South Bank Bristol Arts Trail 2014

I will be exhibiting this weekend at at the Tobacco Factory for this year's South Bank Bristol Arts Trail:

11am - 6pm

Raleigh Road, Bristol, BS3 1TF

To find out more about the trail visit the South Bank Arts website or view artists information about my work.

There will also be a number of events happening at the Tobacco Factory during the arts trail for their food and drink festival.

Flyer front cover designed by myself featuring my illustrated mechanical typography and members images of robots.

The brief from the South Bank Arts Committee was to design a flyer and poster which included bold bright colours, bold typography and creatively add members robot submissions for this year's theme ROBOTS!

Robots mechanical typography designed for the arts trail flyer.

If you want to come along to the arts trail and say hello or discuss a commission I will be at the venue on Sunday afternoon selling some additional prints and cards. I look forward to seeing you there!

Latest news from Katharina Illustration

I now have some of my prints and products available for sale at MAKERS shop and gallery on Colston street as well as in room 212 on Gloucester road.

I will be running a botanical mono printing workshop on the 31st May at MAKERS:
Open to all age groups and levels of experience!

12-3pm (£25)

I will teach four monoprinting techniques inspired by botany.

Impressions of plants, leaves and natural fibres will be utilised with mark-making to produce impressions on paper.

The workshop will take you through the print making process, allowing you to experiment with shapes and colour, textures and patterns on paper.

You will take home unique botanical monoprints as well as greetings cards, gift tags and wrapping paper. All materials are provided, however you are welcome to bring your own plant material or imagery for inspiration.

The workshop can be booked via MAKERS website.

Into the Forest - Last day today!

There are are a few more hours left until the end of 'Into the Forest' and am happily reflecting on all the interesting people I have met over the course of the week, and new opportunities that have arisen from it. 

I hope you enjoyed the exhibition, here are some snap shots of the artwork on display:

My most popular sale! - can be made on commission - £25

As well as working on commissions after the show, I will be selling my hand made products and prints - if you would like to discuss any commission or purchase of artwork please send enquiries to knyilas@yahoo.co.uk

A little update from 'Into the Forest'

The exhibition is still showing until this Thursday until 9pm, so if you haven't visited do pop by and take a look at the artwork!

There are also illustrated handmade products available if you are looking for a gift!

Below is a limited edition card of 10, inspired by my botanical mono printing course, especially for valentines day, also available at the exhibition! (Fancy making your own? Come along to my next workshop at MAKERS on 1st March)

Here are some photographs from my three hour Botanical Mono-printing workshop. I had a wonderful creative group and it was inspiring to see the range of work they produced with the techniques taught, and how they developed their technique throughout the workshop.

Insight into the workshop:

I firstly demonstrate one technique and let the group experiment. I then teach them three more techniques separately and let them play with the new technique. After initial experimentation I encourage the group to experiment with the four techniques however they like. Following on from this the group is given time to use their new skills to make high quality prints to frame, gift tags, cards and wrapping paper to take home with them.

BOOKBINDING WORKSHOP:

Yesterday's bookbinding workshop went well and two happy people walked away with four beautiful recycled and hand stitched booklets.

Check back for updates on Sophie's and Sarah's workshops over the last few days!

A big thank you to all who came to the opening night!

A big thank you to all who came on Thursday night to celebrate the opening of my new exhibition 'Into the Forest'. It was a fun evening with delicious mulled cider by Severn Cider and an atmospheric sound track of sounds within the forest.

The exhibition will be running until next Thursday and shuts at 9pm, so there are still opportunities to come along!

There are also still spaces available on all of the workshops running, so if your feeling creative do book before they all fill up!

Here are some shots I took from my lunchtime botanical mono printing session yesterday. If you want to get your creative juices flowing do join in today at 12pm for the botanical mono printing course running later on!

Hand-made products available from the shop at the exhibition

From the opening evening tomorrow on 6th February there will be a range of hand-made products to buy at the exhibition. These include T-shirts, totes, cards, prints and gift tags - perfect for presents or just a special treat to yourself!

See below a sample of some of the items available in the shop:

Cards A-Z

Botanical Monoprinting & Bookbinding with Katharina Nyilas

Katharina will be running a few fun wildlife-themed workshops next week following the opening of her Into the Forest exhibition on the 6th February. These are the perfect opportunity to get creative and learn some new techniques, for all ages and all levels of experience! 

Botanical Monoprinting - 

Friday 7th February Lunchtime Session 1-2pm £10   &   Saturday 8th February 12-3pm £25

Get inspired our ancient forests and diverse ecosystem to design some beautiful monoprints. 

In this workshop Katharina will be teaching four monoprinting techniques. Impressions of plants, leaves and natural fibres will be made and rolled out ink will be used with mark making to produce a single impression on paper through mark marking. You will have the opportunity to experiment with techniques and combine them after initial demonstration and practice of each technique.

The workshop will take you through the print making process allowing them to experiment with shapes and colour to create interesting patterns, colours and textures on paper. You'll have the opportunity to create unique botanical monoprints to take home as well as a range of small gifts including a set of greetings cards, gift tags and wrapping paper.

All materials are provided, but you are welcome to bring your own plant material or imagery to use as inspiration for drawing or mark making, or bring flat plant samples to use in the print making process. 

To sign up for the botanical monoprinting workshop, click on the 'workshops' tab on this blog. 

Bookbinding - Tuesday 11th February 10am-12.30pm £18

Katharina will also be running a bookbinding workshop open to all ages and abilities. This is a chance to create your own original notebook using a range of interesting textures and recyclable materials. Feel free to bring along your own materials and design your own personal notebook.

To sign up for the bookbinding workshop, click on the 'workshops' tab on this blog.

-Sacha