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| Igor Benca and translator at Edinburgh Print Studio 2nd March 2013 |
Artist Talk by Karol Felix and Monoprint demonstration by Igor Benca
Edinburgh Print Studio 2nd March 2013
Today I had the privilege of hearing a group of Slovakian printmakers from Bratislava speak about their work and their thoughts. I was particularly impressed by their thoughtful and careful approach and by their extreme skill, as well as their different experiences. One remark by Karol Felix that stays in my mind concerned his influence on his students. He said that good students are independent and thrive in the environment of the art school, whereas the weaker students are less sure of themselves and become overly influenced by their teachers. I would not have described "good" and "bad" students in this way, it is a little harsh. The weaker ones are just less confident and at a different stage of their learning. But it was interesting to hear the professor's comments.
The picture shows Igor Benca in the process of demonstrating his monoprinting technique in the studio at Edinburgh Printmakers. He had cut an elaborate shape from a plastic material, he then inked this in two colours, and took an offset print of this - meaning that the shape transferred exactly onto the big roller and when rolled onto the paper the shape emerged.
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