POETRY & PRINT WORKSHOP
With Caroline Gilfillan & Annette Rolston
Thursday June 16th AND Friday June 17th 2011 10am - 4pm each day
Course fee: £180 - £165 if booked online now
including materials although we would encourage you to bring anything of your own that you'd like to incorporate.
DISCOUNTED IF BOOKED ONLINE NOW

NOTE FROM SHEILA: Annette and Caroline proposed this workshop to us as they have run similar elsewhere to great acclaim - particularly the Paston Project. These two days will allow you to free-flow with your creativity using words and images and you can dictate which is the most prominent. Annette and Caroline will lead this workshop but my own experience as a graphic designer and lecturer can also come into play as I will do my best to help you use the type in an exciting and original way using hand lettering and/or computer generated typefaces. I fully expect that the finished pieces will be original and innovative.

Capturing the Moment
Draw on the fabulous ruined walled garden where chickens are free to range and the rustic historic grounds of Burlingham Hall to write poems celebrating the beauty of the moment. How often do we just drift along paying little attention to what is around us? Using simple exercises and exploring different forms we’ll draft some poems that catch what often slips past unnoticed, then work with Annette Rolston to combine these poems with visual images, creating unique cards and prints to take home. Printing on a portable press you will explore mono-stencil-printing, drypoint, stamping and collaging techniques to illustrate your own poems. Suitable for everyone, from beginners to those with some writing experience.

NOTE FROM CAROLINE
I’ve been working as a poet, novelist and writing tutor for ten years now. I’m still surprised and delighted to watch people exploring their creative potential – potential that’s often remained undisturbed for years while they pursue busy lives. Sometimes people come with a fear of poetry, instilled decades before by fierce school teachers. Yet within a few minutes they open up to the possibilities of poetry, and find it a pleasure – a gift. I have extensive experience of working with writers of all levels of experience. Some have never written creatively in their lives; others have devoted many years to their craft. In my experience everyone learns something, and leaves with food for thought to nourish them for months to come. Please join us.
www.carolinegilfillan.co.uk
www.inprintartsandpoetry.co.uk

NOTE FROM ANNETTE
I have a masters in Fine Art Printmaking and 18 years experience of teaching art and design and printmaking in further education and private and community workshops in East Anglia. I have an innovative approach to printmaking, I love to combine techniques and methods, use colour and pattern and combine with words/text in unusual ways. As well as regularly exhibiting in galleries and art centres, for the last 5 years, Caroline and I have worked together in Inprint, a collaborative group of artists and writers. We recently co-led a group of artists and writers to create a limited edition hand-made series of books based on the Paston Letters, now touring as an exhibition in the Norfolk/Suffolk region.
www.pastonheritage.co.uk
www.annetterolston.com

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Lunch is included within the price and will be home-made & served in the studio (or in fine weather on the terrace) with views over the gardens.

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Images shown above are all Annette Rolston's work.

Images shown above are all examples of the type of work done on this workshop.