Road Roller Printing Day

Road Roller Printing Day

25th May 2014

Christchurch 

The Big Printmaking Festival

This movie works best set to Queen and David Bowie's 'Under Pressure', unfortunately not able to uplaod a copyright tune so you will just have to turn the sound down on the track that is substituted for Under Pressure and sing along. If you sing at the right speed the words should work with the roller clip!

What an amaazing day. Unfortunately curtailed by high winds. Bizarre setting , traces of Beirut, with half demolished buildings in the background. Shops still as they were on the day of the February Earthquake. Yet, there we were , young people and teachers 
re-purposing a road roller , a common sight in Christchurch, and using it to inspire and create. One would have thought that 'The Press' and other media would have recognised the significance of this event, but no!

The Real Art Roadshow

Yipee, The Real Art Roadshow has arrived.

Lots of excitement at school.

INSPIRED 

TO PRINT

south

christchurch library

19th May - 6th June

A selection of works in print by pupils from:- Rangi Ruru Girls’ School,

Christchurch South Intermediate, Cashmere High School,

Ashburton College, St Patrick’s School, St Joseph’s School,

Heaton Normal Intermediate School and Breens Intermediate School

This exhibition is part of the Big Print Printmaking Festival 2014

With Sophie and our stencils

Sophie with her stencil and Richie McCaw's.
Unfortunately Richie couldn't be there so
Sophie sprayed his for him.

Just finished spraying our stencils

Ellie and logan interviewing Sophie

On the 20^th of May Art Extension ventured off to the Re-start mall in Christchurch to spray the stencils we made of our faces with SCAPE.

SCAPE is an organization that supports and creates art for Christchurch. Josie Whelan, a teacher who works for SCAPE, came to Heaton to teach us how to make stencils. She took us through several stages, including taking pop art photos of ourselves, then laminating and cutting them out. The laminated stencils were then ready to be sprayed in black spray paint onto the Re-Start Mall walls.

We arrived at the Re-Start Mall with our stencils and spray paint cans in hand. Not soon after we had stuck our stencils to the wall a crowd gathered to see us spray our ‘legal’ stencils. Several newspaper reporters and TV people watched as we began to spray.

Sophie Pascoe, a Christchurch born Paralympian swimmer with many gold medals, came along to spray the stencil that she made of herself as well as Richie McCaw’s stencil.

After she had finished spraying her stencil she said “This is better than expected”.

We then went on to ask Sophie who her childhood idols were. She replied “My mum, because she stuck with me and was just like a best friend”. We also asked her why she chose swimming, she said, “I was good at it so I stuck with it, also at the time there weren’t many opportunities for children of my age.

We were then filmed and interviewed by CTV. Other members of Art Extension were also asked some questions by the Christchurch Star and The Press newspapers.

Finally Art extension would like to thank the efforts and help of Josie Whelan, Sophie Pascoe, Vicky Edwards – Brown and the fabulous Mrs Taylor.

Ellie Leigh-Thompson and Logan Cooper – Kākano Mano Visual Art

We need you there to help make this festival amazing. Free events , come and be inspired by artist on the 18th and print our big woodcuts on the 25th!

Sunday 18 May

GET INSPIRED!

Morning Programme

Hagley Community College, Art Dept 10-1pm

(Enter from Stewart Street car park then follow the signs)

10.00: Welcome (Room A1)

Artist Talks (Room A1)

10.05: Bianca Van Leeuwen - Photographic Printmaking

10.15: Kate Rivers – Collographs from found materials

10.25: Josh Bashford, Gayle Forster - Woodcut

10.40: Sandra Thomson, Michael Reed – Screen print

11.00: Sam Harrison

11.10: Jason Greig - Monoprint

Demonstrations (Room A1)

11.30 -1.00 (all at same time)

Photographic Print Processes - Ken Cartwright, Bianca

Van Leeuwen,

Woodcut – Josh Bashford

Mixed Media – Sam Harrison,

Monoprint – Jason Greig

Intaglio/ Monoprint – Lizzie Moyle

Have a Go! (Room A3)

11.30 - 1.00 (all at the same time)

Print a woodcut – Gayle Forster

Produce an emboss - Kate Rivers / Fiona Taylor

Create a drypoint – Fiona Taylor / Kate Rivers

Screen printing for kids – Susie Cox

Displays (Room A4)

Data Presention – Christchurch Art Gallery, Traditional

Prints from the collection

Printmaking books, resources, supplies and papers

Afternoon Programme

CPIT, Design and Art School, D Block 1.30-3pm

(Corner Madras Street and Moorehouse Ave)

thINK Exhibition Opening (Ground oor, D Block)

1.30: Exhibition showcasing a variety of approaches to

imagery, technique and format by New Zealand,

international and student printmakers.

Guest Speaker

1.45: Grant Banbury speaks on Contemporary Printmaking

Screen Printing Demonstrations (4th oor Print

Studio, D Block)

2.00: Sandra Thomson (textile) and Michael Reed

demonstrate screen printing processes and provide a

hands-on opportunity to participate.

Other Events Coming Up:

Festival Exhibitions

During the week beginning Monday 19th May,

student printmaking from a range of Canterbury

schools will be exhibited at the Christchurch South

Library, Colombo St.

