Preamble
This blogspot exhibits many of my students outputs from a variety of workshops. There are one, two and five day workshops as well as workshops that have a different focus. Nevertheless, it always surprises me how much I learn from my students and how enthusiastic they are to learn and so for your convenience, I have listed the workshop posts below.
Visual Communication and Design (The University of Newcastle Multi-Media Course).
The University of Newcastle (Newcastle and Ourimbah Campuses, NSW, Australia) 2008 to 2010.
In Pursuit of ArtCloth:Improvisational Screen Printing Workshop
The Australian Textile Arts & Surface Design Association Inc. Sydney, NSW.
One and Two Day Disperse Dye Workshops
Various Textile Groups (Australia) 2008 - 2011.
Five Day Workshop - In Pursuit of Complex Cloth
“Wrapt in Rocky” Textile Fibre Forum Conference (Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia) 29th June to 5th July 2008.
Five Day Workshop – In Pursuit of Complex Cloth
Orange Textile Fiber Forum (Orange, NSW, Australia) 19th to 25th April 2009.
5 Day Workshop – In Pursuit of Complex Cloth
Geelong Fiber Forum (Geelong, Victoria, Australia) 27th September to 3rd October 2009.
Two Day Workshop - Deconstructed and Polychromatic Screen Printing
Beautiful Silks (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) 20th to 21st March 2010.
Five Day Workshop – Disperse Dye and Transfer Printing
“Wrapt in Rocky” Biennial Textile Forum/Conference Program (Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia) 25th June to 1st July 2010.
Two Day Workshop – Improvisational Screen Printing
ATASDA (Sydney, NSW, Australia) 28th to 29th August 2010.
Two Day Workshop – In Pursuit of Complex Cloth (Day One)
”Stitching and Beyond” Textile Group (Woodbridge, Tasmania, Australia) 2nd to 3rd October 2010.
Two Day Workshop – In Pursuit of Complex Cloth (Day Two)
”Stitching and Beyond” Textile Group (Woodbridge, Tasmania, Australia) 2nd to 3rd October 2010.
Advance Silk Screen Printing
Redcliffe City Art Gallery Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia) 10th April 2011.
One Day Workshop - In Pursuit of Complex Cloth
The Victorian Feltmakers Inc. (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) 14th May 2011.
One Day Workshop - In Pursuit of Complex Cloth (Felted and Silk Fibers)
Victorian Feltmakers Inc (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) 15th May 2011.
Five Day Workshop – Disperse Dye and Transfer Printing
SDA (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) 13th to 17th June 2011.
Five Day Disperse Dye Master Class – Barbara Scott
Art Quill Studio (Arcadia Vale, NSW, Australia) 15th to 19th August 2011.
Five Day Workshop – Disperse Dye and Transfer Printing
Fiber Arts Australia (Sydney, NSW, Australia) 26th September to 1st October 2011.
One Day Workshop – Improvisational Screen Printing
Newcastle Printmakers Workshop Inc. (Newcastle, NSW, Australia) 5th November 2011.
One Day Workshops – Low Relief Screen Printing
Various classes within Australia.
Two Day Workshop – Disperse Dye and Transfer Printing
ATASDA (Sydney, NSW, Australia) 23rd to 24th June 2012.
MSDS Demonstration at Zijdelings
(Tilburg, The Netherlands) October, 2012.
Five Day Workshop - Disperse Dye and Transfer Printing
Fibre Arts@Ballarat (Ballarat, Victoria, Australia) 6th to 12th April 2013.
Two Day Workshop - Disperse Dye and Transfer Printing
EFTAG (Tuross Head, NSW, Australia) 13th to 14th April 2013.
Two Day Workshop - Disperse Dye and Transfer Printing
Zijdelings Studio (Tilburg, The Netherlands) 9th to 10th October 2014.
PCA - Celebrating 50 Years in 2016
Art Quill Studio 2016 Workshop Program (Newcastle, Australia).
Image Dreamings: Basic Silk Screen Printing Workshop - Part I
2016 Art Quill Studio Workshop Program (Newcastle, Australia).
Image Dreamings: Basic Silk Screen Printing Workshop - Part II
2016 Art Quill Studio Workshop Program (Newcastle, Australia).
In Pursuit of: Improvisational Screen Printing Workshop
2016 Art Quill Studio Workshop Program (Newcastle, Australia).
In Pursuit of: Low Relief Screen Printing (LRSP) Workshop 2016
2016 Art Quill Studio Workshop Program (Newcastle, Australia).
Art Quill Studio 2017 Workshop Program
2017 Art Quill Studio Workshop Program (Newcastle, Australia).
In Pursuit of: Low Relief Screen Printing (LRSP)
2017 Art Quill Studio Workshop Program (Newcastle, Australia).
In Pursuit of Complex Cloth: Layered Printing Approaches
2017 Art Quill Studio Workshop Program (Newcastle, Australia).
Melding Experiences: New Landscapes Using Disperse Dyes and Transfer Printing.
