Ana Buzzalino – February 3 – 5
Website: https://anabuzzalino.com/
Ana Buzzalino is a creator, maker, fibre and mixed media artist, surface designer, teacher and lecturer. Her love of layers and texture combine in her original work. She achieves results using a combination of different surface design techniques. A lot of her work for the past few years has used aspects of history with an impact on our culture today.
Ana’s work has won numerous awards at national and international shows. Her work has been accepted into the Festival of Quilts in the UK where she won an honorable mention, Quilt Canada where she’s won several awards and the International Quilt Festival in Houston where she won 1st prize in Abstract in 2017 and a third prize in Abstract in 2019.
Ana writes articles for Quilting Arts Magazine and A Needle Pulling Thread among others. She has made several appearances in Quilting Arts TV. She was also invited to appear in The Quilt Show in 2022. She is currently teaching online from her studio in Calgary, Alberta.
VIRTUAL LECTURE: Tues, Feb 3: 9:30 am (CT): From Blueprint to Thread: Architecture as Inspiration
Join me on an inspiring journey through the intersection of architecture and textile art, delving into the captivating world of architectural structures that can serve as a wellspring of creativity for artists. I’ll share a glimpse into my own artistic endeavours, unveiling how architecture and its diverse features have become a boundless source of inspiration for my own work.
Virtual Workshop: Acrylic Skins and Monoprinting: From Basics to Sophistication
Tues, Feb 3: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm (CT)
Wed, Feb 4: 9:30 am – 4:00 pm (CT)
Thurs, Feb 5: 9:30 am – 4:00 pm (CT)
In this workshop, you will learn to create acrylic skins (shown at left) to use in your work. These require few supplies and are fun and addictive to make and will add an element of surprise and interest to your artwork: quilts, sketchbooks, painting, collages, etc. Part of this workshop will be a demo on different products you can use to prepare the acrylic skins, how to finish them and how to apply them to your work.
• Monoprints combine the spontaneity of printed paints and fabric, creating a surface that is unlike any other. It is the most painterly method among the printmaking techniques. No two prints are alike. Students will learn to use water-based paint on Gelli Plates or other surfaces, utilizing various techniques: masking, multiple drop printing, colour mixing, etc. Students will play around with textures and random materials to create several pieces that can serve as underpaintings for future work or stand alone as a body of work. The first part of the class will be spent making rubbing plates to use in the monoprinting process.