traces & imprints
Every creature leaves a trace of its path. Artists leave the traces of their ideas on canvas, metal, wood, paper, etc.
Together with Dimitra Siaterli, the participants will attempt to create their own traces: imprints of an idea, traces of objects from their surroundings or even traces of their body. The process goes through the following simple steps:
Step 1:
Introduction to the concept of Printmaking; brief historical overview, the necessity of printmaking
Step 2:
Observing various objects in terms of their texture and their suitability for printmaking. Several objects furnished by me will be available to all, but participants are welcome to submit their own ideas of materials they will bring from home.
Step 3:
Presentation of materials suitable for engraving and materials suitable for printing.
Step 4:
Engraving (one hour devoted to a very simple design)
Step 5:
Preparation for printing and final print
Step 6:
Views and comments on the outcomes of printmaking and their place within art.
important info
- The workshop takes approximately three hours
- Helpful materials the participants can contribute: cardboard, carbon paper, lace, small embroidered or knitted items, string, leaves from trees with pronounced and hard veins (e.g. fig leaves)...
- Engraving will be performed on linoleum sheets with the appropriate tools - engraving chisels
- Those who wish may have prepared simple linear drawings, perhaps inspired by the works in the now women project.
Dimitra Siaterli
Born in Argos in 1952, she studied Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna from where she graduated in 1975, also completing there her studies in Decoration in 1977. During the years 1975-1977, with a grant from the Hellenic Organisation of Small-Medium Sized Enterprises and Handicraft, she studied copperplate engraving techniques, also working at the studio of Pino Pandolfini. In 1977, she created together with Pandolfini and other visual artists the Athens Printmaking Centre. In 1983 she began a series of art interventions in space: constructions, sculptures or performances combined with sound and poetry.
She is a founding member of the Printmaking Centre group (1989). In 1991 she began a series of art publications and book illustrations. She is a member of the Greek Printmakers Association and she has been awarded the Culture Prize of the Argolida Prefecture twice (2004 and 2008). Works by her can be found in Greek and international collections and museums. She lives and works in Athens.
