ELP Courses

East London Printmakers run courses for both experienced and beginner printmakers.

All courses take place on Wednesdays, daytime and evening (except where indicated). All materials are included and are taught by experienced tutors who are practising artist printmakers. Each workshop takes a maximum of 8 participants, so book early to avoid disappointment.

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Monoprinting on Silk Screen

Discover the joy of monoprinting in this hands-on, experimental one-day workshop. Unlike traditional screen printing, monoprinting produces unique, one-of-a-kind prints. Over the course of the day you’ll learn to use a screen as a monoprinting tool, exploring mark-making, colour mixing, and layering to create bold, expressive results. W …

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Paper to Fabric: Screenprinting Transition Course

Take your screenprinting skills from paper to fabric! This course is designed for those who have completed a beginner’s screenprinting course on paper and are ready to explore the world of textile printing.

Through hands-on guidance, you’ll learn how to adapt yo …

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Intermediate

Screenprint on Fabric Beginners

Experiment with creating a wide range of colour and bold images and print them on fabric with hand cut paper stencils, hand drawn images on true grain and digitally printed positives. You will be taught how to prepare, coat, expose and wash out silk screens. As well have the opportunity to mix your own inks and learn about the variety o …

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Drypoint & Carborundum

Drypoint is a linear intaglio technique that makes use of surface, depth and texture. Line is drawn onto a flat plate (either metal, perspex or board) using any sharp implement. This is then printed using the same technique as etching. Carborundum is a way of building tone, depth and texture. Carborundum grits of different textures are mix …

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Sugar Lift

Sugar lift aquatint is a bold, exciting way to embark on an etching. In this one day course you can learn to paint sugar solution on to a plate, cover it with a variety of grounds then lift, aquatint and etch the painted brush marks before printing the final image. If you have etched before and would like to broaden your practice this is a …

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Intermediate

Collagraph and Carborundum

Workshop Description

Collagraphs are made by collaging and cutting different textures on a thin board base. Almost any material with texture can be collaged, including embossed wallpaper, paint, fabric and leaves. The resulting impression is that of embossing as well as printing. The plates for both collagraph are inked and print …

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Japanese Woodblock

Japanese woodblock printing (Mokuhanga) is a beautiful non-toxic way of making and printing by hand without a press, using watercolour, traditional tools and paper. Students will need to bring imagery on the first day to make prints from. During the 3 days course, students will learn:

How to carve and make blocks using t …

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Ways with Soft Ground

Soft ground tends to be under-used in etching. It can seem difficult to handle or hard to anticipate. In this one day course I will show you ways to work with its fragility and permeability to create drawn lines and tones as well as texture. This will be an Intermediate Course, for those who have etched before. Nevertheless, all levels …

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Intermediate

Mokulito

Mokulito (“wood lithography” in Japanese) is a technique developed in Japan in the 1970s by Ozaku Schisi, and more recently by Polish printmaker Ewa Budka and her father Josef. Caroline attended Ewa’s workshop at ELP 7 years ago and ever since has been experimenting with mokulito printmaking and other alternative lithography techniqu …

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Painterly Etched Lino

A unique technique is waiting for you with expressive and gestural marks, introducing a new flavour to your Lino prints skills. Discover the rich and vibrant world of Etched Lino, a form of relief printing that breaks away from the traditional methods. In this course, you will embark on a creative journey to produce an A4 print using 2 …

Beginners
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Screenprint on Paper Beginner

Screenprinting has been used commercially since the 1920s however, it began to be widely popularised as an art form from the 1950’s onwards by artists like Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Since then, artists have gone on to push the boundaries of what the process can achieve and these days we can see a huge range of stylistic work from p …

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Lino: Beginner

Starting with a simple black and white design over the course of the three weeks the projects will develop according to each individual; incorporating the use of colour, mark making and format. Both reductive and multi-plate processes can be covered. Accurate Kento registration The use of an Albion relief press The use of an etching …

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Monoprint : Monotype

Monotype prints are entirely unique and created through a process of oily inks being pressed and transferred from a flat surface onto paper. This particular process is very favourable to those who prefer a more painterly effect to their prints, as gestural and textural marks can be achieved through the use of a wide variety of tools which …

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Photopolymer

A specialist course offering hands on experience working with photosensitive polymer. The plates exhibit a continuous tone, fine detail and rich blacks. There is also the opportunity to develop plates for relief printing, ideal for letterpress and logos. The course focuses on a combination of digital imaging software, UV exposing and tradi …

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Etching: Beginner

Designed for beginners or those with some experience. During this course you will be given a hands-on introduction to etching on Copper. You will be shown how to make your own prints using a variety of techniques under the guidance of an experienced tutor. Etching is a medium with a long and varied history and can produce prints with great …

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Drawing for Photopolymer

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Mark-makers wanted! Explore drawing for photopolymer, without the use of a computer or specialist software in this one-day master class.

Draw, paint, glue, tape, scratch, rub, trace, and discover how your image translates onto this specialist intaglio plate to create …

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Intermediate
Masters

Chine Collè

Join us for this one-day or two-evening immersive workshop that dives into the fascinating world of Chine Collé! A unique process which blends delicate, lightweight papers with heavier support surfaces to create strikingly detailed and layered works of art. This technique allows the artist to experiment with unique textural and colour eff …

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Intermediate

Festival Of Print 2025

The participation fee is £55 per participant. The fee allows for approximately 1m2per person. Space for 3D work and other installations is encouraged. Places are allocated on a first come first served basis with 45 reserved for members and 45 for associate members.

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