 WINTER WORKSHOP 2012ALEXIS NEALMulti layered Print Workshop (Relief ,intaglio and monoprint)DATE: 21st and 22nd July
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Workshop OutlineThey will start with the most basic forms of printmaking and work towards more detail technical processes. Students will be given written hand outs and hands on teaching to provide and support all levels of learning. The studio day will be broken down by demonstrations in the morning to print preparation and followed by good experimentation working towards a good understanding of the print processes and to achieve a strong body of prints. Students will explore multi layered printing from relief surfaces and dry point using plexi plate, stencil cutting and other techniques to enhance their work. It aims are to look at a variety of materials and mark making through basic print processes to create a rich woven image. ‘It’s about introducing new ideas and skills that students can adopt and extend on, in their own practice’. This two day workshop is designed to develop new technical skills in the medium of print from a traditional understanding to a contemporary art practice. It is an opportunity for students to work through a number of ideas and conceptual frame works to create there own artist language within this medium.
Alexis Neal BioAlexis Neal graduated from Auckland University Elam School of Fine Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Post Graduate diploma in 1997, and went on to complete a Masters degree in Fine Art Media at the Slade School of Fine Arts in London where she also worked as a Teaching Assistant in etching. Since her return to New Zealand, Alexis has continued to develop her professional practice as a contemporary artist. Alongside her professional career, Alexis has held a number of tutoring positions in both academic and community institutions.
Alexis has exhibited extensively in New Zealand and internationally participating in exhibitions in London, Melbourne, Sydney, United Sates and Norway. Primarily the back bone of Alexis Neal’s practice is the medium of print. She has recently begun a study of Maori weaving and the combination of these interests has made her push the print medium into three dimensions. The exploration of cultural identity, the value of history and the complexities of human connection are contemplated, to show how artefacts can be both personal adornment and remnants of material culture. Here, the Maori story is rendered with European materials. Her recent work has come from working collaboratively with other artists on an installation proposal, Whare Taonga. This is a space where ideas on cultural, generational and gender issues abound, as well as a home for historical and contemporary stories. For her part she wanted to explore the form and function and traditional implications of the Whariki and its importance within the Wharenui. Book Now
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As a practising artist her work refers to issues of cultural identity and predominately her work has looked at the duality of artefacts in terms of personal adornment and material culture. Her studio practice is interdisciplinary, combining components of print, sewn feather canvases, weaving and installation, to address Tikanga Maori and Taonga within a contemporary context.
