Wednesday All Day Printmaking: Print Lab

About this course

Participants work through a varied programme of printmaking activities, creating blocks and plates before producing prints. Sessions combine making and printing with time to develop considered working methods and individual projects, while excluding lithography. Teaching includes demonstrations, presentations, technical guidance, critical feedback and discussions about process and other participants’ work. Learners work both as a group and with individual one-to-one support, with occasional collaborative activity and a life-drawing session.

What you'll learn

• Create printmaking blocks, plates and prints using processes covered on the course
• Operate relevant printmaking equipment and follow workshop safety procedures
• Develop printmaking skills through technical practice and critical decision-making
• Contribute to critiques and discussions about printmaking techniques and work
• Develop an individual print-based project

Is this course right for you?

The course is intended for beginners, and no previous printmaking experience is necessary. An interest in or experience of drawing or design may be useful. Teaching alternates between group activity and individual guidance, with some collaborative work. Certain presses and processes require physical strength, and one session includes life drawing with a nude model.

• No previous printmaking experience is necessary
• Drawing or design experience may be useful
• Some processes and presses require physical strength
• Includes a life-drawing session with a nude model

Before you go

• Participants may need pencils, pens, small brushes, a sketchbook or notebook, and a portfolio for taking work home.
• Most basic studio consumables are included, but participants pay separately for items such as paper, etching plates and lino blocks. These can be bought from the department at cost price.
• Materials payments must be made in cash.
• Health and safety procedures are explained at the start and during the course where necessary; participants must agree to follow them.
• Some chemicals may be harmful during pregnancy. Pregnant participants should inform the tutor so that necessary precautions can be advised.
• The print studio is not currently wheelchair accessible and is on the second and third floors. Learners with mobility issues should contact the department before enrolling.