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​25 September

DRY POINT WITH A COLLAGRAPH TWIST. 2 PLACES LEFT

This dry point technique has all the qualities of a traditional looking etching without the chemicals. Add a collagraph twist to the technique by adding tapes to create volume and tone to the image. Chine collee will also be explored.

Cost £100 to include most materials

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26-27 September

COLLAGRAPH WITH A LINO PRINT TWIST. 

Spend 2 days learning how to make collagraph plates using glue and wall papers printed together with a lino print feature. The workshop will cover registration of images, chine collee and a variety of inking techniques.

This is an ideal workshop for artists who want to extend their printmaking knowledge and beginners who want to learn some basic printmaking.

10am - 4pm each day

Cost £220 to include most materials

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9 October

GUM ARABIC TRANSFER PRINTING ON FABRIC

Create a stash of textile prints to embellish and develop at a later date. Using a black and white photocopy, transfer indelible images of drawings or text onto a variety of textile surface.

Cost £100 to include most materials

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17-18 October

COLLAGRAPH BASIC WITH A TEXTILE TWIST. 

Spend 2 days learning how to make collagraph plates using glue and wall papers. Basically collagraphs are collages sealed and inked like etching plates, this is a good starting point for those who have never made a collagraph before or artists who want to remind themselves of the basics. We will also experiment with printing onto fabric...so bring along your stash.

Cost £220 to include most materials

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7-8 November

COLLAGRAPH EXPLORING THREE PLATE COLOUR SEPARATION

Using basic collagraph techniques explore colourful, colour separation printmaking. Learn offsetting and registration producing a suite of prints embracing a riot of colour. Once mastered you will always want to make collagraphs this way.

Cost £220 to include most materials

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Friday 20 November

GELLI PLATE MASTER CLASS. NOW FULL

Do you have a Gelli Plate and are looking for advanced techniques in using it? This one day workshop will cover a variety of transfer techniques using magazines and wax, together with layering and over printing.

Cost £100 to include paper and paint. Bring your own Gelli Plate and roller.

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5-6 December

COLLAGRAPH WITH A DRY POINT TWIST. 

Spend 2 days learning how to make collagraph plates using glue and wall papers printed together with a dry point embellishment. The workshop will cover registration of images, chine collee and a variety of inking techniques.

This is an ideal workshop for artists who want to extend their printmaking knowledge and beginners who want to learn some basic printmaking.

Cost £220 to include all materials

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23-24 January

MIXED MEDIA SKETCH BOOK TECHNIQUES. Includes Gum Arabic transfer.

This is Sue Brown’s signature workshop.

Using Paper Lithography and the humble black-and-white photocopy as your ‘plate’, you can make prints of photographic images.

Together with a variety of mixed media techniques using ink, oil pastel, bleach and acrylic learn how to create personal sketch book pages and artist books.

An ideal workshop to kick start your creativity for the New Year.

Cost £250 to include most materials

(Please bring strongly contrasting toner photocopies and sketch books).

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5 March

Quick Collagraphs

Using a variety of self adhesive tapes, make several collagraph plates and print them in a day.

Plate making requiring no drying time, so making and printing can be really spontaneous.

A great printmaking starting point for beginners or a technique to add to existing printmaking skills.

Cost £120 to include most materials

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7-9 May

PRINTMAKING MASTER CLASS.

This 3-day Master Class will cover 3 printmaking techniques and how to combine them. At the end of the course you will take home an artist’s book of your experiments for future reference. Over 3 days we will explore dry point, collagraph and lino to make a suite of hybrid prints.

10am - 4pm each day
Cost: £350 to include most materials

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 "I am an artist using printmaking & mixed media to tell stories."

Additional Information

 

All costs include materials unless otherwise stated.

Places are not considered booked without the receipt of the full course cost.

Costs are none refundable or transferable.

All courses are suitable for beginners and experienced artists.

The weekend courses start at 10.00am till 4.00pm.

Bring a packed lunch. Tea and coffee are provided.

Printmaking is a messy business so old clothes and aprons are advised.

All course fees must be paid 1 week before the course start date. 

 

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