Printmaking

This is a fun and skilful course that is suitable for beginners and experienced artists that want to develop their skills learning new processes of printmaking. Some previous experience will be helpful, but is not essential.

Over this 7-week course you will be focused on exploring how to create an artwork on paper using printmaking techniques that will not require the use of chemicals or technical equipment to develop its imagery.

In the first 4 weeks you will explore Relief printing techniques which include Linocut and Woodblock. Then in the next 3 weeks you will explore Screen Printing processes. Participants will be working on an A4 format. They will learn how to work with colour using multiple layers, working with water-based inks and explore its different process using paper stencils and fluid stencil methods as well as monoprinting and colour-blending techniques.

Note>> We will not be working with digital imagery as such.

Artist Bio

Raquel Amat is a professional Spanish artist based in Belfast who has studied Fine Arts at the University of San Carlos at the Polytechnique University of Valencia Spain and performed a Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking and Graphics at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Art and Design in Wroclaw, Poland.

Her practice also brought her to China during summer 2019, when she received the International Artist in Residence Award by the Art Council of Northern Ireland and was invited to perform this program at Guanlan Original Printmaking base in Guandong, Shenzhen.

She also developed her career as a Print Technician at several print workshops here in Northern Ireland such as Belfast Print Workshop, Seacourt Print Workshop and currently at University of Ulster at the Belfast School of Art. Alongside this she is a member of Vault studios and as a member she often teaches and participates on their workshops, activities, festivals and events.