I'll be running a collage workshop at the VAS Studio on Thursday April 24 as part of the Imprint, a storytelling event combining art, word and song over 4 weeks through a program of exhibitions, events, workshops, and a symposium. Would love to see you there! Book your place here.

Here's what we'll be doing:

Using poetry as a prompt, participants will be encouraged to create their own mixed media work in response to a particular character, scene or image using paint and collage elements, including their own discarded artwork.

I'll demonstrate how the images in The Colt from Old Regret were created and will encourage participants to experiment with their own visual language in response to a poem. The workshop will include sketching initial ideas, creating backgrounds, playing with shapes and colours to build up elements to form one or more images with tips and guidance along the way.