Print Studio

Sunday 24 September 2023, 1.30- 4.30pm

Tutor: Michelle Avison

Cost: £65. Acrylic plate, inks and paper included

Monotype is a great introduction to printmaking. A relatively simple technique, monotype allows you to try out ideas for prints, experiment with mark making, to use drawn or painted marks. On this 3 hour taster course you will find out some of the ways to make monotypes and how to print both by hand and using the press. You will make lots of sample prints to take home and gain skills to be able to carry on at home or to explore further in our next classes. Bring a sketchbook, images or photographs to work from and a small portfolio to take your work home in!

Tuesday 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 October, 7, 14 and 21 November 2023, 6.00- 9.00pm

Cost: £430. Plate, ink and paper included

Tutor: Rob White, Michelle Avison

This course explores Carborundum techniques, and uses them to achieve rich painterly marks. Carborundum is great for exploring colour printing and overlaying different colours to achieve diverse marks and creative textural and colour combinations. The plates are relatively cheap to make and we will encourage you to work on a larger scale.

You will look at and discuss a range of print examples, including artist James Anderson's work who is exhibiting at the studio in September. You will make some small test plates to explore the effects of different painting mediums, carborundum grit etc, then move on to make multiple carborundum plates designed to overprint to make complex colour prints and use a la poupée methods to ink each plate in more than one colour.

This course is ideal for printmakers looking to expand their repertoire and wanting to learn more about colour mixing and inking, but it can equally be a fun starting point to learning a new printmaking technique. Carborundum plates can be made at home- they are made with acrylic mediums and grit, avoiding heavy chemicals and solvents, so it is a good technique to know about.

Saturday 14 October 2023, 10.00am- 1.00pm

Tutor: Rob White

£58. Includes wood, paper and ink.

Work with artist Rob White on this three hour taster course exploring Woodcut. A great introduction to the technique, and a fabulous way to explore your creativity, the taster will cover ways of cutting the wood, staying safe with the tools, and take you through inking and printing. You can try different woods and work with the grain and knots in the wood to make expressive, immediate images. Bring personal images, photographs, drawings or other material to start your print from, and explore your personal stories, memories or ideas through the medium of printmaking. You will print in black ink on white paper, and explore both hand printing and use our wonderful Albion relief press.

Saturday 21 October 2023, 1.30- 4.30pm

Tutor: Sarah Gursoy Heuser

£68. Includes lino, paper and ink.

Find out about linocut and printing on this three hour printmaking taster course. A great introduction to the technique, and a fabulous way to explore your creativity, this printmaking class will teach how to cut the lino, stay safe with the tools, and take you through inking and printing. There will be a still life to draw from, but you are of course welcome to bring personal images, photographs, drawings or other ideas to start your print from. You will explore different ways of cutting to describe pattern and tone and print in black ink on white paper, plus an opportunity to try out different background colours.

Saturday 28 October 2023, 1.30-4.30pm

Tutor: Chris Christodoulou

Cost: £65. Acrylic printing plates, paper and inks included.

Try out drypoint printing with Chris Christodoulou. A master in the technique, Chris will show you how to achieve the dark and smudgy lines characteristic of drypoint, and which Chris uses to such good effect in his own work. Learn some of the tricks of the trade and make a fantastic drypoint print to take home.

Tuesday 31 October & 7 November 2023,10.00-4.00pm

Tutor: SooMin Leong

Cost: £235. All materials included.

Work one-to-one with skilled and experienced lithographer SooMin Leong. Our 2 Day Stone Lithography course is designed to build skills and confidence in everything you need to know to make a stone litho print. You will finish the course with a small edition of black and white prints, prints and be qualified to join as a studio member to continue your lithography journey.

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Tuesday 21, 28 November, 5 December 2023, 6.00- 9.00pm

Tutor: Rob White

Cost: £105. Ink and paper included.

Learn how to use advanced techniques sugarlift and spit bite to make painterly marks on an etching plate. Explore how to use the sugary solution to paint and draw with, then how to apply a protective coating, lift the sugar solution, etch and aquatint the resulting marks to create painterly tones. Also include spit bite to add watery, soft marks. These techniques can be use with other etching techniques, on existing or new plates, or on their own resulting in very painterly imagery.

Rob White has a wealth of professional print experience and you will be amazed by how much difference you can make to your image by using a particular ink or wiping in a different ways to gain the most from the delicate tonal marks.

Monday or Tuesday 10.00-4.00pm. Dates by arrangement.

Tutor: SooMin Leong

Cost: £1450. All materials included.

Work one-to-one with skilled and experienced lithographer SooMin Leong. Our 5 Day Stone Lithography One-to-One is designed to build skills and confidence in everything you need to know to make a three colour stone litho print. You will finish the week with a small edition of prints and be qualified to join as a studio member to continue your lithography journey.

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Recording of this class is now available for £5. A link and materials list will be sent on receipt of payment.

Tutor: Eleanor Watson

In this session Ellie will describe and show a range of different materials and tools that can be used for making monotypes at home, with an opportunity to ask questions. It is recommended that you book this class before any of our other monotype courses so that you have the tools and materials necessary to get the most out of subsequent courses.