2019 Art Quill Studio Workshop (NCEATA, Newcastle, Australia).
In Pursuit of ArtCloth: Disperse Dye and Transfer Printing Workshop
2022 Two Day Workshop (ATASDA, Sydney, NSW, Australia).
Image Dreamings: Basic Silk Screen Printing on Cloth Workshop
2025 Two Day Workshop (Newcastle Printmaker's Premises, Newcastle, NSW, Australia).
Introduction
The two day workshop - ‘Image Dreamings: Basic Silk Screen Printing on Cloth’ - was organized by Amanda Donohue, the workshop co-ordinator for the Newcastle Printmakers Workshop Inc., Adamstown, Newcastle, Australia. It was held at the Newcastle Printmakers Workshop premises at 27 Popran Road, Adamstown, Newcastle, on the 29th & 30th March 2025. It was an honor to be invited to tutor this workshop to such an enthusiastic and hard-working group of participants.
Newcastle Printmakers Workshop
The Newcastle Printmakers Workshop (NPW) is the longest running open access printmaking workshop in Australia. It has a rich history rooted in community art and education, with its core principles being accessibility and skill development for printmakers. Established in 1979 as a non-profit organization, the workshop has played a vital role in the Newcastle community, fostering creativity through various projects, exhibitions, workshops, and community collaborations including partnerships with various workshops nationally and internationally. Their extensive archives, including documentation of past exhibitions and initiatives, are now housed in the Local History Library [1].
With a large spacious workshop and extensive printing equipment, members of the NPW work in all areas of print media and techniques. As part of its education program, the NPW offers numerous workshops by experienced tutors, which are designed to enhance members' printmaking skills, solidifying their commitment to skill development within their members’ artistic practice. The NPW also introduce printmaking to the general public via events such as Print Day which is celebrated on the first Saturday in May each year.
For further information about the Newcastle Printmakers Workshop, please visit their website by clicking on the following link - Newcastle Printmakers.
Two-Day Workshop Synopsis - Image Dreamings: Basic Silk Screen Printing on Cloth workshop
A two-day workshop where participants learnt how to create unique and personalized printed imagery using the very versatile silk screen. On the first day of the workshop, participants learnt the basic principles of silk screen printing and were introduced to techniques such as ombre printing, created a temporary stencil, printed positive & negative images and created a two-colour printed image using fabric paints on cloth. On the second day of the workshop, participants were introduced to direct and indirect stencil methodologies and explored printing with basic everyday media such as masking tape, and talcum powder to create exciting improvisational and textured imagery. No prior experience using a silk screen was needed for this class.
Group photograph of workshop attendees.
From Left to Right: Josephine Bateman, Jann Barton, Mardi Ryan, Alison Winn, Wendy Nutt, and Jennifer Wood.
Below are some outputs of the participants work that was created during the workshop.
Alison Winn
Ombre blended effects silk screen print employing an indirect stencil technique.
Multi-hued talcum powder silkscreen prints overprinted with a deep-hue stencil design.
Ombre blended talcum powder silkscreen print overprinted with a central indirect stencil design.
Print employing masking tape as a direct silk screen stencil design (detail view).
Multiple masking tape silkscreen prints employing analogous and complementary color schemes.
Jann Barton
Negative space print employing the ‘floating’ temporary paper stencil technique.
Ombre blended effects silk screen print employing an indirect stencil technique.
Multi-hued prints employing talcum powder as a direct silk screen stencil technique.
Multi-hued talcum powder silkscreen prints overprinted with a white-hue stencil design.
Multiple masking tape silkscreen prints employing analogous color schemes.
Jennifer Wood
Ombre blended effects silk screen print employing an indirect stencil technique.
Multi-hued prints employing talcum powder as a direct silk screen stencil technique.
Multi-hued talcum powder silkscreen prints overprinted with a white-hue stencil design.
Ombre blended talcum powder silkscreen print overprinted with a central indirect stencil design.
Print employing masking tape as a silk screen stencil design in a repeat pattern.
Josephine Bateman
Print employing a positive space stencil design in a repeat pattern mode.
Ombre blended effects silk screen print employing an indirect stencil technique.
