Daytime Workshops
These courses take place on Wednesdays from 10am to 4.30 pm.
One-day workshops
Introduction to etching
Workshop leader: Nick Morley
In this workshop you will make a hard-ground etching. You will learn how to prepare a zinc plate with a hard ground, etch it using nitric acid and make a print from your plate.
Cost:£60 per person (concessions £45)
- 23 April 2008
- 5 November 2008
Introduction to screenprinting
Workshop leader: Ann Norfield
In this workshop you will learn how to print with both a paper stencil and a photo stencil. You will see how to coat a screen with photo emulsion and expose it on a light box, mix inks for screenprinting and use a screenprinting vacuum table.
Cost:£60 per person (concessions £45)
- 2 April 2008 fully booked!
- 4 June 2008 fully booked!
- 10 September 2008
- 8 October 2008
- 3 December 2008
T-shirt printing for beginners
Workshop leader: Ellie Curtis*, Catherine Walsh** or Lydie Gallais***
Print your own t-shirt in this one-day hands-on screen-printing workshop. You will be guided through the process from preparing a screen to printing the final image. The skills you learn can be used to print your own t-shirts. Give them as gifts or even start a small creative enterprise.
Cost:£60 per person (concessions £45)
- 19 March 2008* fully booked!
- 28 May** fully booked!
- 30 July***
- 17 September 2008*
- 15 October 2008*
Longer daytime courses
Photopolymer
Workshop leader: Victoria Browne
Two-day workshop
Cost: £120 per person (concessions £95)
This course will introduce participants to the unique properties of photopolymer, a water-based photosensitive plate adapted for relief and intaglio techniques. Participants will work with a different image each day:
- Relief printing (flexography)
- Polymer gravure (digital positive)
Plates, ink, paper and printing materials will be provided. However a basic knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop software is required.
- 6 and 13 February 2008
Further information:
Japanese woodcut
Workshop leader: Wuon Gean Ho
Three-day workshop
Cost: £165 per person (concessions £125)
Japanese woodblock is a beautiful printmaking technique which is non toxic, involving water-based pigments and printing by hand, using brushes and a flat disc-shaped baren. In this longer course, learn to design, carve and print your own multicoloured image over three full days. For more advanced printmakers, this is also an opportunity to come and practise woodblock print techniques under guidance.
Japanese woodblock printing requires quite a few specialist tools, so please have a look at the pdf document here with regard to things that you should purchase or bring with you when you come. Wood, paper and carving tools are provided.
This workshop is suitable for beginners and those with some experience.
- 14, 21 and 28 May 2008
Summer School: Introduction to Screenprinting
Workshop leader: Nick Morley
Three-day workshop
Cost: £150 per person (concessions £110)
In this workshop you will create a multi-colour screenprint on paper using the photo stencil method. The workshop will cover preparing and coating your screen, exposing and washing your screen and printing with water-based inks. You will learn how to accurately register a multi-layered image, how to plan your design and how to layer different colours.
This workshop is suitable for beginners and those with some experience.
- 9, 16 and 23 July 2008 fully booked!
Summer School: Introduction to printmaking
Workshop leader: Claire Hynds
Three-day workshop
Cost: £150 per person (concessions £110)
Over the three days you will be introduced to a range of print processes that will enable you to engage with the creative potential of printmaking as a means of expression. The aim of the course is for each participant to gain an insight into the techniques covered, providing the skills and confidence to continue to pursue printmaking indepentantly after the course.
The techniques covered are as follows:
- Drypoint (a similar technique to etching but without acid)
- Monoprinting (a very spontaneous, loose way of printmaking; great for people who love to experiment)
- Etching
- Screen printing
- 6, 13 and 20 August 2008
Simultaneous colour printmaking master print workshop
Workshop leader: Hector Saunier (and assistant Shu-lin Chen)
Three-day workshop
Cost: £80 per person (including materials).
A one-off three-day workshop to support artists' professional development. Hector Saunier is the Director at Parisian experimental etching studio Atelier Contre Point.
Note: this workshop is not suitable for beginners.
Email Vic (vicbrowne@eastlondonprintmakers.co.uk) if you would like to attend.
- 6,7 and 8 July 2008
| Daytime workshop calendar Click on the name of a workshop for more information Red italic indicates that a workshop is fully booked | |
|---|---|
| May 2008 | |
| 14 | Japanese woodcut day 1 |
| 21 | Japanese woodcut day 2 |
| 28 | Japanese woodcut day 3 |
| T-shirt printing | |
| June 2008 | |
| 4 | Screenprinting |
| July 2008 | |
| 6 | Simultaneous colour printmaking day 1 |
| 7 | Simultaneous colour printmaking day 2 |
| 8 | Simultaneous colour printmaking day 3 |
| 9 | Screenprinting summer school day 1 |
| 16 | Screenprinting summer school day 2 |
| 23 | Screenprinting summer school day 3 |
| 30 | T-shirt printing |
| August 2008 | |
| 6 | Printmaking summer school day 1 |
| 13 | Printmaking summer school day 2 |
| 20 | Printmaking summer school day 3 |
| September 2008 | |
| 10 | Screenprinting |
| 17 | T-shirt printing |
| October | |
| 8 | Screenprinting |
| 15 | T-shirt printing |
| November 2008 | |
| 5 | Etching |
| December 2008 | |
| 3 | Screenprinting |