Description

One day workshop | Friday March 6 | 10.30 – 4.00

£70 Full/Keyholder member | £80 Ordinary Member | £90 Non-member

This course is useful as an introduction to printmaking and also to familiarise yourself with the use of the equipment and presses we have available.

Monotype prints are one-off prints, made by working directly with an inked plate. In this workshop the emphasis will be on making single-colour prints, drawing and exploring mark-making possibilities.

We will try two monotype techniques: drawing through from the back of papers onto an inked plate; and drawing directly onto a print-making plate using a reduction method, and then taking one-off prints from that plate. You will explore making different qualities of marks by drawing into the inked plate with different drawing tools, and using simple stencils and masks.

You will learn a basic monotype printmaking process, and practice preparing papers, registering your prints, inking a printing plate, and printing using the workshop etching press.

This course is an introduction, and is open to all. Previous experience in printmaking is not needed.

What to bring:

We will be using oil-based inks, so I suggest that you wear warmish clothes that are suitable for inky-messy work and bring an apron.

Bring something for your lunch. There is a small kitchen in the print workshop where you can warm food up and make hot and cold drinks. Or there is a supermarket & other shops and cafes nearby if you prefer to pop out for lunch.

We will supply paper and inks and stencil materials.

Please bring your sketchbooks with ideas for drawings that you’d like to work with.

If you would like, you can bring other materials to use in your monotypes. Any materials that you bring must be thin, dry and non-metallic, such as cut or torn paper, fabric or thin plastics. You can also press & dry some plant materials in advance, and bring those.

We have some tools in the workshop, but you can also bring tools to use for drawing into an inked plate. For example, a cotton wool bud, an old toothbrush, stiff brushes (cheap ones that you don’t mind messing up), twigs or pieces of wood, combs.

We can supply latex gloves to protect your hands, but bring your own if you have something that you prefer to use.

About the Studio

You can find us in a row of terraced houses, look out for our fabulous door surround set in a green painted house front; the intercom buzzer is on the left of the entrance.

Parking is free all day outside the studio on Sundays only. On Saturday, there is 1 hour parking outside the studio, so you can park there to unload any bags. 3 hour parking is available outside of the controlled city centre zone. There are also multiple long stay car parks in the town centre.

We are close to the main shopping centre and supermarket. There are some facilities for making a hot drink, microwave if you would like to bring along your lunch.

 

PLEASE NOTE | If you are not a member and are considering more workshops with us, you might like to consider joining as an ordinary member for £35 and enjoy considerable savings on further workshops. Once you have joined you can book in straightaway at the reduced rate. For this workshop you would pay £80 instead of £90.  Additionally you will be able to use the workshop on open access sessions to pursue work independently.

Our Cancellation Policy can be found here.