Develop the eye of a designer and create gel plate prints like a fine artist.
LEARN AT YOUR OWN PACE | LIFETIME COURSE ACCESS
8 WEEKS TUTOR SUPPORT | PRIVATE ONLINE COMMUNITY
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Gel plate printing at home is excellent, however there comes a time when you want more than just collage papers.
- As you grow and develop your techniques, you want predictable and reliable results so you can turn your inspiration into tangible artwork.
- No longer satisfied with a muddy mess, and you long for translucent and multilayered prints without needing expensive printmaking equipment.
- You desire a clear and precise framework to make intentional colour and design decisions with everything you need at your fingertips to create artwork on one page!
Tara Axford took many years to embrace and develop a creative process that leveraged her precise designer’s mindset with her free-flowing artists’ imagination. Something that affords her the luxury to solve problems quicker whilst relaxing into the creative flow to almost effortlessly turn inspiration into artwork.
As an experienced mixed media artist and instructor, Tara knows many artists struggle with processing their ideas to utilise inspiration. As a creative director and designer, she understands the importance of learning to unpick often overwhelming amounts of visual stimulation to extract the essence of your findings, so you can confidently create well-composed and unique artwork.
Tara fell in love with the Gel Plate early in her Mixed Media career. She made it her mission to tame the plate and avoid disappointment. Now Tara Axford returns to the Fibre Arts Take Two platform to share the techniques she’s mastered and the methods she’s developed in a unique online curriculum so you can…
Think Like A Designer. Create Like An Artist!
Gel plate printing at home is excellent. However, there comes a time when you want more than just collage papers. As you grow and develop your techniques, you want a clear and precise framework to deliver predictable and reliable results, so you can turn your inspiration into multilayered artwork - without needing expensive printmaking equipment.
Tame the plate:
feel confident in your creative decisions.
Tara fell in love with the gel plate early in her mixed media career. She made it her mission to tame the plate and avoid disappointment. Now, Tara invites you to share the techniques she’s mastered and methods she’s developed.
As an experienced mixed media artist and instructor, Tara Axford knows many artists struggle with processing their ideas to utilise inspiration. It took Tara many years to embrace and develop a creative process that leveraged her precise designer’s mindset with her free-flowing artists’ imagination. This unique blend affords her the luxury to solve problems quicker whilst relaxing into the creative flow so she can (almost!) effortlessly turn inspiration into artwork.
As a creative director and designer, she understands the importance of learning to unpick often overwhelming amounts of visual stimulation to extract the essence of your findings, so you can confidently create well-composed and unique artwork.
Extract
Shining the spotlight on various art & design eras, particularly women artists, both past and present, Tara shares her process for researching what she finds and making sense of what she sees.Beyond books and online research, take a trip to Manly Art Gallery & Museum and Heide Museum of Modern Art in Melbourne, where Tara talks you through what she sees and, most notably, what happens when she leaves the gallery to share her creative process through the Gel Plate.
Taking inspiration from other artists is an exciting way to expand your horizons; topics covered include appropriate use of content and copyright.
From Abstract Expressionism to Assemblage Art, you’ll learn to organise your research and document your explorations to ensure you have a visual and process diary to refer back to and replicate your process at any point in time.
Explore
Using the Gelli Plate® over 11 modules and 9.5 hours of professionally filmed footage, you’ll get a sense of how design can influence your work as you explore the following techniques:
- Lines and shapes
- Layering to create depth
- Light and shadow in printing
- Texture and typography
- How 3D can inform 2D
- Collage on and off the plate
- Creating repeat patterns
- Image transfers with photocopies
- How stencils can add to pattern making
- Expressive mark making
- Colour mixing
Each module contains downloadable resource guides with a materials list, templates, artist spotlights, and book recommendations to further support your learning.
Make it your own
A trip to the gallery isn’t complete without an exit through the gift shop. Tara shows you how to transform your prints beyond paper to other forms, such as gifts and physical products.
Whether you prefer a flexible learning style or are looking for ways to channel your ideas, this course is designed to help you utilise your inspiration and take your art to the next level by cracking the code of gel plate printing.
Why Enrol in a Fibre Arts Take Two Signature Course?
Joining Art & Design Through Gel Plate Printing includes:
- Lifetime Access: Revisit the course content anytime to refresh your skills or find new inspiration. Learn at your own pace!
- Student Community Group: Engage with like-minded artists and form connections that could last a lifetime.
- Two Live Q&A Sessions: Get direct feedback and insights from Tara herself.
- 8 Weeks of Tutor Support: Tara will be there to guide you, answer your questions, and help you overcome any artistic hurdles.
- Showcase your artwork: your enrolment includes an invitation to participate in an online exhibition.
Helpful FAQs
Have another question? We’re here to help! Please contact the Take Two team at support@fibreartstaketwo.com
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Tara will be available in the private Facebook Community after enrolment closes and will answer your questions for a minimum of 8 weeks.
There will also be 2 live Q&As during this time which will be broadcast on YouTube. Questions can be submitted in advance and a recording of each Q&A will be made available in your course portal.
Please do not email your tutor directly. All questions can be submitted through the Facebook group or via email to support@fibreartstaketwo.com to be answered during our live Q&A sessions with your tutor.
Please note as a practising artist and tutor it may not be possible for Tara to comment on every post. She will engage as much as possible between her other commitments and the Fibre Arts Take Two team is always available to help. -
From the moment you join us – you will receive the entire 8-module course, which includes over 9 hours of beautifully filmed content with lifetime access, including downloadable PDF resource guides. You’ll also be welcomed into our online community, where you can introduce yourself and meet all your other new, aspiring, and growing artists. Once you’re all settled into your new digital home, you will meet Shelley with your classmates for two live Q&A calls. The details of the Q&As will be emailed two weeks in advance. We can’t wait to see you there!
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Not at all. This course was created with you in mind – the creative who wants to watch in your own time, hit pause, re-watch, take a break, and then return for more! You can ask Tara questions in the private student community during the 8 week tutor engagement period. This is the only time-sensitive aspect of the course. Please know that there is no set schedule to complete this course – plus, you’ll have all the content for life!
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Because we have students from all around the world – we have geolocation set up to try and accommodate where we can! Therefore, we currently accept USD, AUD, GBP, Euro, CAD and NZD… with more to come! And if your currency wasn’t mentioned, your bank will still automatically convert it to your local currency once the charge goes through.
(And on the topic of being international, Fibre Arts Take Two, the course producers, are based in Australia… hence the spelling of things like fibre, realise and enrol!)
All Australian purchases are GST inclusive. -
Absolutely! The course content is fully responsive, so it will work regardless of whether you’re on a computer or mobile device. All you need is an internet connection.
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