WINTER 2015 PRINTMAKING WORKSHOPS

C O N TAC T U S , O R J U S T SAY H E L LO ! W E ’ D LOV E TO HEAR FROM YOU. 458 William Street Northbridge 6003 Western Australia (08) 9227 7770 Tuesday - Friday: 10:30am - 5:30pm Saturday & Sunday: 10:30am - 5:00pm Magali Dincher Creative Director +61 450 920 466 [email protected] (sales, commissions, wholesale) Alina Tang General Manager [email protected] (workshops, general enquiries, studio access)

Dear reader, It appears you have Beau Est Mien’s brand new winter printmaking guide in your hands! Before we share our new workshops program with you, we’d like to formally introduce ourselves. Beau Est Mien Prints & Design encompasses a shop downstairs, offering carefully selected gifts from local and international makers, as well as a printmaking studio upstairs where we run workshops and make our own original artworks. Beau Est Mien is run by a tight-knit, passionate team of creatives and we’ve been working super hard to make this season’s printmaking workshops better than ever. On the 1st of April 2015, we celebrated our one year anniversary in our Northbridge premises. This exciting milestone has given us a chance to reflect on our achievements and think about where we want to go next. As a result, we have put our heads together and curated this season’s new workshop program. We have decided to introduce two streams of adults workshops - those running for one-day and, those for three-days in order to cater for your different needs and printmaking experience. For people who enjoy being inspired by our themes and are seeking an introduction to the magical world of print, we have our one day workshops. This season we are pleased to announce that they are offered at a more affordable price! Our three-day workshops are aimed at those seeking a comprehensive understanding of certain print processes, and include a material starter-kit. As always, we have crafted a range of fun and experimental kids print workshops, which will run over the school holidays. So what makes our workshops unique? Our class sizes are kept small, ensuring our guidance and feedback is specific to your project’s needs, and we provide all the materials required for our classes. The workshops are run by technically trained printmakers and artists with their own rich and exciting art practices. On top of this, we have recently renovated our studio space to further ensure that you enjoy working in our bright and airy space. We hope you like our new program and that it inspires you to engage in the great world of print! Yours in print, Beau Est Mien team

PRINTMAKING TECHNIQU I N TAG L I O Collagraph The versatile process of collagraph traditionally involves the layering of textured materials including sand, paper, stickers and other small flat objects to create a printing plate. The Beau Est Mien method of collagraph utilises some of these traditional techniques paired with etching onto a varnished card surface. The result is a fine-lined and detailed print with a textured background. The collagraph plate is printed through the etching press.

Etching Etching is a traditional fine art method of printing in which a metal plate is varnished, the image is drawn onto the plate with a dry point tool and etched with an acid to ‘bite’ the plate. The plate will then be inked up and put through the etching press a number of times to create a limited edition of art prints. Etching is a suitable technique to achieve fine lines and high detail.

RELIEF Linocut The timeless practice of lino cutting uses a thin block of linoleum. Bold, striking images can be created around the desired areas. The linoleum plate is inked up using a roller and the print is transferred onto a piece of paper through the etching press. Lino is a versatile process and can also be printed by hand.

ES MONOPRINT Pigment Transfer Pigment transfer is a quick way to add another layer to your prints and create collages. For this process photographic imagery is transferred from one piece of paper to another, through the use of a non-toxic solvent in combination with a laser-printed image. The effect is a faded transfer of the image which gives a nostalgic effect. This process can be manipulated through the way the solvent is applied, whether to the whole image or only part.

SCREENPRINTING Stencil Screenprinting Screenprinting is an efficient way of quickly creating multiple prints using a silk screen, hand cut stencils, inks and a squeegee. The hand cut stencils are usually created from lithographic paper or acetate using scissors or a sharp knife. Stencil screenprinting can be printed on to paper or fabrics.

Photographic Screenprinting The equipment and set up needed for photographic screenprinting is very specific and uses a UV light exposure unit, light sensitive emulsion, silk screens and the usual squeegee and ink. The result is great for photographers looking to reproduce their images or for artists looking to transfer their design on to different materials such as wood, paper, fabric, tiles and plastic.

