Pamela Mei-Leng See

Event date: 21 May 2010 - 4 Jul 2010

 

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Exhibit:  May 20-June 13, Noosa Regional Gallery

Pamela has worked in the community arts for nine years following her first event, an initiative called Yellow, that addressed xenophobia, in which she created a collaborative artwork, that engaged over 200 local residents including clients of The Refugee Claimants Centre, The Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland and Hands On Art.

Since that time, Pamela has contributed community art to several events including: Festival Cairns, Mackay Festival of Arts, Chinese New Year for the City of Sydney, a Regional Art Australia Conference, and the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival in upstate New York.

Carving Out

Pamela's project reinterprets the western practice of carving notes of affection into trees using the eastern craft of woodblock printing. Project participants will apply newly developed skills in carving by juxtaposing images of cheap imports onto invasive plant species; and ultimately the public will make prints from these trees.

The project will serve to increase public awareness of threat these foreign species pose to our native ecology. It also makes an underlying commentary on cultural colonialism.

One Day Workshop with Pamela Mei-Leng See       

Saturday 22 May or Sunday 23 May,  10am -  2:30pm

Accounts of woodblock printing in China date back to the Hand Dynasty (220 AD). This relief method of transferral was employed by Buddhist monks to distribute text. To this day, woodblock prints play a significant role in regional Spring (Chinese New Year) celebrations. Not unlike the Japanese Ukiyo-e, which was derivative of the Chinese practice, the prints were originally produced in workshops for mass consumption. Today, it is regarded as a folk art in China. Woodblock printing is also considered a high art form in many countries.

Woodblock prints played a significant role in the German Expressionist movement. The prints of Kathe Kollwitz are a primary example. She provided a harrowing account of the acute poverty and illness that the German people suffered between the two World Wars. Arguably Europe's most broadly recognised expressionist, Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, also employed the medium.

This one day adult workshop is designed to familiarise participants with woodblock cutting and hand-printing techniques.

9:30am for a 10am start - 12noon:

·         Review of examples of woodblocks

·         Introduction to the tools used

·         Preparation of the block

·         Practising different approaches to woodblock cutting

·         Designing and producing a simple design

 12.30pm - 2.30pm:

·         Introduction to inking and hand printing .

·         Printing of the designs

Please note: It is recommended that the participants bring preliminary sketches to the workshops to assist them in creating a simple design.  Clothing may be stained by the ink.  Some printing experience is necessary. 

Cost:  $15

Includes workshop material  

Please BYO morning tea & lunch

Ph. 5449 5340

RSVP: Sunday 16 May

Places are limited- pre-payment bookings only

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