Daytime workshops
These courses take place on Wednesdays from 10am to 4.30 pm.
One-day workshops
T-shirt printing
Workshop leader: Ellie Curtis
A 1 day workshop learning how screenprint, printing your own t-shirts or fabric. Bring along your own drawings, images and designs and turn them into screenprints onto t-shirts, bags or fabric.
Suitable for complete beginners or those with previous screenprinting knowledge but who feel they need refreshing.
Cost: £60 per person (concessions £45)
One daytime session on the following date:
- 20 January
- 28 April fully booked!
Screenprint refresher
Workshop leader: Ann Norfield
A refresher for those who want to remind themselves of screenprinting processes. During the day you can make a two-layer print using a paper stencil and an image exposed on photo-sensitive emulsion. Along the way you will learn how to mix inks, use a screenbed, coat a screen and use a UV exposure unit.
Cost: £60 per person (concessions £45)
One daytime session on the following dates:
- 10 February fully booked!
- 24 March fully booked!
- 22 September BOOK NOW
Bookbinding
Workshop leader: Richard Roberts
The course covers the essential techniques and skills for hardcover bookbinding. Each student will make a hand-stiched, multi-sectioned book bound in hard covers. This workshop will give you the skills to progress on to any level of bookbinding.
Cost: £60 per person (concessions £45)
One daytime session on the following dates:
- 6 January
- 11 August BOOK NOW
Reduction linocut
Workshop leader: Nick Morley
In this hands-on workshop you will produce a 3-colour linocut the reduction way. This technique uses one piece of lino, carving away more areas between each printing stage to develop the image. You will learn how to plan an image, how to make different marks with lino tools, how to ink up the lino with a roller and how to register a multi-layer print. Lino, inks, paper and tools are provided or participants can bring their own tools.
This workshop is suitable for beginners and those with some previous printmaking experience. Please note this workshop uses solvents (white spirit).
Cost: £60 per person (concessions £45)
One daytime session on the following dates:
- 31 March
- 4 August BOOK NOW
Longer daytime courses
Drypoint and carborundum
Workshop leader: Ann Norfield
In this intaglio workshop you can learn to layer the exciting drawn line of drypoint with the painterly coloured background of carborundum. Over the two days we will draw into aluminium plates, learn to ink up and print using two or three layers of colour on rich carborundum and incorporate chine colle (paper collage) into the finished image. It worked for Picasso, Miro Jasper Johns and Tapies and can work for you too!
Cost: £110 per person (concessions £85)
Two daytime sessions on the following dates:
- 23 and 30 June BOOK NOW
T-shirt and fabric printing
Workshop leader: Ellie Curtis
A 2-day workshop covering screenprinting on t-shirts, and screenprinting repeat patterns on fabric. Bring your own designs, images or photographs to create your own prints on t-shirts, bags and fabric. The first session will be focused on t-shirts, and the second session will be focused on making your own repeat patterns for fabric that can then be used for fashion or interiors.
Suitable for complete beginners to screenprinting or those with previous knowledge of screenprinting but who feel they need refreshing.
Cost: £110 per person (concessions £85)
Two daytime sessions on the following dates:
- 6 and 13 January fully booked!
- 17 and 24 February
- 19 and 26 May BOOK NOW
- 29 September and 6 October BOOK NOW
Screenprinting on paper and t-shirt printing
Workshop leader: Lydie Gallais
On the first day you will learn:
- How to expose and coat a screen using photo emulsion
- How to use colours efficiently and mix them well
- How to print using a 2- or 3-colour registration
You will need to bring an image (A4 or A3). The image could be a drawing, a photo, a newspaper print... It should be of good quality, photocopied onto either acetate or paper.
On the second day you will learn:
- How to use inks and mix them well
- To print on fabric using the table or screenprinting bed
- How to use registration well
You will need to bring some tee shirts or anything else you would like to print (i.e. bags, tea towels...). Some materials will be provided but I suggest that you bring some tee shirts.
A course full of information from beginners to advanced. A lot of fun.
Cost: £110 per person (concessions £85)
Two daytime sessions on the following dates:
- 7 and 14 April fully booked!
- 28 July and 4 August fully booked!
Introduction to screenprinting on paper
Workshop leader: Ann Norfield
Two days in which to learn basic screenprinting processes and experiment with a variety of techniques to make layered prints on paper. Come and see what suits you – paper stencils, monoprinting, photo stencils of your own artwork or photos.
Cost: £110 per person (concessions £85)
Two daytime sessions on the following dates:
- 27 January and 3 February fully booked!
- 10 and 17 March fully booked!
