DABF19 Workshop: Matières 1 - Monoprint

Unlike other printmaking methods where the plate’s surface is etched or carved away, the surface’s depth is not altered. Instead, images are made on a flat surface and result in a single unique print. This workshop is inspired by the Matières class at the Bauhaus School - a preliminary course where students were asked to consider rudimentary materials such as bits of string, wire, wood and paper, tin foil, and mesh; and to, what ostensibly could be called, ‘play’ with these materials and become sensitive to the ways materials fold, ripple, feel, twist, and move.

This hands-on workshop encourages a broadened and experimental attitude towards image making while developing participant’s practical skills through print.