Swansea Print Workshop

With great sadness we have to announce the death of our long-term Director, printmaker and friend. It is really sad for us all at the workshop that have known and worked with Lesley over so many years – a fellow printmaker with…

Members who are part of the Book maling project to celbrate our 25th Anniversary had the opportunity to have an introduction to some of the skills they will need to put their book together. Carole is a great teacher and has a…

Great three days in the workshop with visiting artist Kelly Stewart, down from Edinburgh Printmakers. Day 1 was a particularly useful day for everyone who enjoys direct drawing and mark-making. We made test prints from a wide variety of drawing materials on…

Hello all, I wanted to thank you all for a very successful weekend. It was an absolute pleasure seeing everyone’s work develop over the course of the  2/3 days. Thank you again for the amazing effort you put into cleaning up at…

It is with great sadness we have to share the sad news of the sudden and unexpected death of one of our directors , Alan Roberts.

Another really productive workshop this weekend with Sarah. One of the most popular techniques we teach in the studio, screenprinting with simple paper stencils can yield some impressive results. Those of you who are familiar with Sarah’s work will know that she…

Yet another take on how to use a relief block made of traditional lino. Catrin initially demonstrated how she prints her lovely expressive blocks using one of our etching presses. In this case it was our large Radcliffe press which delivers enormous…

Sunday April 23 | 2023 Off to a great start with visiting artist Mark Pavey learning the typographical basics of setting up and printing our antique wooden letterforms. We are still sourcing and building up equipment around our collection but it was…

Carole has a great range of bindings to work with, too many to do in one workshop. This is a new one to add to her collection, called a buttonhole binding. She brings along a lovely range of papers, some of them…