Season's Greetings with Sue Molineux Use our Workshop's facilities to print your own unique images for presents, gift wrapping and cards. Use some of our collection of wooden type to print messages or to mix text with images. The fee for Taster Days includes basic materials. Additional materials are on sale at very reasonable prices.
Japanese Woodblock Printing with Jude Lockie This very popular course is ideal for those wishing to experiment with a printmaking method that does not rely on presses or chemicals and which can be easily practised in a home studio. Working on soft wood blocks, students can achieve the subtle colour effects which are a feature...
Explore and develop screen printing with the use of photo stencils. Work on a variety of scales and surfaces to combine colour, text, image and shape with mark making, layered areas, hand cut and drawn stencils to create an exciting form of visual language. Compatible with digital processes, these techniques are rapid, safe and fun...
Drypoint with Sue Molineux Work directly on paper, perspex or aluminium plate and try out mark making, tone and texture. Experiment with collage and enjoy using different specialist papers. The fee for Taster Days includes basic materials. Additional materials are on sale at very reasonable prices.
Woodcuts with Michael Carlo Michael Carlo's strong landscape based woodcuts feature expressive cutting into hard board or ply. Michael's understanding of mark making, tone and composition together with his technical expertise help students achieve rich and exciting results. PWS members £180
Lino can be used to produce prints that are delicately layered and richly coloured. Learn how to use cutting tools and caustic soda to mark the printing plate in unique ways and to apply ink in thin layers for a more painterly effect. £200 (members £180)
Photo etching with Emma Buckmaster This method of photo etching allows you to transfer a prepared image, photographic or otherwise, onto an etching plate and to then work into it using traditional etching methods, if you choose. The course will take you through the whole process from preparing the image to etching and printing the...
This course provides a sound introduction to wood engraving and is most suitable for those with some drawing experience. There is no need to have prior knowledge of printmaking. First look at specialist tools, consider mark making and how to create tones, then make a tonal sampler before engraving on to wood and printing. Every...
Learn all about three very special printmaking techniques; Carborundum, Chine Collé and Collagraph. The course aims to convey ‘Omne Trium Perfectum’, three techniques that are perfect for expressing creative ideas. Exploring an abundance of textures, colour options and layered structures and their registration, we use studio friendly products, processes and practice on this innovative course....
Lithography is often thought of as the closest printmaking technique to painting and drawing because of its direct mark-making. Working on stone, zinc plate or aluminium photo plate, the technique is taught in easy to follow stages. Students are able to work on several images during the course using their own reference. Colin Gale directs...
Explore and develop screen printing with the use of photo stencils. Work on a variety of scales and surfaces to combine colour, text, image and shape with mark making, layered areas, hand cut and drawn stencils to create an exciting form of visual language. Compatible with digital processes, these techniques are rapid, safe and fun...
This course shows the potential and flexibility of printing from lino and encourages the use of a variety of methods and approaches to achieve different creative results. Working in a relaxed, positive atmosphere,a large body of work is created in an experimental and spontaneous way. The course is lively, energetic and ambitious. Dale Devereux Barker...
