Joan Miró's Printmaking Workshops
- Screen-Printing Workshop - “Screen-printing transgressions”
Given by
- Cecília Segura
Dates
- May 26th to 31st 2025
Timetable
- From Monday to Friday 9 a.m – 3p.m.
- Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Maximum no. of students
- 12
Price
- 260€
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T3/2025 Screen-Printing Workshop
“Screen-printing transgressions” given by Cecilia Segura
Screen printing is one of the most appealing, versatile techniques in contemporary printmaking. It stands out for its simplicity and the ease with which colour can be worked on.
It is a tool that can be used in different ways: in a methodical, structured way to create original printed editions, or as an experimental creative tool to generate effects, textures, colour blends and masses of colour in monotypes or pictorial work.
OBJECTIVES
This experimental workshop takes an open approach to screen printing, going beyond the traditional limits of printing processes. The aim is for the participants to create unique, unrepeatable images by superimposing screen-printed elements, allowing fate and trial and error to play a fundamental role.
The workshop will explore the whole screen-printing process, from preparing the photolith film to engraving the screens and the final printing process, offering a global insight into the technique.
During the workshop, the participants will be given the necessary tools and knowhow to combine aspects like illustration, photography, masses of colour, colour blends and textures on different types of paper.
The course is directed at people with creative interests: artists, designers, illustrators, teachers and art students wishing to carry out an experimental screen-printing project. It is suitable for all levels, from beginners to those wishing to delve deeper into specific aspects.
PROGRAMME
● The screen-printing process.
● Creating monotypes.
● Colour blends.
● Using binders and relief printing inks.
● A talk on the theory.
● An analysis of work.
● Documents and suppliers.
Each participant will work on their own individual project. They will combine some of the proposed techniques, focusing on the creation of equivalent, non-identical printed series, working intuitively with just basic initial planning. Some previously made elements will be made available to the participants for inclusion in the projects if they wish.
The participants will be encouraged to create a parallel joint work, aimed at exploring combinations and randomness as creative strategies. The workshop will be complemented with a talk on theoretical aspects and a review of the documents that will be handed to the participants at the end of the course.
Cecília Segura, Mallorca.
Cecília Segura was born in Alicante. She holds a Degree in Art History, and a Higher Diploma in Printmaking, and she studied for a PhD at Barcelona University on the Communication, Art and Education programme. She has been awarded grants to continue her studies abroad on differing occasions, and she attended Central Saint Martins College of Art in London.
A multidisciplinary artist with a passion for printed materials, she researches how to push back the boundaries in graphic art, going beyond the limits of printmaking by exploring new formats and new materials. She has worked on art installations, creating spatial narratives that combine images, objects and sound. Projects by Cecília Segura include Vibratio (Casal Solleric, Palma), El niu d’Aracne (Picanya Exhibition Centre), Andrómeda (Espai Tangent, Burgos) and Món-Boja (Can Balaguer, Palma). She has also taken part in numerous joint exhibitions and competitions.
Cecília Segura currently lives in Palma, where she combines her own creative work with printmaking activities for other artists at her workshop. She has given monographic courses at different centres, focusing on screen printing, transfer techniques and artist’s books. Since 2014, she has striven to raise greater public awareness of screen printing and similar processes, taking the name Tony Velonis as the inspiration for this personal initiative.