Multi-hued talcum powder silkscreen prints overprinted with a white-hue stencil design.
Ombre blended talcum powder silkscreen print overprinted with a central indirect stencil design.
Multiple masking tape silkscreen prints employing analogous and complementary color schemes.
Mardi Ryan
Print employing a positive space stencil design in a repeat pattern mode.
Talcum powder silkscreen print overprinted with black-hued stencil designs.
Ombre blended talcum powder silkscreen print overprinted with a central indirect stencil design.
Print employing masking tape as a silk screen stencil design in a repeat pattern.
Multiple masking tape silkscreen prints employing analogous color schemes.
Wendy Nutt
Negative space print employing the ‘floating’ temporary paper stencil technique.
Ombre blended effects silk screen print employing an indirect stencil technique.
Multi-hued talcum powder silkscreen prints overprinted with a white-hue stencil design.
Ombre blended talcum powder silkscreen print overprinted with a central indirect stencil design.
Multiple masking tape silkscreen prints employing analogous and complementary color schemes.
Reference:
[1] See - https://newcastleprintmakersworkshop.wordpress.com/history/
This blogspot exhibits many of my students outputs from a variety of workshops. There are one, two and five day workshops as well as workshops that have a different focus. Nevertheless, it always surprises me how much I learn from my students and how enthusiastic they are to learn and so for your convenience, I have listed the workshop posts below.
Visual Communication and Design (The University of Newcastle Multi-Media Course).
The University of Newcastle (Newcastle and Ourimbah Campuses, NSW, Australia) 2008 to 2010.
In Pursuit of ArtCloth:Improvisational Screen Printing Workshop
The Australian Textile Arts & Surface Design Association Inc. Sydney, NSW.
One and Two Day Disperse Dye Workshops
Various Textile Groups (Australia) 2008 - 2011.
Five Day Workshop - In Pursuit of Complex Cloth
“Wrapt in Rocky” Textile Fibre Forum Conference (Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia) 29th June to 5th July 2008.
Five Day Workshop – In Pursuit of Complex Cloth
Orange Textile Fiber Forum (Orange, NSW, Australia) 19th to 25th April 2009.
5 Day Workshop – In Pursuit of Complex Cloth
Geelong Fiber Forum (Geelong, Victoria, Australia) 27th September to 3rd October 2009.
Two Day Workshop - Deconstructed and Polychromatic Screen Printing
Beautiful Silks (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) 20th to 21st March 2010.
Five Day Workshop – Disperse Dye and Transfer Printing
“Wrapt in Rocky” Biennial Textile Forum/Conference Program (Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia) 25th June to 1st July 2010.
Two Day Workshop – Improvisational Screen Printing
ATASDA (Sydney, NSW, Australia) 28th to 29th August 2010.
Two Day Workshop – In Pursuit of Complex Cloth (Day One)
”Stitching and Beyond” Textile Group (Woodbridge, Tasmania, Australia) 2nd to 3rd October 2010.
Two Day Workshop – In Pursuit of Complex Cloth (Day Two)
”Stitching and Beyond” Textile Group (Woodbridge, Tasmania, Australia) 2nd to 3rd October 2010.
Advance Silk Screen Printing
Redcliffe City Art Gallery Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia) 10th April 2011.
One Day Workshop - In Pursuit of Complex Cloth
The Victorian Feltmakers Inc. (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) 14th May 2011.
One Day Workshop - In Pursuit of Complex Cloth (Felted and Silk Fibers)
Victorian Feltmakers Inc (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) 15th May 2011.
Five Day Workshop – Disperse Dye and Transfer Printing
SDA (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) 13th to 17th June 2011.
Five Day Disperse Dye Master Class – Barbara Scott
Art Quill Studio (Arcadia Vale, NSW, Australia) 15th to 19th August 2011.
Five Day Workshop – Disperse Dye and Transfer Printing
Fiber Arts Australia (Sydney, NSW, Australia) 26th September to 1st October 2011.
One Day Workshop – Improvisational Screen Printing
Newcastle Printmakers Workshop Inc. (Newcastle, NSW, Australia) 5th November 2011.
One Day Workshops – Low Relief Screen Printing
Various classes within Australia.
Two Day Workshop – Disperse Dye and Transfer Printing
ATASDA (Sydney, NSW, Australia) 23rd to 24th June 2012.
MSDS Demonstration at Zijdelings
(Tilburg, The Netherlands) October, 2012.
Five Day Workshop - Disperse Dye and Transfer Printing
Fibre Arts@Ballarat (Ballarat, Victoria, Australia) 6th to 12th April 2013.