- 8 and 15 Sepbember BOOK NOW
Photopolymer
Workshop leader: Victoria Browne
This two-day course will introduce participants to the unique qualities of photopolymer, a water-based photosensitive plate adapted for relief and intaglio techniques. Participants will work with two different images:
- Session 1: flexography (relief) plate
- Session 2: printing
- Session 3: polymergravure (etching) plate
- Session 4: printing
Plates, ink, paper and printing materials will be provided. However a basic knowledge of Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop software is required.
Further info:
- Toyobo Flexo Plates
- Dianne Longley
- Dan Burkholder
- Elizabeth Dove
Cost: £110 per person (concessions £85)
Two daytime sessions on the following dates:
- 13 and 20 January
- 26 May and 2 June BOOK NOW
Introduction to screenprinting
Workshop leader: Victoria Browne
This course is recommended for those with little or no experience of silk-screen printing. Participants will be taught the basic techniques of operating an exposure unit and using a flat-bed press, via hands-on sessions where they produce images of their own choosing (or indeed design). By mastering these basic skills participants will be able not only to organically develop the entire array of printing skills while learning how to avoid accidents. Any black and white (including half-toned) images or hand drawings for post cards, business cards, birthday presents, etc. up to A4 size are welcome to be brought for use as source material for printing.
Cost: £110 per person (concessions £85)
Two daytime sessions on the following dates:
- 5 and 12 May BOOK NOW
Etching
Workshop leader: Victoria Browne
Two daytime sessions on the following dates:
- 9 and 16 June BOOK NOW
Introduction to printmaking
Workshop leader: Ann Norfield
Over the three days you will be introduced to a range of print processes that will enable you to engage with the creative potential of printmaking as a means of expression. The aim of the course is for each participant to gain an insight into the techniques covered, providing the skills and confidence to continue to pursue printmaking independently after the course. The techniques covered are linocut, etching and screenprint
Cost: £155 (concessions £125)
Three daytime sessions on the following dates:
- 29 September and 6 and 13 October BOOK NOW
Etching
Workshop leader: Nick Morley
In this workshop you will work on an etching plate, taking it through several processes under the guidance of an experienced tutor. You will make a print at each stage of the process. You will learn how to make line drawings using hard ground, add textures and patterns using soft ground and work with aquatint to add tones. On the last session you will have a chance to apply what you have learnt to a new plate to create a new image.
This workshop uses zinc plates, etched with nitric acid.
- Session 1: Working with hard ground, etching and printing
- Session 2: Soft ground and aquatint
- Session 3: Consolidation and application - working on a new plate
This workshop is suitable for beginners and those with some experience.
Note: This workshop uses some solvents and nitric acid.
Cost: £155 per person (concessions £125)
Three daytime sessions on the following dates:
- 17, 24 November and 1 December BOOK NOW
Japanese woodblock I (beginners)
Workshop leader: Wuon Gean Ho
Japanese woodblock, or mokuhanga, is a non-toxic printmaking technique that has a great variety of beautiful effects, ranging from delicate washes of transparency, to bold vibrant colors. Using traditional tools, wood and paper, learn how to carve and print your own monochrome and multicoloured pictures, and bring a new twist to old printmaking traditions. Cost of the course includes a set of carving tools and hand printing disc (baren) to continue your printmaking at home.
Cost: £175 per person (concessions £145)
Three daytime sessions on the following dates:
- 27 January and 3 and 10 February fully booked!
- 21 and 28 April and 5 May fully booked!
- 13, 20 and 27 October BOOK NOW
Japanese woodblock II (intermediate)
Workshop leader: Wuon Gean Ho
This course is timed just after the end of Japanese woodblock I so that artists can continue to develop their woodblock technique. Additionally, those who have some knowledge of Japanese water-based woodblock printing are welcome. During the two sessions we will explore advanced printing and registration techniques and work on a larger scale. Artists are encouraged to bring individual projects that they would like to develop in this time.
Cost: £110 per person (concessions £85)
SPECIAL OFFER: £55 per person when booking as continuation of woodblock I (no concessions)
Two daytime sessions on the following dates:
Introduction to printmaking
Workshop leader: Victoria Browne
The techniques covered are as follows (not necessarily in order):
- Drypoint (a similar technique to etching but without acid)
- Hard ground etching
- Soft ground etching
- Aquatint
- Linocut
- Screenprint (paper stencils)
- Screenprint (photo-stencil)
Etching will be using zinc with nitric acid. Oil-based inks and solvents (white spirit and meths) will also be used in some of the sessions.
This workshop is suitable for beginners and those with some experience.
Four daytime sessions on the following dates:
- 3, 10, 17 and 24 March fully booked!