COURSE/WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

This course offers a supportive environment for beginners and for those wishing to expand their existing practice through a range of printmaking techniques. Over 10 weeks, you will explore three core processes, collograph, lino printing, and intaglio experimenting with how they can be mixed, layered, and adapted as you develop your own designs and imagery. The emphasis is on exploration, testing ideas, and building confidence with tools, materials, and methods. What you will learn: Multiple‑colour lino printing using a key block Creating and carving lino blocks Registering prints accurately Building collograph plates from textured and recycled materials Understanding, mixing, and applying inks Etching acrylic plates to create intaglio printing matrices Combining and overlaying techniques to enhance depth, colour, and texture Weeks 1-3: Collograph - Creating a mixed media matrix (1-3 wks). Developing matrix’s and using both intaglio and relief printing techniques to create prints. Weeks 4-6: Relief printmaking (linocut) focuses on working with positive and negative space to develop designs, lines, textures, and patterns. Students learn multicolour printing through creating a key block and using registration techniques, with the option to incorporate the Chine‑collé technique into their prints. Weeks 7-10: Intaglio printmaking involves creating drypoint plates using acrylic sheets and recycled household materials, then developing a variety of prints including monoprints, multicolour prints and combined intaglio–relief pieces enhanced with carborundum paste. What to bring Drawings, photos or reference images to work from. Work will be created at A5/A6 to ensure pieces can be completed within the course timeframe and fit the press. Working with 1 - 2 images throughout will allow you to: Understand how each technique shapes your visual language Experiment with layering, combining, and overlapping methods Build depth, texture, and colour in your prints What's included Using mini presses, spoons, and barens to print plates Learning to create a simple registration board Printing on standard cartridge paper Introduction to a range of specialist printmaking papers Working with both relief and intaglio printing inks ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Enjoy complimentary teas and coffees on site. LOCATION: This workshop will take place in Studio 15 situated on the ground floor. Accessible parking on site.