Leicester Print Workshop

A unique artist-led course combining theory, practice and independent work to explore an expanded notion of printmaking.

A fantastic way to explore a variety of printmaking techniques and get a good idea of what suits your printmaking taste.

Join fashion designer Esther Wilson for an introduction to couture fashion techniques. Drawing from her own practice Esther will teach you how to explore a range of materials to add colour, texture and depth to a screen printed image.

This fun workshop shows you how to work with very simple materials to make relief print festive cards. Kamihanga – Kami (Japanese word for ‘paper’) Hanga (‘print’) – is a quick, colourful technique that encourages a graphic cut style and fast production.

This fun workshop shows you how to work with very simple materials to make relief print festive cards. Kamihanga – Kami (Japanese word for ‘paper’) Hanga (‘print’) – is a quick, colourful technique that encourages a graphic cut style and fast production.

Learn how to make a hard cover book on this detailed but accessible two day workshop. You will learn about the history, materials and craft of bookbinding while making an attractive binding to take home.

An amazing opportunity to work with a range of techniques on fabric. You will learn how to mix disperse dyes to create a bespoke colour palette for your designs, how to collage, create stencils and use found objects to create a variety of fabric ‘grounds’ to embellish.

This three day workshop will provide a comprehensive and enjoyable exploration of collagraphs in surface inking and intaglio processes as well as learning techniques of drawing and cutting using a range of tools, some adapted specifically for this purpose, through to application of textured materials, embossed papers and carborundum powder that gives this process its unique character.

This workshop will introduce you to two Japanese book structures for artists – Ori-hon Hardback Accordion Book & Karakuri Byobu 3 in 1 Visual Trick book.

The course centres on the construction of Islamic geometric patterns, using the simple tools of ruler and compass. You will learn how to design and create repeat patterns and to paint your designs.

Learn how to transfer your existing prints into three different types of book.

Learn how to transfer your existing prints into three different types of book.

Share the romance of letterpress for a special Valentine’s activity

Share the romance of letterpress for a special Valentine’s activity

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!

Design, carve and cut your dream botanical or monster garden using linocut printmaking and presses and work together to print a bold beautiful large scale vision of a future world.

Join us for a fun session making prints with layers of colour and pattern! Our wobbly Gelli printing plates are easy to use and you will be able to get creative and make some bright and exciting prints.

Come and join us for the morning and have fun making a simple story book using our beautiful wooden type.

Join artist and educator, Rahel Zoller, for a hands-on introduction to book binding. Working with a variety of different papers, you will be taught different techniques to fold and manipulate paper to create a set of hand-crafted books.

Intro to print is a fantastic way to explore a variety of popular techniques and get an idea of what suits your printmaking palette.

Explore experimental carving and inking using Japanese vinyl to create a range of colourful relief prints. You will learn how to make a multi-coloured image with this technique that was popularised by Picasso.

During this jam packed day long course, you will learn how to transfer your own ideas into beautiful screenprinted textiles!

Mash up your favourite images from magazines, collage with some photocopies and drawings and transform them using our presses to create litho prints.

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.

This three hour activity introduces you to Kamihanga, a simple relief printmaking technique ideal for kids.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Explore the possibilities of mark making with this liberating approach to monotype and create a painterly effect print.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Come and join us at the workshop for a fun morning making colourful prints using cut paper shapes, feathers and leaves.

Combining linocutting and monoprinting, this course allows you to experiment and play with your images and printmaking techniques.

Combining linocutting and monoprinting, this course allows you to experiment and play with your images and printmaking techniques.

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.

Explore reduction linocut printing, the process which Picasso invented and named ‘suicide printing’ using the motif of a postage stamp.

During this immersive five-day workshop you will be introduced to the traditional Japanese art of woodblock printing (Mokuhanga) and scroll making (emaki-mono).

This course explores the theory and practice of Japanese Aesthetic notions and the idea of appreciating the imperfection and impermanence of all things.

Suman will use her printmaking and poetry practice to explore how journeys can manifest as images.

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.

Work with South African artist, Bronwen Paterson, to produce original artwork from your old prints and a range of collage techniques and monoprinting.