Courses
It’s now really easy to book our courses online. Click here to see our September 2023 – January 2024 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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Introduction to Print Six Week Tuesday Evening CourseTuesday 5th September until Tuesday 10th October 6pm - 9pm Intro to print is a fantastic way to explore a variety of popular techniques and get an idea of what suits your printmaking palette. |
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Introduction to Print Six Week Tuesday Morning CourseTuesday 5th September until Tuesday 10th October 10.30am - 1.30pm Intro to print is a fantastic way to explore a variety of popular techniques and get an idea of what suits your printmaking palette. |
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Twilight Print Club PassWednesday 6th September until Wednesday 13th December 5pm - 8pm A Twilight Print Club Pass will get you access to LPW’s studio on Wednesday evenings and you can use it for as little or many as you like over the 15 week period. |
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The Mindful Printmaker: A Guide Through Silence - 3 terms over 10 monthsThursday 14th September until Sunday 16th June 6pm - 9pm Sumiko’s three term course will guide you through a creative exploration of silence and contemplation and support you to visually communicate this through subtle and ethereal images using multiple techniques. |
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Portfolio Building - six week print school for studentsMonday 25th September until Monday 30th October 6pm - 8pm This course is a perfect opportunity to work with silkscreen techniques as you experiment with colour, develop your drawing and compositional skills and incorporate photographic images and text in your work. Perfect for creating personal, original coursework and building an exciting portfolio of work for UCAS applications. |
Print courses starting in September 2023
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Leicester: City of Machines and People - three terms over 10 monthsSaturday 30th September until Sunday 30th June 10am - 4pm Charles’ course is rooted in his practice and in the landscapes and post Industrial remains that are as much a part of Leicester’s Industrial heritage and its workers, which you will interrogate through multiple printmaking techniques, site visits, oral and photographic archives and guest speakers during this three term course. |
Print courses starting in October 2023
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Layered Botanical LinocutsSaturday 7th October until Monday 9th October 10am - 4pm This three day course invites participants to experiment with layering by combining simple printmaking techniques connecting with vivid colour palettes and form. |
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Linocut Morning TasterSaturday 14th October 10am - 1pm This taster session is designed to give you the experience of making your first Linocut in a printmaking studio environment. |
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Linocut Afternoon TasterSaturday 14th October 2pm - 5pm This taster session is designed to give you the experience of making your first Linocut in a printmaking studio environment. |
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Introduction to ScreenSunday 15th October 10am - 4pm This one-day course introduces the basic principles of screenprinting. You will learn how to transfer an image to a silkscreen and print onto A3 paper. |
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Bugging Out (4-8yrs)Tuesday 17th October 10.30am - 12.30pm Use paints and spongy rollers to make bright backgrounds, design your bug and transfer the image to a polyblock plate (polystyrene). |
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Create, Copy, Collage (8-12yrs)Wednesday 18th October 10.30am - 12.30pm Join us for a morning of playing with paper lithography, a printing technique which allows you to cut, copy and collage images together into new experimental pieces of artwork! |
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Screen 'Zines (13-17yrs)Thursday 19th October 10am - 4pm Join our resident screenprinting expert Katy through a whirlwind trip of discovery – using your photos and images to produce screenprinted ‘zine of your life, loves and laughs. |
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Ooky Spooky Maskmaking (all ages)Thursday 19th October 10.30am - 12.30pm Make spooktacular masks to celebrate Samhain / Hallowe’en…a great opportunity for kids, parents and/or carers to have fun making and decorating masks with a fun spooky theme that you can wear. |
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Scratch and Poke - Surface Printing (8-12yrs)Friday 20th October 10.30am - 12.30pm Spend the morning in our beautiful studio learning how to make and print a relief print. |
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Using Photographic Stencils with ScreenprintingSaturday 21st October 10am - 4pm Spend a day learning the colourful art of screen printing! Learn how to make a photo-stencil and screen print an image, illustration or design of your own. |
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Henna Taster AfternoonSaturday 21st October 2pm - 5pm 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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Henna Taster MorningSaturday 21st October 10am - 1pm 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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Monoprint: a technical tool kitSunday 22nd October 10am - 4pm This one day workshop will explore a range of tips, tricks and technical strategies to make monoprint a really useful skill to have in your tool kit. |
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Printing the EcoGothic: Intaglio LandscapesTuesday 31st October until Tuesday 5th December 6pm - 9pm Join printmaker and researcher Robyn Maclennan in this brand new course exploring her research into EcoGothic landscapes. The ecoGothic is a way of reinterpreting the relationship between humans and nature focusing on ideas of agency, darkness and time. |
Print courses starting in November 2023
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Large Scale Etching on SteelSaturday 4th November until Monday 6th November 10am - 4pm This course offers a rare opportunity to take your etching to the next level as you are supported to take your first steps working on a large scale. |
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Introduction to LinocutSaturday 4th November 10am - 4pm Introduction to linocut is a day course for anyone interested in learning the basics of linocut printmaking. |
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Introduction to LinocutSunday 5th November 10am - 4pm Introduction to linocut is a day course for anyone interested in learning the basics of linocut printmaking. |
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Repeat Pattern Textile ScreenprintingSaturday 11th and Sunday 12th November 10am - 4pm The perfect course for going through the technicalities of designing and printing a repeat pattern onto textiles. |
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At the Cutting Edge - Blade SharpeningSaturday 18th November 10am - 1pm Maintaining razor-sharp tools for lino and wood-block cutting is a vital skill. In this hands-on course you will learn about blades and gouges, and how to maintain and care for them. |
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Photoplate Lithography WorkshopSaturday 18th and Sunday 19th November 10am - 4pm This two day experimental workshop will focus on the technicalities of this process and explore platemaking, multi-plate printing, and overprinting, using the direct transfer and off-set lithography presses. |
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Introduction to LetterpressSunday 19th November 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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Cut and Print Christmas Cards Morning TasterSunday 26th November 10am - 1pm Join us for a fun creative session making your own Christmas cards and gift tags. |
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Cut and Print Christmas Cards Afternoon TasterSunday 26th November 2pm - 5pm Join us for a fun creative session making your own Christmas cards and gift tags. |
Print courses starting in December 2023
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Advanced IntaglioSaturday 9th December 10am - 4pm Join Jemma Gunning for a fun day exploring the exciting process of sugarlift aquatint. |
Print courses starting in January 2024
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Artists' Books - From Idea to Form Winter SchoolSaturday 20th January until Monday 22nd January 10am - 4pm This workshop will focus on the book as a container of knowledge that can be transformed into an alternative creative medium, a specialist artefact and a strategy for conveying individual and personal creative statements. |
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Reduction Linocut Winter SchoolSaturday 20th January until Monday 22nd January 10am - 4pm Join artist Peter Rapp to design and cut your own reduction prints, successively cutting and printing from the same block of lino until it’s satisfactorily destroyed to produce multilayered printwork. |
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Offset Lithography 'Zines Winter SchoolSaturday 20th January until Monday 22nd January 10am - 4pm Spend three days experimenting with collage, text , stencils and drawn work to create your own zines, pamphlet books and posters. |
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Hometype - LPW OnlineSaturday 20th January until Saturday 24th February 10am - 12pm During the course, you will create unique typographical elements and combine them into a portfolio of wonderfully graphic monoprints. |