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.
"I am an artist using collagraph printmaking to tell stories."
MIXED MEDIA FABRIC BOOK
8-9 FEBRUARY 2 PLACES
Using gum arabic transfer, acrylic paint, stitching and stamping, create an excitingly textural textile book. At the end of the weekend you will have created 2 fabric books exploring layering techniques using traditional and nontraditional textile materials.
Cost £180 to include most materials
GUM ARABIC TRANSFER PRINTING ON FABRIC
FRIDAY 28 FEBRUARY FULL. The next similar workshop is 16 May
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 £80 to include most materials
DRY POINT WITH A COLLAGRAPH TWIST
29 FEBRUARY. 3 PLACES
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 £80 to include most materials
COLLAGRAPHS MADE USING SILK AQUATINT
14-15 March
Learn to make sensitive tonal plates using the Silk Aquatint method of collagraph plate making. Using chiffon to create rich velvety darks and wood glue to produce a variety of tones. Viscosity inking and chine collee will also be explored.
Cost £180 to include most materials
COLLAGRAPHS MADE WITH PLASTER AND TEXTURE
25-26 April
There are many ways to make a collagraph plate. This workshop will focus on using found textures pressed leaves, flowers, rubber stamps and textured wall papers, pressed into plaster to create textural plates. Together with glue to create tonal contrasts explore this flexible plate making process. You will also learn several ways to ink the plates culminating in viscosity inking. After 2 days you will have a series of exciting and experimental prints.
Cost £180 to include most materials
SKETCH BOOK MASTER CLASS. FULL
8-10 May
This 3 day workshop will guide you through the development of a sketch book with Sue Brown.
The next workshop will be the Sketch Book Summer School in 17-19 July
10am - 4pm each day
Cost: £280 to include a sketch book, 21 x 10cm and most materials.
GUM ARABIC TRANSFER PRINTING ON FABRIC
16 May
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 £80 to include most materials
VISCOSITY MONOPRINTING.
6 June
Take mono print to the next creative level by using viscosity inking techniques. Spend the day creating a series of coloured images and understanding a little about ink science.
Cost £80 to include most materials
MIXED MEDIA FABRIC BOOK
20-21 JUNE
Using gum arabic transfer, acrylic paint, stitching and stamping, create an excitingly textural textile book.
Cost £180 to include most materials
COLLAGRAPH BASIC WITH A TEXTILE TWIST.
4-5 JULY
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 £180 to include most materials
17-19 July
This 3 day workshop will guide you through the development of a sketch book with Sue Brown.
Learn to use a variety of layered mixed media techniques. Experiment with mark making using acrylic paint, ink, bleach and hand made tools. Explore the use of gum arabic transfer printing. Play with stamps and embossing powders as a creative tool. Rip, stick and manipulate.
Over 3 days you will fill up a sketch book, supplied as part of the workshop and explore your creativity. Learn how to beat that blank page syndrome that strikes us down as soon as we open a new sketch book. Learn how I develop my sketch book pages. This workshop will study mixed media techniques in further depth than the 2 day workshops held earlier in the year. Spend 3 days exploring personal imagery with light technical support.
10am - 4pm each day
Cost: £280 to include a sketch book, 21 x 10cm and most materials.
PRINTMAKING SUMMER SCHOOL. NEW FOR 2020
31 July- 2 August
This 3 day summer school will cover 3 printmaking techniques and how to combine them to create a mixed printed image. At the end of the course you will take home an artists book of your experiments for future reference.
The processes I will cover will be simple collagraph, dry point, lino and gum arabic transfer printing. I will add chine collee to the mix, together with several inking techniques.
We will spend the Sunday afternoon creating a concertina book of your printed experiments as an reference for future printmaking projects.
10am - 4pm each day
Cost: £300 to include most materials
AUTUMN TERM
COLLAGRAPH WITH A LINO PRINT TWIST.
10-11 OCTOBER
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.
Cost £180 to include most materials
GUM ARABIC TRANSFER PRINTING ON FABRIC
FRIDAY 16 OCTOBER
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 £80 to include most materials
MIXED MEDIA SKETCHBOOK TECHNIQUES. Includes Gum Arabic transfer.
7-8 NOVEMBER
This is my signature workshop. Spend 2 days exploring, Ink, paint, bleach and gum arabic transfer printing. Layering, mark making and learning how to beat the blank page block of the blank page.
Cost £180 to include most materials
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