K I D S H O L I DAY WORKSHOPS Suitable for kids aged 5-14 years old We keep our class sizes small, so we take on a maximum of 10 participants. If we have a group of more than 6 kids, there will be two teachers to make sure that everyone gets the attention they deserve! We welcome one parent per child to sit in during the workshops, however if you’d like to participate as well you can join in for an extra $65 which includes all materials.

PORTRAIT COLLAGRAPH

DRAW AND PRINT A MAP OF YOUR CITY

With Carly Lynch Bring along images of yourself, your family, pet, or even your favourite musician to create a beautiful limited edition collagraph print using the etching press in our bright and colourful studio. Re-create your subject in your own drawing style with guidance in composition, linear and stylizing portraiture.

With Johanna Acs Be inspired by Magali Dincher’s quirky way of drawing cities to create a map of your own neighbourhood. Come along with some images of your house and the surroundings to draw your map. Go home with your own limited edition prints!

Tuesday 7th July, 10:30am - 1:30pm $75

DESIGN & PRINT YOUR OWN S TAT I O N E RY S E T With Johanna Acs Have a funky, crafty day in the studio and create your own set of greeting cards with matching handmade and stamped envelopes! Play with colourful, patterned materials such as wrapping paper, washi tape, stickers and have access to the full range of Beau Est Mien stamps designed by Magali Dincher. These will help you to decorate and design your stationery set, which you will take home in a nice display box. Thursday 9th July, 10:30am - 1:30pm $75

Tuesday 14th July, 10:30am - 1:30pm $75

SCREENPRINT YOUR OWN TOTE BAG With Alina Tang Play with pattern, colours, and layering to create your own fabric designs using screenprinting. Once you’ve experimented on calico, use your new skills and ideas to plan a final design that will be transferred onto a tote bag that you can take home with you at the end of the workshop. Friday 17th July, 10:30am - 1:30pm $75

A D U LT WORKSHOPS This season we are offering one-day and three-day classes. The one-day thematic workshops suit those who are new to the magical world of print, or those who prefer to develop works around a set theme. The new three-day workshops are designed to give a comprehensive understanding of a specific printing technique. These classes cater to both beginners and people with some previous print experience. We keep our class sizes small, so we have a maximum number of participants tailored to each technique. If we have a group of more than 6 people, there will be two teachers to make sure that everyone receives the attention they deserve!

O N E DAY WO R K S H O P S TRAVEL INSPIRED COLLAGRAPH With Carly Lynch In this workshop be inspired by the places you’ve been or the places you’ve been dreaming of. Come with your own photos or some sourced from books and online in order to create a series of limited edition collagraph prints. The prints we make will capture the buzz of travel to places both near and far. 10 people maximum Sunday 7th June, 10:30am - 3:30pm $170 including all materials

B OTA N I C A L E TC H I N G With Magali Dincher Learn the traditional art of etching and create your own limited edition set of botanical themed prints. We will introduce the technique of hard ground etching to achieve a high level of linear details, coupled with a non-toxic etching process. 10 people maximum Sunday 28th June, 10:30am - 3:30pm $180 including all materials

T R AV E L- I N S P I R E D PIGMENT TRANSFER With Alina Tang Create a hand-stitched book of mementos documenting the places in the world you have visited! Bring images from your travels and learn how to reproduce them using pigment transfer. Annotate the prints with memories and experiment with collage to bring your images to life. You will be taught a stab stitching technique to bind your prints into a small book. 10 people maximum Sunday 19th July, 10:30am - 2:30pm $150 including all materials

DRAW AND PRINT A MAP OF YOUR CITY With Magali Dincher Be inspired by Magali’s quirky way of drawing cities to create a map of your own neighbourhood. Come along with some images of your house and immediate surroundings to help you draw your map. In the afternoon, use your drawing to create a plate, which you will ink up and print using the etching press.

