Summer Schools
Traditional Etching with Ann d’Arcy Hughes
Tuesday 6th August, Wednesday 7th August & Thursday 8th August – 10.30am-4.30pm
In the 16th Century, Printmakers began to develop this Intaglio technique to create intricate, linear, tonal, textured and semi-embossed prints. Using Zinc and Steel, we continue in this tradition, teaching techniques that connect us to the history of the medium, providing an opportunity to explore:
- Hard and Soft ground – for line, texture and mark making.
- Fine and Coarse Aquatint – to create tone, texture and colour.
- Marbling and Sugar Lift – Mark making techniques.
- Multiple plates – for layered, colourful images.
More than one course will be needed to explore all of the techniques above.
Zinc Plate Lithography with Hebe Vernon-Morris
Monday 29th July, Tuesday 30th July & Wednesday 31st July – 10am-4.30pm
Using grained, Zinc plates, embrace this delicate process to create hand drawn, layered prints full of movement, texture and colour.
The course starts with a short talk to explain the potential of the medium using a series of inspiring Lithographs showing the versatility of the medium from abstract imagery to fine line drawings. Participants will experiment with a variety of specialist, grease-based drawing materials to create images using marks, washes and line before drawing their image on the plate and printing.
More than one course will be needed to fully explore the potential of the medium.
Wood, Lino and Vinyl cut with Helen Brown
Tuesday 13th August, Wednesday 14th August & Thursday 15th August – 10.30am-4.30pm
On this course you will have the opportunity to create blocks using Soft wood, Lino and Vinyl.
The course will provide the opportunity to explore different Relief printing techniques, such as:
- Blends of ink – blending two or more coloured inks together on a roller to apply to the block
- Chine Colle – the use of coloured papers
- Jigsaw – the cutting up of the block into interlocking pieces to allow multiple colours to be applied to the block before printing.
- Reduction – Create multi-coloured, layered prints from one block by incrementally and systematically removing different parts of the block between printing.
- Multiple blocks – use more than one block to make a layered image
- Textured printing – use found materials to add visual texture
You may also learn Mokulito and Monoprint on this course.
Monoprinting with marks, plants and found materials with Helen Brown
Three full days in August – this course will run in 2023
As with traditional Monoprinting techniques, oil based printing ink is applied directly onto thin, plastic and metal plates using a wide variety of colours, painterly marks, block colour, blends and washes. This course then combines natural materials; leaves, grasses, foliage and found materials, such as; string, net and lace with these initial marks to produce exciting, layered and dynamic images printed using the Etching press.
Experienced printmakers can combine Monoprint with other mediums, such as Etching and Relief. Please bring completed blocks and plates with you.
All our courses are for adults of 18 years old and over, unless specified.
Course bookings – Please note, if you book a place on a course in advance, we will ask for half payment to secure your place. This half payment is non-refundable. Full payment of your course must be made 14 days before the course start date. If booking onto a course, all sessions within the course need to be paid for, even if you are not able to attend them all.
How to pay – You can pay using the PayPal button, by Debit/Credit card over the phone, cash or via BACS. Please contact us for our BACS details. Once payment is received, we will confirm your place on the course via email. Even if the course says ‘Full’, please contact us to check as sometimes there are still places available, following cancellations. We except all major credit/debit cards except American Express.
We are no longer enforcing a mask wearing policy in the studio but if you wish to wear a mask, you are very welcome.
Cancellations:
If you are unwell, displaying symptoms of COVID-19 or if somebody in your household has the virus or is showing signs of the virus, please let us know and do not attend the studio. In this circumstance, it will be possible to transfer or make up one missed class at some point in the future.
If you are no longer able to attend the course for any other reason and need to cancel with less than 14 days notice, half of the course fee is non-refundable unless you can find someone to take your place or we manage to fill the place ourselves. If you cancel with less than 7 days notice, the full fee is non refundable unless you can find someone to take your place or we manage to fill the place ourselves. We do not accept cancellations by telephone so please inform us via email or letter. If your place is filled, refunds are subject to a £10 admin fee. Missed classes can not be refunded or transferred.
If we do not have enough participants on a course, we reserve the right to cancel the course within 14 days notice of the start date. You will be refunded in full.
*We reserve the right to refuse access, if on arrival, you are visibly unwell, coughing or have a high temperature.*
Thank you, we appreciate your understanding and co-operation, in advance.