COLLABORATE | Collaborative Badge Making Workshop Workshop lead by Slow Matter
Partnered banner making workshop where we used words of love to make works of art. These banners were made and hung in the gallery space.
13 June at Newcastle University.
FT: Alice Wong & Inés Buchanan.
RELOVE | Image Transfer Workshop Workshop lead by Slow Matter
Image transfer workshop using Wintergreen oil transfer techniques to explore the senti- mental value we place on objects of the home and museum. This workshop is inspired and led by artist Lucas D' praser Corps.
8 June at Newcastle University.
FT: Alice Wong, Inés Buchanan and Lucas D'praser Corps.
GIVE | Badge Making Workshop lead by Slow Matter
A drop-in badge making poetry workshop inspired by giving and gifting. We made badges out of three-word poems printed, collaged or written by partipants.
6 and 10 June at Newcastle University.
FT: Alice Wong & Inés Buchanan
Collagraph Printmaking Workshop led by Slow Matter
A one-day printmaking workshop for year 4 students during a school visit to Monkchester Community Centre, using cardboard and glue to create collagraph prints, inspired by the prints of Corita Kent.
14 March 2023 at Monkchester Community Centre
FT: Alice Wong, Inés Buchanan
Rubbings and Image Transfer Workshop | In conjunction with Lighter Hands (And Lighter Hearts.) Alice Wong & Inés Buchanan, with Lucas D'praser Corp
An exploration into the personal value which is placed on possessions and found objects, imagery and text. This is a gentle critique of the financial value, which is, seemingly arbitrarily, placed on art objects, rendering them elite and inaccessible to most viewers.
23 February 2023 at Shieldfield Art Works, Newcastle.
FT: Alice Wong, Inés Buchanan with a workshop lead by Lucas D'praser Corp.
The Joys of the Table Belong to All Workshop led by Slow Matter, in collaboration with Shieldfield Art Works
A walk-in workshop for the Harvest Festival, inspired by the wall-based cut-outs of Matisse and the beautiful and abundant colours and shapes of the harvest vegetables.
8 October 2022 at Shieldfield Art Works, Newcastle.
FT: Alice Wong, Inés Buchanan
Aphorisms of Reloving, Together (again, again) Workshop led by Slow Matter.
A two-day walk-in screen-printing workshop where participants screen-printed on fabric/clothing they brought. Work made remained drying in the studio space, which was then transformed into an exhibition on Friday evening. This exhibition (and the workshop as a whole) welcomed new students, current students, staff, technicians and friends back into the department, with refreshments provided by the fourth-year bar.
29-30 October 2022 at Newacstle University
FT: Alice Wong, Inés Buchanan
Repurpose Your Old Prints, workshop led by Slow Matter and Newcastle University's Print Forum
Transform and repurpose your old prints into beautifully bounded notebooks!
This is a drop in workshop open from 10:00-16:00 on Wednesday 16th November
in the etching room (main printmaking room above reception). Bring in old prints, drawings and painting to be cut, collaged and bound into A5 notebooks. Materialsare provided.
16 October 2022, Newcastle University Print Studio
FT: Alice Wong, Inés Buchanan
Aphorisms of Reloving, Together | Workshop led by Slow Matter.
A one-day walk-in screen-printing workshop. Participants worked in pairs, focusing on words (an idea, a secret, a poem, found text, or original writing) to create stencil screen prints. As the day progressed, the prints were left to dry in the shared space, allowing everyone to see and be inspired by each other’s work. The day culminated in an informal exhibition showcasing the pieces created throughout the workshop.
25 May 2022 at Newcastle University
FT: Alice Wong, Inés Buchanan
Say Yes! Workshop led by Slow Matter, in collaboration with Erika Servin.
Letterpress workshop on the Adana Press focused on exploring three-letter words. A total of 40 books were hand-bound during the workshop, with each participant receiving a copy.
29 October, 2021 at Newcastle University Print Studio
FT: Alice Wong, Inés Buchanan