Two Day Workshop - Disperse Dye and Transfer Printing
EFTAG (Tuross Head, NSW, Australia) 13th to 14th April 2013.
Two Day Workshop - Disperse Dye and Transfer Printing
Zijdelings Studio (Tilburg, The Netherlands) 9th to 10th October 2014.
PCA - Celebrating 50 Years in 2016
Art Quill Studio 2016 Workshop Program (Newcastle, Australia).
Image Dreamings: Basic Silk Screen Printing Workshop - Part I
2016 Art Quill Studio Workshop Program (Newcastle, Australia).
Image Dreamings: Basic Silk Screen Printing Workshop - Part II
2016 Art Quill Studio Workshop Program (Newcastle, Australia).
In Pursuit of: Improvisational Screen Printing Workshop
2016 Art Quill Studio Workshop Program (Newcastle, Australia).
In Pursuit of: Low Relief Screen Printing (LRSP) Workshop 2016
2016 Art Quill Studio Workshop Program (Newcastle, Australia).
Art Quill Studio 2017 Workshop Program
2017 Art Quill Studio Workshop Program (Newcastle, Australia).
In Pursuit of: Low Relief Screen Printing (LRSP)
2017 Art Quill Studio Workshop Program (Newcastle, Australia).
In Pursuit of Complex Cloth: Layered Printing Approaches
2017 Art Quill Studio Workshop Program (Newcastle, Australia).
Melding Experiences: New Landscapes Using Disperse Dyes and Transfer Printing.
2019 Art Quill Studio Workshop (NCEATA, Newcastle, Australia).
In Pursuit of ArtCloth: Disperse Dye and Transfer Printing Workshop
2022 Two Day Workshop (ATASDA, Sydney, NSW, Australia).
Image Dreamings: Basic Silk Screen Printing on Cloth Workshop
2025 Two Day Workshop (Newcastle Printmaker's Premises, Newcastle, NSW, Australia).
Introduction
The two day workshop - ‘Image Dreamings: Basic Silk Screen Printing on Cloth’ - was organized by Amanda Donohue, the workshop co-ordinator for the Newcastle Printmakers Workshop Inc., Adamstown, Newcastle, Australia. It was held at the Newcastle Printmakers Workshop premises at 27 Popran Road, Adamstown, Newcastle, on the 29th & 30th March 2025. It was an honor to be invited to tutor this workshop to such an enthusiastic and hard-working group of participants.
Newcastle Printmakers Workshop
The Newcastle Printmakers Workshop (NPW) is the longest running open access printmaking workshop in Australia. It has a rich history rooted in community art and education, with its core principles being accessibility and skill development for printmakers. Established in 1979 as a non-profit organization, the workshop has played a vital role in the Newcastle community, fostering creativity through various projects, exhibitions, workshops, and community collaborations including partnerships with various workshops nationally and internationally. Their extensive archives, including documentation of past exhibitions and initiatives, are now housed in the Local History Library [1].
With a large spacious workshop and extensive printing equipment, members of the NPW work in all areas of print media and techniques. As part of its education program, the NPW offers numerous workshops by experienced tutors, which are designed to enhance members' printmaking skills, solidifying their commitment to skill development within their members’ artistic practice. The NPW also introduce printmaking to the general public via events such as Print Day which is celebrated on the first Saturday in May each year.
For further information about the Newcastle Printmakers Workshop, please visit their website by clicking on the following link - Newcastle Printmakers.
Two-Day Workshop Synopsis - Image Dreamings: Basic Silk Screen Printing on Cloth workshop
A two-day workshop where participants learnt how to create unique and personalized printed imagery using the very versatile silk screen. On the first day of the workshop, participants learnt the basic principles of silk screen printing and were introduced to techniques such as ombre printing, created a temporary stencil, printed positive & negative images and created a two-colour printed image using fabric paints on cloth. On the second day of the workshop, participants were introduced to direct and indirect stencil methodologies and explored printing with basic everyday media such as masking tape, and talcum powder to create exciting improvisational and textured imagery. No prior experience using a silk screen was needed for this class.
From Left to Right: Josephine Bateman, Jann Barton, Mardi Ryan, Alison Winn, Wendy Nutt, and Jennifer Wood.
Below are some outputs of the participants work that was created during the workshop.
Alison Winn
Jann Barton
Jennifer Wood
Josephine Bateman
Mardi Ryan
Wendy Nutt
Reference:
[1] See - https://newcastleprintmakersworkshop.wordpress.com/history/
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