Term 2 Makers Week
Tuesday 29 April - Thursday 01 May
The Art of the Line – Drawing With Ink with Alan Poole (Illustration)
Pen and ink have been a staple tool for artists and illustrators for a long time. With the right techniques, artists and illustrators can make highly effective works just in black and white. This technique has been used in book illustration, comic books and manga for decades. The advantage of this approach is not only in helping a student understand light and shadow, but also how to strip an image down to its essentials to capture mood and feeling. In this class, students will be given either a selection of excerpts from fiction books to illustrate, or they can choose to bring in a favourite book and to illustrate a passage from this. The object is to create an illustration of the student’s choice, to learn how to create an effective artwork / illustration in ink.
Students will learn:
Tonal contrast and how it can draw the eye around the page
Various ink rendering techniques to create several effects
Light and shadow, and how it affects the mood of an artwork
Students can work in traditional media or use a digital device if they wish
Class Materials
Depending on your project, you will need items from the following list:
Pencils & eraser
Fine-liner ink pens of various sizes: 0.05 – 0.8mm width
Indian ink & white ink
round art brushes – small
Visual diary or A4 sketch pad or A4 Bristol paper pad
Ruler, French curves, circle guides
Liquid frisk film (masking fluid)
Tracing paper
Colour is Light with Dan Wilkinson (2D)
During this 3-day class we will grow our understanding of how light works & how this affects colours.
This will help us to understand how colour behaves, including warm & cool colours, as well as how colours used in layers produce illusionary effects.
We will look at how other artists have used light & colour in their own creative practice and at technical principals such as the colour wheel.
We'll work from still life, a life model session & then work from references on the last day to solidify learning. This can provide a foundation to then extend this knowledge into any creative project.
Class Materials
Please bring:
A box of soft pastels & / or oil pastels (e.g. Mungyo)
Willow charcoal
You're welcome to bring paints if you wish to use them
Paper to work on – black, grey & coloured paper are available at most art supplies shops (brown paper will be available in the studio)
Not Unhinged! Hinges & Hollow Forms with Nikkie Gibson (Jewellery)
In this class, students will push the boundaries of their craft by creating a hinged vessel, this could be anything - a poison ring, a locket or a jewellery box. Designed to expand on skills covered in practical classes, this course encourages experimentation and innovation exploring new techniques, tools, and materials.
Students will construct hinge mechanisms and hollow forms. They will also experiment with a variety of metals and alternative materials, discovering ways to create unique textures, finishes, and structural elements.
Throughout the class, students will refine their skills in precision soldering, cutting, and forming, while gaining an understanding of how to balance aesthetics with technical integrity. By the end of the course, each student will have completed a one-of-a-kind hinged vessel.
Please come to the class with a design in mind - this will speed up the process considerably
Class Materials
A $15 Materials Pass is needed for this class - you can get it at the TLC shop or in the studio on day 1
You will also need to purchase the metal you want to make your vessel out of (silver, copper, brass).
You can buy the chenier (tube) ready made (from www.morrisandwatson.co.nz or www.regal.co.nz) or make it yourself.
You can also bring any other material you want to incorporate into your design, such as wood, bone, shell, gemstones etc
Paper Clay - Build Me Some Shelter with Nicky Roesink (Ceramics)
In this class akonga will use paper clay to build a structural and visually appealing form that represents “shelter”.
We will explore a variety of building techniques, textures, relief work and coloured slips to create a form that shows an understanding and use of paper clay.
Class Materials
A $15 Materials Pass is needed for this class - you can get it at the TLC shop or in the studio on day 1
Please bring a sketch of what you plan to make & your own tools if you have them.
Tools, straws and kebab sticks are available in the studio.
Everything is Dark Until There's Light with Marc Hill (Photography)
This Makers Week class emphasises a practical approach to acquiring an understanding of your camera and how lenses portray the subject.
We’ll use a range of common scenarios to understand the essential camera controls of shutter speed, aperture and ISO with their relationships to light, composition and storytelling. The last day covers reviewing your work, basic editing and output for social media and print.
Analogue photography is available if you have an analogue camera. For these students we will introduce the principles of reciprocality when developing for film and paper.
This course is also suitable for mobile phone cameras if they have manual control.
The darkroom will be open for those already knowing how to develop film - please note a $15 Materials Pass is required if you wish to use the darkroom (you can get it at the TLC shop or in the studio on day 1)
Class Materials
You will need a camera – analogue or digital (or a mobile phone if it has manual control)
Digital cameras should have a fully charged battery and empty memory card
If using a film camera, bring a roll of film
If you want to develop work yourself in the Dark Room, your film needs to be Black and White, preferably HP5 400 asa.
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