Tara Axford - Creating your Sense of Place

This 2 day workshop explores how to create a series of collage based artworks that combines elements to give a sense of place. Participants are invited to bring a handful of reference images of a place they have visited, or is special to them, that will serve as starting points. 

Day 1 Using our reference, we will look at textures, colours and mood as inspiration and use this to make mono prints using a gel plate. We will also look at experimenting with mixed media and mark making in creating other pieces to use in our collages.

Day 2 Editing our mono prints we will look at bringing it all together to create a series of small artworks which distill the essence of a place. We will aim to capture the vibe rather than produce realistic representations. Using the principles of design we will create collaged pieces that can be used as the basis for other works, ie: textiles or paintings.

Tara Axford 
As a mixed media artist working with monoprints, collage, fabric, thread and photography, Tara draws inspiration from her surrounds - both natural and urban. She seeks patterns, textures, imperfections. The forgotten, the weathered, the discarded appeal to her.

Tara's current practice is to explore her surroundings, a sense of place. She likes to ‘zoom in’ on an environment and work with that. That could mean photographing found objects, ‘foraged’ natural elements and the discarded - arranging it to be seen in a different way. She enjoys abstracting the essence of a place to create something new. So the viewer can also experience something they may have previously overlooked, with fresh eyes.
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Image credits: Tara Axford & students from Tara's previous workshops

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