Courses
It’s now really easy to book our courses online. Click here to see our January – July 2023 course programme!
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All of our courses are suitable for complete beginners, new learners and those looking to refresh skills unless otherwise stated.
In addition to our course programme below, we regularly host artist talks in the studio and we are happy to arrange bespoke workshops, talks and demonstrations.
Before booking, please read our course booking information.
Download a PDF of the course programme here.
Print courses currently running
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Develop Your Rebel Printmaking VoiceTuesday 4th October until Sunday 30th July 6.30pm - 9.30pm A unique artist-led course combining theory, practice and independent work to explore an expanded notion of printmaking. |
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Introduction to Print Six Week Tuesday Morning CourseTuesday 7th March until Tuesday 11th April 11am - 2pm Intro to print is a fantastic way to explore a variety of popular techniques and get an idea of what suits your printmaking palette. |
Print courses starting in April 2023
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Create, Copy, Collage (8 - 12yrs)Wednesday 5th April 11am - 2pm Mash up your favourite images from magazines, collage with some photocopies and drawings and transform them using our presses to create litho prints. |
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Pattern Polyblock Printing (4 - 7yrs)Thursday 6th April 11am - 2pm Spend the morning in our beautiful studio learning how to make and print a relief print. Using Polyblock, we will be drawing, poking and pressing into it with a variety of tools to play with patterns which we then ink and print. |
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Kamihanga for Kids (8 - 12yrs)Wednesday 12th April 11am - 2pm This three hour activity introduces you to Kamihanga, a simple relief printmaking technique ideal for kids. |
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Pen to Print (8 - 12yrs)Thursday 13th April 11am - 2pm Dream up characters from ink splodges, the shape of clouds, your granny’s favourite laugh or the bird which sings to you in the morning and learn how to illustrate them through drawing, printmaking and collage, tell a story and make your own story book. |
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Print ClubThursday 20th April until Thursday 25th May 11am - 1pm Print Club is a great way to meet other printmakers, develop and further your skills and build on your own printmaking practice as part of a small & supportive group. |
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Embracing Chance: Experimental EtchingSaturday 22nd April until Monday 24th April 10am - 4pm This course is about building confidence as you become more fluent in the language of etching. There will be a focus on aquatint techniques, alternative resists, playful experimentation and the freedom of working with the processes and materials in an instinctive way. |
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Handmade Film WorkshopSaturday 22nd April until Monday 24th April 10am - 4pm In this workshop artist film maker Vicky Smith will guide you to make creative marks, splashes and scratches directly on to a piece of filmstrip using a variety of materials and body parts to make unique handmade cinema which extends the usual notions of physical film vocabulary. |
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Cyanotype TasterSaturday 29th April 2pm - 5pm You will learn how to make and prepare your plate, the photochemical processes of preparing your paper and exposure times and methods, and making it all work to produce beautiful deep blue prints. |
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Cyanotype TasterSaturday 29th April 10am - 1pm You will learn how to make and prepare your plate, the photochemical processes of preparing your paper and exposure times and methods, and making it all work to produce beautiful deep blue prints. |
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Painterly MonotypesSunday 30th April 10am - 4pm Explore the possibilities of mark making with this liberating approach to monotype and create a painterly effect print. |
Print courses starting in May 2023
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LPW Print Salon: Henna TattooingSaturday 6th May 10am - 1pm Led by local artist Safina Adam, you will be introduced to the histories and differences of natural henna and jagua techniques, and learn how to make the paste, create designs and patterns, and how to apply the patterns onto skin. |
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LPW Print Salon: Henna TattooingSaturday 6th May 2pm - 5pm Led by local artist Safina Adam, you will be introduced to the histories and differences of natural henna and jagua techniques, and learn how to make the paste, create designs and patterns, and how to apply the patterns onto skin. |
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Gritty Printmaking: Carborundum on AluminiumSaturday 13th May 10am - 4pm Combining carborundum and drypoint line on aluminium, this course will lead you through the process of integrating both techniques to produce beautiful multilayered textural prints. |
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Introduction to ScreenSunday 14th May 10am - 4pm Join our popular screenprinting course with our brilliant sunshine technician Katy. You will be led through the steps of transferring your image onto a screen, registering and printing your image to create one-colour screenprints ready for your wall at home! |
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Introduction to LetterpressSunday 21st May 10am - 4pm Learn how to set, ink and print type using our historic collections of lead and wooden type to produce striking bold prints in bright inks and take home your own designed cards and posters. |
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Solar Plate Using the Sunlight: Taking it FurtherSaturday 27th and Sunday 28th May 10am - 4pm This two day course will introduce participants to an environmentally friendly form of printmaking, learning to translate hand drawn images, photographs, text and found objects into detailed intaglio prints. |
Print courses starting in June 2023
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Teen Screen (13-17yrs)Thursday 1st June 10am - 2pm This exciting screen exploration is just for teens! Ideal for beginners, this course runs over a busy morning and is perfect for realising your artisic visions in ink and paper. |
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Mini Mono Mania (8 - 12yrs)Friday 2nd June 11am - 2pm Come and join us at the workshop for a fun morning making colourful prints using cut paper shapes, feathers and leaves. |
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Type High Lino TasterSunday 4th June 2pm - 5pm Combining linocutting and monoprinting, this course allows you to experiment and play with your images and printmaking techniques. |
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Type High Lino TasterSunday 4th June 10am - 1pm Combining linocutting and monoprinting, this course allows you to experiment and play with your images and printmaking techniques. |
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Reduction Linocut Summer SchoolTuesday 6th June until Saturday 10th June 10.30am - 4.30pm Explore reduction linocut printing, the process which Picasso invented and named ‘suicide printing’ using the motif of a postage stamp. |
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Mokuhanga Printed Scrolls - Carving, Printing and Binding a Landscape Summer SchoolTuesday 6th June until Saturday 10th June 10.30am - 4.30pm During this immersive five-day workshop you will be introduced to the traditional Japanese art of woodblock printing (Mokuhanga) and scroll making (emaki-mono). |
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Etching Summer SchoolTuesday 6th June until Saturday 10th June 10.30am - 4.30pm Join Jemma Gunning for a fun week of exploring various Intaglio printmaking processes. The course will cover hardground, softground, sugar lift, aquatint, open bite, and chine collé. |
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Japanese Aesthetics (6 weeks)Wednesday 14th June until Wednesday 19th July 6pm - 9pm This course explores the theory and practice of Japanese Aesthetic notions and the idea of appreciating the imperfection and impermanence of all things. |
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Indian Papermaking with MonoprintSaturday 17th and Sunday 18th June 10am - 4pm Suman will use her printmaking and poetry practice to explore how journeys can manifest as images. |
Print courses starting in July 2023
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Experimental ScreenprintingSaturday 1st and Sunday 2nd July 10am - 4pm This experimental course takes screenprinting from an editioning process into a means of creating one off pieces by using abstract colour pulls, simple stencil making, colour overlays and repeat printing of photographic imagery. |
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Rethink Renew: Monoprinting with CollageSaturday 8th July 10am - 4pm Work with South African artist, Bronwen Paterson, to produce original artwork from your old prints and a range of collage techniques and monoprinting. |