Create your own Cubist-style prints in this gel printing workshop, drawing inspiration from works in the exhibition Picasso: Designed by Paul Smith.

Artists Steve Bolton and Stacey Edgar will demonstrate gel plate monoprint techniques, then guide you to make your own prints. During the session you will explore layering colour, collage and use mark-making tools to create different impressions and textures.

By the end of the workshop, you’ll have three A3 prints to take home, each reflecting your personal touch and creativity.

This workshop is suitable for all experience levels. All you need is an interest in exploring and learning new techniques in a supportive environment. We provide all materials. You are welcome to bring your own gel block.

The workshop will take place in the Gallery’s art studio, with space for 20 participants.

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Picasso: Designed by Paul Smith

Picasso like you’ve never seen him before. Encounter the Blue and Rose periods, Cubism, portraits and more in the first solo exhibition of Picasso’s work in Aotearoa New Zealand in more than 30 years.

Bringing together outstanding works from the Musée national Picasso–Paris in a special collaboration with legendary British fashion designer Sir Paul Smith, the exhibition unfolds across atmospheric rooms that draw on the colours, shapes, patterns and textures of Picasso's artworks. Smith’s experiments with light, colour, shape, feeling and his Signature Stripe reimagine how we experience the artworks.

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This exhibition is organised by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki in collaboration with the Musée national Picasso–Paris.

Steve Bolton

Steve Bolton is an Auckland-based painter, printmaker, cartoonist and author. He is a contributing cartoonist to The New Zealand Listener and has work published by Stuff, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Media Week, Good Housekeeping and many more. 

Steve’s work reflects many elements of popular culture and everyday life through a range of media. He features elements from cartooning and illustration, with movement, humour and narrative flow all common approaches.

 

Stacey Edgar

Stacey Edgar is an Auckland-based artist and a self-taught Okinawan-American maker working with gel-plate printing, photography, collage and relief printing. A proud Third Culture Kid, she grew up moving often, which fostered an eye for detail and an interest in how place shapes experience. A keen op-shopper with a love of music, coffee and long walks, Stacey incorporates found objects and textured materials into her work.