PHOTOGRAPHIC SCREENPRINTING

10 people maximum Saturday 25th July, 10:30am - 3:30pm $165 including all materials

With Alina Tang Have one of your very own hand drawn designs or photographic images pre‑exposed onto a silk screen and let us teach you techniques of printing onto fabric, paper, and whatever materials you would like to bring along. This process is perfect for photographers looking for a way to reproduce images, or for those looking to transfer imagery onto different materials (wood, paper, fabric, plastic, etc.) 6 people maximum Sunday 26th July & Sunday 23rd August, 9am - 1pm $200 including all materials

ARCHITECTURAL ETCHING With Magali Dincher If you have a love for lines and buildings, this workshop is for you! Learn the traditional art of etching to create your own limited edition set of architectural themed prints. We will be using hard ground etching ground to receive high details. This workshop is great for beginners as well as those who are familiar with etching and would like to broaden their knowledge and printing technique. 10 people maximum Sunday 16th August, 10:30am - 3:30pm $180 including all materials

T H R E E DAY WO R K S H O P S COLLAGRAPH EXTENSIVE With Magali Dincher This three-day workshop will give you a comprehensive understanding of the varied applications of collagraph printing. Gain a complete understanding of how this process could work with your existing ideas and designs. Learn the traditional method of collagraph, which consists of building a range of textures upon your plate, as well as the drypoint collagraph method which results in detailed illustration in printed form. Learn about colour mixing with water based and oil based inks, printing registration, selective wiping and inking as well as water colouring methods. At the end of the three days, go home with your very own collagraph starter-kit including everything you need to continue to print into the future. We will also cover how to set up an intaglio print studio. 10 people maximum Saturday 6th + 13th + 20th June, 9:30am - 1:30pm $300 including all materials + Starter Kit valued at $40

SCREENPRINTING EXTENSIVE With Alina Tang This three-day workshop will give you a comprehensive understanding of the varied applications of screenprinting. Gain a complete understanding of how printing onto paper and fabrics differ and discover how it could work with your ideas and designs. Learn hand-cut stencil techniques and the photographic screenprinting process right from emulsing your own screen to heat setting your printed designs. Learn about the mediums, extenders and the process of mixing up the right type and colour ink for your project. At the end of the three days, go home with your very own screenprint starter-kit including everything you need to continue to print in the future. We will also cover how to set up a screenprinting studio. 6 people maximum Sunday 5th + Saturday 11th + Sunday 12th July, 9:30 am - 1:30 pm $315 including all materials + Starter Kit valued at $90

ETCHING EXTENSIVE With Magali Dincher This three-day workshop will give you a comprehensive understanding of the varied applications of etching. Gain a complete understanding of how this versatile process could work with your existing ideas and designs. Learn how to prepare aluminium plates, bite them using non-toxic methods and print using both water based and oil based inks. We will show you how to create two different etching plates - one using the drypoint tool to get highly detailed designs and the other will be varnished selectively to create an abstract plate. We will discuss inking methods in detail, including selective wiping and multi-colour inking. Then we will go through registering your plate and paper, printing using the etching press and how water colour the resulting prints. At the end of the three days, go home with your very own etching starterkit including everything you need to continue to print into the future. We will also cover how to set up your own print studio for etching. 10 people maximum Saturday 1st + 8th + 15th August, 9:30 am - 1:30 pm $300 including all materials + Starter Kit valued at $50

LINOCUT EXTENSIVE With Carly Lynch This three-day workshop will give you a comprehensive understanding of the varied applications of linocut. See how the bold, block results of relief printing could work with your existing ideas and designs. Learn how to compose and transfer your design onto a plate, keeping in mind the various positive and negative hand carving options you will employ. We will go through the varying effects of colour reduction lino plates versus one-colour lino plates - making one plate of each. We will cover printing the plates with both the etching press and by hand using brayers. Experiment with layering your designs, mixing the perfect coloured inks and play with off-setting your designs to give new effects. The art of registering your print and paper will also be covered in details. At the end of the three days, go home with your very own linocut starter-kit including everything you need to continue to print into the future. We will also cover how to set up your own relief print studio. 10 people maximum Sunday 2nd + 9th + 23rd August, 9:30 am - 1:30 pm $300 including all materials + Starter Kit valued at $50

