Have you ever noticed the wonderful patterns created by ceramic tiles? Both simple and intricate patterns that repeat continuously, with just a single design?

A repeated design like this is called tessellation, and as well as guiding you to creating your own tessellated designs, Emilie will help you to carve your design into lino, and then emboss your lino 'stamp' into clay to create tiles. You could even use your lino cut design to print with!

No art experience necessary, just come and have a wonderful time!

What we will cover?

In this hands on workshop we will:

Explore the basics of tessellation to create simple designs
Learn the basics of lino carving materials, tools and techniques
Work with air dry clay to emboss our tessellated designs into tiles
While this beginner class uses air dry clay, you can use your lino design again and again to emboss into clay for kiln firing and glazing.

What will I need?

All materials provided
Please bring a container to transport your work home safely.

Accessibility

Wheelchair Accessible Venue
Gender Neutral Bathrooms
Quiet Spaces
Free Tickets for First Nation Attendees
Auslan Interpreted On Request

Who will be teaching

Emilie (she/her) is an artist and educator based between Melbourne and Marseille (Fr), working across media with a focus on community-based practice and education. She graduated from her PhD in Fine Arts at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2020 and has been an art resident at Testing Grounds (2020), Making Space (2021) and the Comic Art Workshop (2021).

Emilie has exhibited her works at FortyFive Downstairs gallery, the Abbotsford convent, No Vacancy Gallery, Arcade and George Patton Gallery.

In 2021, Emilie opened Couleur in Collingwood, a printmaking studio focusing on DIY, hand-prints, and experimental printmaking. Since 2023, Couleur Studio has relocated in South of France. Emilie is also a comic book artist and her illustration has been published by the Lifted Brow and she self-published her first graphic novel in 2018 with Tree Paper Comics in Melbourne.

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Have a question or other ways we can assist with accessibility? Feel free to email Maddy (she/her) at melbourne@lanewaylearning.com.