Printmaking Club

If you’ve ever been interested in printmaking but are not sure where to start, this course will give you a taster of several different types of printmaking, as well as giving you room to experiment!

Over four weeks we will learn the basics of monoprint, lino printing, drypoint and collagraph to discover the different techniques:

• Monoprint – 24th February
• Lino printing – 3rd March
• Drypoint – 10th March
• Collagraph – 17th March

The goal is to sample a different types of printmaking each week and to understand the various materials and methods that can be used for each.

This is not a step by step course to all end up with the same picture(s). Instead you will be shown how to create your own designs and to explore the different options that can be used to make them into handmade prints. However, I have plenty of materials to help if you are stuck for inspiration!

Printmaking is a process that uses a surface design (on a ‘plate’ or a ‘block’) that is inked up by hand and then individually transferred to paper by rubbing or pressing. The process does not involve digital or inkjet printing machines and each result is individually made, even if the design remains the same.

For me, the joy of printmaking lies in the ‘happy accidents’. Seeing a design come to life, and often add its own elements to the process; each unexpected mark or colour combination can surprise and delight in a way you would never have conceived of yourself. Somehow a fairly simple drawing can turn into a charismatic print, when the quality of the line changes through the alchemy of the process. The simplest pattern gains resonance through the tiny discrepancies in the repeat.

Printmaking does not require you to have good drawing or painting skills. It simply requires you to have a go! Even a scribble can make a wonderful print… don’t believe me? Come and find out for yourself!

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FURTHER INFORMATION

The PRINTMAKING CLUB will take place in the workshop, which is unheated, so please wear layers. You will need an apron and/or old clothes. We are using water-based inks but clothes may get stained.

Tea, coffee and cold drinks will be supplied, with a selection of biscuits.

The sessions will start at 1.30pm but if you would like a drink first you are welcome to arrive from 1pm.

Experience level: beginner/any.

All materials and tools will be provided.

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TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR ALL SESSIONS

Participants must be over 18.

Maximum 6 places on each session, bookings allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Payment required upon booking receipt to secure your place.

Non refundable but if your plans change you can find someone else to replace you or I will keep a waiting list and try to fill the place for you – if the place is filled (and paid for) I will refund your money.

By booking a place you accept that this course’s conditions are potentially hazardous and you will be using potentially dangerous tools alongside unrefined natural materials. While precautions will be taken and warnings given where possible, accidents may occur and there is a risk of injury.

To book your place please email info@sargiesmess.co.uk