Leicester Print Workshop

Journey through twelve online live sessions with your tutor, enjoying making and demonstrations, guidance on technique and also theory contextualising each months subject matter.

This course will be a mix of practical activity and research with independent work between sessions. The emphasis will be that participants expand the idea of what Print can be and that you will be guided to develop your own voice and build your confidence.

This online course works through a year long project centred around the idea of the archive. Participants will be asked to create their own printed archive, using existing or created objects, such as letters, photographs, maps and objects.

Please note: This is the second version of the same course run in January. This course will be a mix of practical activity and research with independent work between sessions. The emphasis will be that participants expand the idea of what Print can be and that you will be guided to develop your own voice and build your confidence.

During the course, you will create unique typographical elements and combine them into a portfolio of wonderfully graphic monoprints.

Coronavirus Update: This course has been rescheduled [as of 27th January].

During this immersive three-day workshop you will be introduced to the traditional Japanese art of woodblock printing. Mokuhanga is perfect for anyone interested in a non-toxic, water-based, table-top printmaking technique.

Coronavirus Update: This course has been rescheduled [as of 5th March].

An exciting day to explore the more experimental areas of textiles printmaking.

Coronavirus Update: This course has been rescheduled [as of 27th January].

This back to basics session will teach you conservation techniques for mounting your prints and artworks, introduce the different mounting and framing options and explore the reasons for choosing them.

Coronavirus Update: This course has been rescheduled [as of 27th January].

The aim of this course is to explore ways to add texture to relief prints made with soft Japanese vinyl.

Coronavirus Update: This course has been rescheduled [as of 5th March].

You can book a session with the studio team to help work through any issues that you face as a Printmaker. Friendly and focussed sessions, it’s time for you to hone your practice and develop your work.

Coronavirus Update: This course has been rescheduled [as of 5th March].

This popular follow on course is perfect for those who have completed Introduction to Print or those with previous printmaking experience to develop their skills further.

Coronavirus Update: This course has been rescheduled [as of 5th March].

New to print? Want to get back into making work? Have you done a course or taster and want to find out more?

Introduction to Print is a fantastic way to explore a variety of printmaking techniques and get a good idea of what suits you.

Coronavirus Update: This course has been rescheduled [as of 5th March].

This one day course introduces the basic principles of screenprinting. You will learn how to transfer an image to a silkscreen and print onto paper.

Coronavirus Update: This course has been rescheduled [as of 11th March].

A two-day course introducing water-based woodblock printing, a non-toxic traditional Japanese technique that doesn’t need a press.

Coronavirus Update: This course has been rescheduled [as of 5th March].

This is a day course exploring the expressive and experimental qualities of the workshop’s beautiful collection of wooden type.

Coronavirus Update: This course has been rescheduled [as of 5th March].

During this one-day course, Lucy will guide you through hand crafting a clamshell box.

Coronavirus Update: This course has been rescheduled [as of 5th March].

A weekend course to learn how to transform your hand drawn or photographic images into etchings.

Coronavirus Update: This course has been rescheduled [as of 27th January].

Journey through the traditional relief printing process starting with a single colour, black and white image to understand the basic linocut process. Then quickly expand your toolbelt by exploring the reduction method of cutting and using CMYK colour separation to create detailed, multi-layered and multicolour linocuts.

Coronavirus Update: This course has been rescheduled [as of 27th January].

Spend a week with artist David Armes using letterpress to create a small edition of chapbooks. (Literally: ‘cheap book’.) You will think about how to use language, how type can be considered as image and the book as a simple container for narrative.

Coronavirus Update: This course has been rescheduled [as of 5th March].

Learn how to make a photo-plate lithograph which can express subtle tones using photographs and/or drawings.

Coronavirus Update: This course has been rescheduled [as of 5th March].

Make bold and painterly prints! Carborundum is a fine grit that comes in 3 grades that we will be adhering to the surface of an aluminium plate. This will create a form of collagraph with the grit holding lots of ink.

Coronavirus Update: This course has been rescheduled [as of 5th March].

This one-day workshop focuses on the colourful technique of screen printing using hand cut stencils.

Coronavirus Update: This course has been rescheduled [as of 5th March].

A fantastic introduction to the world of CMYK monoprinting. You will explore making a full rainbow of colours using just three inks before finding your own palette of colours to experiment with.

Coronavirus Update: This course has been rescheduled [as of 5th March].

Portraiture in Print is a short course for anyone interested in exploring or developing their skills in portraiture using Linocut printmaking. You will learn how to use tone and mark making to create the planes of the face and how to add character to your portraits.

Coronavirus Update: This course has been rescheduled [as of 5th March].

This one day course introduces the basic principles of screenprinting. You will learn how to transfer an image to a silkscreen and print onto paper. This course is ideal for beginners with no previous experience.