If you haven’t tried collage before this is a good place to start. Don’t let anything hold you back.
Robert Motherwell, an American collage artist wrote, “I think collage is the twentieth century’s greatest creative innovation”.
The course information sounds complicated. It isn’t – Kate will be with you throughout the course, guiding and helping. This is great fun, surprising and an exciting journey far beyond the idea of ‘cut and paste’
- Tutor, Kate Measham
- 5, 12 and 19 February, 2025
- 9.30 – 3.30
- including a light lunch and coffee from the Glass House Cafe
- £280/3 workshops, some materials included
- plenty of parking
- All standards welcomed, including beginners
These workshops will be held at The Glass House, Houghton Lodge, Houghton, nr Stockbridge SO20 6LQ
What to Expect on Collage, In and Out of the Glass House
Collage art is a versatile and captivating medium. It allows you to compose freely, with a mix of textures, colours, ready made and bespoke elements, print, 2D and 3D. This is a liberating and creative approach that can take you in any direction, often unexpectedly.
On the course you will explore photo montage, and mixed media. This means combining photographs and prints, or drawings from magazines, catalogues, or your own work. You can mix these with paint, fabric, oil pastels, and chalk, add coloured crayons and found objects. Use anything else that takes your fancy.
These elements are then carefully selected (curated), ripped apart, reformed, and stuck to a surface, whatever that may be. This produces a dynamic work often with surprising depth and complexity.
No experience is necessary just the willingness to have a go.
You will use collage and mixed media to capture both inside and outside the Glass House. If it is wet, or too cold, we will look through the panes of glass in search of inspirational images. As well as the plants and objects there is the lovely building to inspire you, and a winter garden beyond..
Week 1
The first week will be based on sketchbook, and A1 paper, to capture information about the site. There will be a concerted gathering of information with drawings, colour studies, rubbings, photographs. You gather lots of information before you quite know what you are going to do with it.
Week 2
This will involve 2D and 3D approaches. The options are open and you have your reference work from week one to help you find a direction. The Glass House will be a reference point but your work may, or may not be a figurative representation.
Week 3
You will be working from your earlier explorations and experiments. This will take you in a surprising new direction.
Part of the joy and excitement of collage is the exploration. The process is invigorating. It’s a good way to work for most creative projects. You won’t necessarily know where you are going. However, you feel a sense of progress, you are able to edit and that helps you find your direction.
Materials
Some materials will be provided. By the second week you will have an idea of any extra elements you wish to bring. The third week’s materials will be discussed at the end of week two
Please bring:
- an overall and any old magazines. Gardening catalogues, old maps, books, Country life, lego instructions…whatever.
- an A1 or A2 pad of cartridge paper
- an A4 sketchbook
- paper images you have around, old photos (bad photos are very useful), old postcards
- black bag for rubbish
- A BIG pritt stick and lots old newspaper
Other materials will be provided. Please feel free to bring anything you think might be useful.