Perfect for beginners or anyone looking to refresh their skills, we'll be designing, carving and printing Christmas cards to take home and impress your friends & family with. We'll provide all the materials you need, including card designs however if you would like to bring your own designs along, please do! Limited to 8 spaces...
Artist Raphaella Pester will guide participants through a full day of drypoint printmaking in Gainsborough’s House Print Workshop. The session focuses on patterns found in nature and landscape, themes Raphaella explores through geometric abstraction in her own work across printmaking, and other processes. The day includes: A visit to the Gainsborough’s House Garden to gather...
Theadora creates surreal, dystopian worlds where dreams and reality quietly collide. Using photomontage, painting, and printmaking, she allows familiar objects to shift into new, often celestial identities. Join Theadora Ballantyne-Way in this two-day Masterclass on polymer photogravure and relief – delve into this fascinating process as you produce incredible original prints showing both depth and richness. Experience printing...
Join Katherine Jones RA, acclaimed contemporary British artist celebrated for her unique fusion of painting and traditional printmaking for this two-day workshop. Katherine’s work explores the tension between safety and vulnerability, using familiar buildings, objects, and spaces as a starting point for layered, thought-provoking imagery. In this hands-on workshop, Katherine will share the dynamic technique of...
Adam Bridgland is a British contemporary artist and printmaker known for witty, nostalgic works blending typography and graphic art. A Royal College of Art graduate, he exhibits internationally and features in major collections like the British Museum and V&A. Explore the creative potential of screen printing with artist and printmaker Adam Bridgland. This practical two-day...
Join photographic artist and printmaker Rowan Collinson for an exploration into the creative potential of pinhole photography. Returning to the art of photography at its most basic form, these images have a timeless, ethereal quality and beautifully reflect this gentle and slow approach to photography. A pinhole camera is a lightproof box with a tiny hole...
Join printmaker Heidi Sharp to delve into the world of linocut through 'jigsaw' processes. Throughout this course you will be guided from start to finish through the process of jigsaw linocut. The course aims to ensure that you learn the essentials of the process, allowing you to feel confident in jigsaw lino printing independently in...
This workshop will explore the creative potential of the cyanotype process. Over the course of the day you will create a series of handmade artist concertina books inspired by the beautiful Gainsborough’s House garden. Cyanotype printmaking is an early photographic process that uses sunlight to create richly detailed blue prints without a camera. You will...
Join us for a relaxed one day workshop that’s perfect for beginners and anyone eager to explore a freer, more spontaneous way of making art. Monotype printmaking is a very immediate and intuitive process in which unique prints are produced by adding and/or subtracting ink from a plate which is then printed onto paper. In...
On this two–day course, you will learn the art of wood engraving from recognised expert, Anne Desmet RA. As well as fine-line engraving on a variety of end-grain woods using a wide range of bespoke tools, Anne will teach hand burnishing on Japanese papers, printing with a press, and will introduce the creative possibilities of...
The traditional intaglio technique of aquatint etching allows images to be created with a range of tonal values. The results can be atmospheric and a bit like washes of watercolour, hence the origin of the name ‘aquatint’. In this course you will learn how to prepare a zinc plate and apply the aquatint rosin before...
Throughout this course Print Workshop Technician, Heidi Sharp will guide you from start to finish through the process of mono screen printing. Taking inspiration from observational studies of still life setups and the local landscape, the workshop will take place in the Landscape Studio at Gainsborough's House. The course aims to ensure that you learn...
