AUTUMN TERM

GUM ARABIC TRANSFER PRINTING ON FABRIC FULL

5 SEPTEMBER

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 FABRIC BOOK

12-13 SEPTEMBER 

Using gum arabic transfer printing, acrylic resist, mono print, stitching and stamping to name just a few of the techniques covered, create several excitingly textural textile books. At the end of the workshop you will have created at least 2 fabric books exploring layering techniques using traditional and nontraditional textile materials

Cost £180 to include most materials

 

COLLAGRAPH BASICS TO INCLUDE PRINTING ON FABRIC. 

19- 20 SEPTEMBER

Explore the creative possibilities of printing collagraph plates onto paper and fabric surfaces. After 2 days you will have a series of exciting and experimental prints.  You will learn a couple of plate making techniques and several inking processes. A good starting point for those who have never made a collagraph before or artists who want to develop their practice. 

Cost £180 to include most materials

 

QUICK COLLAGRAPH PLATES- PRINTED ON TO PAPER AND FABRIC

3 OCTOBER

Spend the day creating quick collagraph plates using tapes and glue. Develop a suite of prints on fabric and paper which can be developed into simple book forms or stitched into.

Cost £80 to include most materials

 

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

 

PRINTMAKING MASTER CLASS: NEW FOR 2020

30 Oct- 1 November

This 3 day Master Class 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

 

MIXED MEDIA SKETCHBOOK MASTER CLASS. Includes Gum Arabic transfer.

6-8 NOVEMBER

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.

 

MIXED MEDIA FABRIC BOOK

21-22 November.

Using gum arabic transfer printing, acrylic resist, mono print, stitching and stamping to name just a few of the techniques covered, create several excitingly textural textile books. At the end of the workshop you will have created at least 2 fabric books exploring layering techniques using traditional and nontraditional textile materials

Cost £180 to include most materials

 

VISCOSITY MONOPRINTING.

5 December

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

 

2021

MIXED MEDIA SKETCHBOOK TECHNIQUES: Includes Gum Arabic transfer.

16-17 January

This is Sue Brown’s signature workshop and will kick start your creative year.

Using Gum Arabic 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.

Beat the blank page syndrome.

Cost £190 to include most materials

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

 

GUM ARABIC TRANSFER PRINTING ON FABRIC

FRIDAY 22 Jauary

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

 

Making Collagraphs using Plaster

30-31 January

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 £190 to include most materials

 

MIXED MEDIA FABRIC BOOK

27 - 28 February 

Using gum arabic transfer printing, acrylic resist, mono print, stitching and stamping to name just a few of the techniques covered, create several excitingly textural textile books. At the end of the workshop you will have created at least 2 fabric books exploring layering techniques using traditional and nontraditional textile materials

Cost £190 to include most materials

 "I am an artist using collagraph printmaking to tell stories."