STUDIO ACCESS The Beau Est Mien printmaking studio is equipped for the following printmaking techniques:

We run two sessions per day AM session:

10:00am – 1:00pm

Intaglio (etching, collagraph, aquatint)

PM session:

2:00pm – 5:00pm

Relief (linocut, woodcut, stamping)

All day session: 10:00am – 5:00pm

Screenprinting (stencil, photographic) Monoprint Studio access occurs twice-monthly on weekends and is available to those who have completed a workshop or those with previous experience in printmaking. Beau Est Mien also provides personal assistance for people who may want an extra hand with a special project, or to refresh their memory. Personal assistance is provided by experienced printmakers and is an extra $40 per hour.

$30 half day - $50 full day For further details, please email Alina at [email protected] for an information PDF and booking form.

WINTER STUDIO ACCESS JUNE Sunday 14th, Saturday 27th

J U LY Saturday 18th, Sunday 26th (PM only)

AUGUST Sunday 23rd (PM only), Sunday 30th

THE TEAM MAGALI DINCHER Teacher and Director Magali Dincher has been sharing her love of printmaking since 2010. After having mastered her favourite techniques of drypoint collagraph, etching, linocut and screenprinting, she decided to start giving workshops from her courtyard studio. This small practice quickly blossomed into what it is today: a fully equipped studio in the heart of Northbridge, in which she has the opportunity to teach her enthusiastic participants a range of printmaking techniques. She has tailored workshops for a variety of audiences including schools, corporations looking to do team-building activities, art teachers seeking professional development and the everyday person wanting to get creative and learn something new!

A L I N A TA N G Teacher and Manager Alina is a Perth-based artist working between printmaking, performance, and floristry. She has a double major degree in Fine Art and Design from Curtin University, specialising in printmaking. Alina is a heartfelt maker whose work explores the culture of flower-giving, femininity, and intimate relationships. Alina is excited about the local arts community in Perth and is actively involved as a co-director at Paper Mountain. Alina is a welcoming, bubbly tutor with theoretical and practical knowledge she looks forward to sharing. Her classes encourage an enjoyable, practical, and experimental approach in techniques across printmaking.

C A R LY LY N C H Teacher and Assistant Carly is a multi-disciplinary artist, interested in people and their stories. She is a graduate of Curtin University’s Bachelor of Art (Fine Arts & Design), where she majored in print, but her work also branches across the mediums of sculpture, performance, video and installation. By referencing specific historical narratives, her work seeks to deal with notions of loss, recollection, futility and aspiration. She is currently making new work in response to her Nonna’s memories of the month-long voyage she took from Italy to Fremantle as a migrant in the 1950s. Carly is a generous print tutor who will help you to hone your skills across a range of techniques, in an encouraging studio environment.

JOHANNA ACS Teacher and Assistant Johanna joined the Beau Est Mien team in 2013, and has been enthusiastically teaching kids both craft activities and printmaking. Having a background in childcare, she particularly enjoys working with the little ones and seeing how the unique and quirky workings of a child’s mind translate into beautiful and funny artworks.

SCREEN EXPOSURE SERVICE Do you have an image, drawing, logo or design you need transferred onto a silk screen? We have a dark room and exposure unit in our studio, coupled with the technical experience to ensure your images looks crisp and fresh! We charge $30 to expose an A4 design, with larger exposure options available. If you need to purchase screens, we have A4 and A3 textile silk screens in our shop. Higher mesh counts and different sizes can be made to order. Email Alina at [email protected] for more details!

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REFUND POLICY If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, we can offer you a gift voucher or an in-store credit of the same value for any service, product or workshop. www.beauestmien.com.au www.facebook.com/beauestmien www.instagram.com/beauestmien www.pinterest.com/beauestmien All images by Beau Est Mien. Design by Érik Guittière.