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The printmaking workshop offers a wealth of methods and processes to explore and generate imagery and extend creative practice. As a result, for new students, each term there will be an introductory emphasis on specific processes. Returning students progressively cover a wider range of processes and experienced students have an opportunity to utilise the sessions and facilities to extend and develop their practice.
Autumn term will cover a general introduction to Printmaking processes. Students will have opportunities to develop both observation drawing skills and creative play through experimentation with a range of monotype processes. The conceptual making and printing of card printing, collagraphs and lino cuts will allow the creative exploration of methods and processes involved with relief printing and to produce possibilities of either editioned or varied prints. Dry point is a simple introduction to intaglio printmaking. Students will be able to develop their studies through the expressive use of line, tone and mark, exploring possibilities with monoprint and chine colle to produce a range of outcomes.
Spring term will start with generating visual studies through monotype print processes. These outcomes will lead into intaglio print processes. First with dry point exploring line, tone and mark and then progress on to the introduction of a range of etching processes using zinc plate, including hard and soft ground and aquatint to develop a fuller visual vocabulary.
Summer term students will have the opportunity to embrace a range of stencil making methods and processes that could be used developing screen printed imagery. This will include: drawn, painted and collaged photo stencil art work, photocopied photo stencil, paper stencils and found materials photo stencil. As well as unique, painterly monotype screen printed outcomes.
To ensure a good learning experience, courses require a minimum number of enrolments to run. If the minimum number is not reached, we may have to cancel the course. We aim to give learners at least 7 days' notice where possible.