Schools will be exhibiting prints at various venues

throughout Canterbury following the Road Roller

Street Event. For details see CATA wiki page.

During July there will be a large scale Print Exhibition

at Christchurch City Council, Civic Chambers, Hereford

Street.

Sunday 25 May - Road Roller Street Event

GET PRINTING! Bring your completed plates along to

the Road Roller Street Event on the 25 May 2014,

Corner of Cashel and High Street,

10-4pm. Works will be printed onto calico.

Check the CATA wiki for further information

www.cata.nz.wikispaces.com

Cancellation will be notied on

canterburyartteachersblog.tumblr.com

Sunday 25 May

GET PRINTING!

Road Roller Street Event

Christchurch CBD, Corner Cashel and High Street 10-4pm

School Groups:

(These start times are approximate only)

10.00 Kaiapoi, Hagley (Yr10)

10.30 Mount Hutt & Cashmere

11.00 Heaton

11.30 Hagley (Ken)

12.30 Rangi Ruru

Lunch

1.00 Ashburton

1.30 Riccarton

2.00 Breens, St Margarets

2.30 Heathcote Valley, CGHS

3.00 St Andrews, Hagley (Adults), Papanui

Artists/Individuals:

Please arrive anytime between 10.00am-3.30pm.

Note:

The driver will have short breaks as needed.

Cancellation:

In the event of wet weather this event will be postponed until the following Sunday, 2 June

2014. CATA will endeavour to contact teachers in charge and artists.

Please ensure your group knows to check canterburyartteachersblog.tumblr.com for

cancellation information. A decision will be made by 7.15am on 25 May 2014.

Check the CATA wiki for further information about the Festival,

www.cata.nz.wikispaces.com

World Fair Trade Day

Fabulous work Heaton for the World Fair Trade Celebration today. Great art and beautiful singing . Well done on talking to all the people who came to Trade Aid so well. Everyone thought that you were wonderful. The art will be on show until next Friday.

Year 8 Fairtrade Banana Woodcuts and Ceramic Dishes

We have been a Fairtrade School since 2010. All our students learn about Fairtrade and we use Fairtrade tea, coffee and hot chocolate in our staff room. We have also promised to spread the message about Fairtrade in our local community. One way that we choose to do this is through our art. Each year we produce a variety of artworks inspired by Fairtrade products and exhibit them at various venues in Christchurch. We are delighted to be able to be part of Trade Aid’s celebrations for World Fair Trade Day.

This year we have chosen to focus on Bananas. The Bananas that are sold in NZ through All Good are grown in Ecuador. Our designs incorporate imagery and patterns from imagery and patterns from Ecuador and text about Fairtrade. These designs were transferred onto custom-wood and carved. This is a relief printing process. The woodcuts were inked up and printed on a variety of papers. Some are printed on out of date All Good Bananas leaflets.

A number of students also printed their woodcuts in clay slabs. These were then ‘slumped’ in a mold to form a shallow dish. The legs for the dish were made by casting the ends of bananas in plaster to make a mold to form the clay legs. A selection of under glazes and oxides that matched the colours of pottery from Ecuador were used to enhance the texture of the clay.

For more information about Fairtrade please go to :-

http://fairtrade.org.nz

http://www.tradeaid.org.nz

All Good Bananas http://allgoodorganics.co.nz

Big Printmaking Festival

This year we are taking part in the Big Printmaking Festival. This is an event that takes place from 18th May until the 1st June and is run by CATA, Canterbury Art Teachers Association.

The Theme for the work is 'Exploring Migration and Identity' and will be expressed  in woodcut prints
We produced designs based on a basic WAKA shape inspired by work by Michel Tuffery and the WAKA painting in the LRC that explores how we all came to New Zealand.
We discussed what we would take with us if we were migrating/moving or objects that our ancestors brought with them. 
Categories were :-
cultural, items that represented our ethnic and family origins; 
usefulI, such as a telescope, an axe or sewing kit; 
sentimental, maybe a piece of jewellery given by a relative, 
Spiritual, something of religious or spiritual significance
We discussed our experiences of packing. Many of us have had  to pack as we left our houses in Christchurch for repair or relocation. Boats need to be packed carefully and often have special compartments for significant items.
WE created our own compartments in our waka and packed our 'cargo'
We also looked at items from the Canterbury Museum that early settlers had brought with them, a Christening gown, a mug asking the person to remember the giver, fishing equipment, games, a special tea pot, axes, books, carvings etc.
The Art Extension have worked on their Waka during their extension time but many of them joined other schools for two workshops in the holiday.
Our first workshop was at Heaton. Students from Breens and their teacher Sue Greenwood who came to work on their design with us. Our second workshop was at Rangi Ruru hosted by their art teacher Kate Rivers. We were working alongside students from Rangi Ruru, Thorrington, South Intermediate and Cashmere Primary. We even had one student, Alex, who left Heaton last year, come back to join in the fun.
We were also lucky enough to be shown around the art studios at Rangi Ruru to see what a High School Art Department looks like. There were lots of girls working there in the holidays. We could see that you need to put a lot of time into your work if you are to do well.
When our woodcuts are finished they will be printed using a Road Roller as part of the festival on Sunday the 25th May in the CBD.
The prints will also be displayed in the City Council Offices in July.