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Meet the Artist: daily presentations at ARTWORKS 2015: Helen Dougall – Batik: painting with wax and dyes

Meet the Artist: daily presentations at ARTWORKS 2015

Tuesday 15 September 2015: Helen Dougall – Batik: painting with wax and dyes

Helen Dougall will be demonstrating batik techniques at Blackthorpe Barn on Tuesday 15th September 2015. Helen will have some small experimental textile pieces to explain the intricate wax and dye stages of the art of batik, a fascinating process which achieves vibrant and detailed results.

Shingle patterns on the beach

Helen has also been working on a special project with school children based on poppies, to commemorate the First World War.

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Fifteen 9 and 10 year olds have been visiting Helen’s studio, working with batik. Helen will be sewing all the student’s pieces together to produce a large wallhanging, which will be displayed in Walsham le Willows village hall. The Poppy project has achieved Lottery funding.

Helen Dougall will be at the ARTWORKS exhibition 10am – 4pm on Tuesday 15 September 2015.

Artworks 16th Annual Exhibition
Saturday 5 – Sunday 27 September 2015
Open daily 10am – 5pm

Blackthorpe Barn
Rougham
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP30 9HZ

Gainsborough’s House Print Workshop at Artworks

Artworks are delighted to welcome Gainsborough’s House Print Workshop to the Artworks exhibition this year as one of Artworks Supporters. The Print Workshop is a friendly studio established by printmakers in 1978, and several Artworks members are also active members of the Workshop.

On Sunday 7th September 2014, Sue Molineux, Workshop Technician, entertained visitors to the Artworks exhibition with a fascinating display of prints, and explained to visitors how the prints were created.

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Gainsborough’s House Print Workshop is run, along with a thriving museum, by Gainsborough’s House Society, an independent charity with educational aims. Recognised as one of the best facilities of its kind in the country, it enjoys a unique setting, opening onto the charming garden at Gainsborough’s House, birthplace of Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788).

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Membership of the Workshop is open to all whether newcomers to printmaking or established artists. Help and advice is readily available and Sue Molineux will arrange an informal induction session for new members. A range of courses are available throughout the year covering all aspects of printmaking and are run by tutors who are well known and respected in their fields.

For further information contact: Gainsborough’s House, 46 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 2EU. Tel: 01787 372958

www.gainsborough.org

ARTWORKS: Meet the Artists – Daily Demos at Blackthorpe Barn

At the Artworks exhibition this year we have a ‘Meet the Artist’ programme. A different artist will be working in the Artworks exhibition each day.

The artists are in the Artworks exhibition from 10.15 am to 4.30 pm. Follow us on Twitter: @ARTWORKS_tweets for exhibition updates.

Today, Monday 15 September 2014 it is printmaker Eileen Revett, demonstrating woodcut printmaking techniques.

Arctic by Eileen Revett

Eileen finds inspiration in the fields of philosophy, meditation and mathematics, taking ideas from Eastern thoughts in Zen Buddhism where opposites signify one another.

The rest of the daily ‘Meet the Artists’ programme is as follows:

Tuesday 16 September 2014, Valerie Armstrong
Wednesday 17 september 2014, Roger Gamble
Thursday 18 September 2014, Lyn Aylward
Saturday 20 September, 2014, Alfie Carpenter
Monday 22 September 2014, Janet French
Wednesday 24 September 2014, Katie Millard
Thursday 25th September 2014 Curwen Print Study Day
Friday 26 September 2014, Alison Jones
Saturday 27 September 2014, Roger Gamble

Read more about all the Artworks artists here.

ARTWORKS 15th Annual Exhibition
6 – 28 September 2014
Blackthorpe Barn
Rougham
Bury St Edmunds
IP30 9HZ

The Artworks exhibition is open daily 10am to 5pm to 28 September 2014. Admission is free, free exhibition catalogue, ample free parking, wheelchair accessible.

We also have the Artworks Shop selling small framed and unframed artwork, including original prints, paintings, ceramics and sculpture, together with a wide range of greetings cards and postcards. There is also a café selling light refreshments.