What’s Happening in the Print room at Yinnar Press Art resource Collective in 2024?
Open access in the print studio yinnar press
Commencing Sunday March 3rd at 10am to 4pm. Open Access in the printroom every Sunday throughout the year with Kate Zizys leading a collective of arc Yinnar Press printmakers who will provide technical assistance to experienced printmakers and artists.
Fee non member $11 per hour , members $5.50 per hour
Kate will be joined by our two artists in residence, recent 2023 graduates of the Federation University Gippsland arts academy Grace Judd and Sean Cowan.
4 week Printmaking course in Lino cut and screen printmaking. Printmaking for business.
We commence our 4 week Printmaking for business course on Saturday 2nd March.
This course will run from Saturday the 2nd March from 10am to 4pm and will follow through on March 9th, 16th and 23rd.
Fee: $430
Subsidised concession (healthcare card holders ) $180
Email arcyinnar@speedweb.com.au to enrol
Learn how to create Linocut prints and screen prints on paper for cards, artworks, business promotions and stationary.
Also learn how to print your own designs directly onto items of clothing, table clothes, tea towels & linen press items ,or up to 3 metre lengths fabric to create your range of textile items.
Designs can be developed from your own drawings, artworks and/or photographs.
Screen printing and Lino cut printmaking
Screen printing is a process where ink is forced through a mesh screen onto a surface. Making certain areas of the screen impervious to printing ink creates a stencil, which blocks the printing ink from passing through the screen. The ink that passes through forms the printed image.
Linocut printing involves cutting away from a block of linoleum, and inking and printing the uncut areas. When you place your carved, inked up block face down on a sheet of paper, the printed image will appear as a mirror image to how you have carved your block.
Learn skills to develop your creativity
This course is a great opportunity to learn the skills of both the screen printing and Linocut printmaking techniques to commence your own creative business in the production of merchandise, packaging and paper and fabric products. It is a course that can be also undertaken purely for own pleasure and satisfaction of creating works of art or items.
Introducing your tutor Sharon Anderson….
You will be learning under the expert guidance of artist and screen printer Sharon Anderson, who has a wealth of experience and knowledge in both teaching and operating her own Screen printing business, Artfx over the last 40 years. Sharon developed her fledgling business at arc back in 1980s, has operated a space within the arts retail precinct in Newborough for 20 years and continues to operate her business from her home based studio. Sharon has many skills, knowledge and experience to give in both the development of screen printed and Linocut works and developing, managing and operating a small creative business. https://www.sharonanderson.com.au
Opportunities exist within also arc to develop your skills and creative and business ideas further.
You may be inspired and interested in beginning to develop a range of textile items that can include clothing and fashion, tea towels, table clothes, pillow cases and bed, bathroom and kitchen items, recycled and upcycled clothing.
Honing a craft and manifesting a vision and earning a living selling handmade goods are incredible skills to have.
Opportunity also exists for developing employability skills within the course to further pathways in finding employment opportunities within the screening printing & creative industries, in further learning and skills development at arc and employment in a future social enterprise initiative at arc.
We are offering learn local, & adult, community and further education subsidised places for eligible participants who are interested in the the employability skills aspects of the course that can lead them further into earning an income.
The arc Print studio Yinnar press is a a fully equipped printmaking studio with both a screen printing carousel, print press and fabric screen printing table. We have recently resurfaced the screen printing table for the printing of fabrics. A brand new surface that measures 3m x 1m for the printing of up to 3m lengths of personally designed fabric for further making of creative textile items and paper products . Produce your own designed lengths to make a dress, cushion covers or other items.
