print Gallery and La Estampa print studio.
Ando has exhibited in Brazil, England, United States, Ireland, Wales, France and Poland.



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