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This one-day master-class with Royal Academician artist Anne Desmet is suitable for those who already have some experience in wood engraving. As the day progresses, Anne plans to work individually and collectively with the group to encourage and develop each participant’s engraving skills. She will set engraving exercises on practice…

This three week course will give you invaluable experience in all the processes involved for creating multi-layered screenprints on paper. Jule will teach you how to make 'positives' (images) to expose on a silkscreen, how to prepare and expose these images on the screen and the preparations and processes for…

Following his very popular workshop earlier this year, Tom Boulton is returning to share his extensive knowledge of Letterpress printing with us once again! Tom, aka TYPETOM.COM, trained as a typographic designer and is now a self-taught letterpress printer. With over ten years’ experience he has been commissioned by the…

A beautiful intaglio printmaking technique without the use of acids. Drypoint etching lends itself to expressive drawings and mark-making. With the use of clear acrylic plates your designs and artwork are easily transferred to the plate and, when inked and wiped carefully, will produce unique velvety original prints. This versatile…

Explore hybrid printmaking techniques with Sumi Perera RE. This Masterclass is an opportunity to experiment with multiple print methods to produce modular 2D and 3D structures that are often reversible and may be re-sequenced to generate different permutations. She will be employing a range of techniques including: Etching, Aquatint, Collagraph,…

This weekend course is suitable for everyone, from beginners to those who would like the opportunity to learn the less toxic processes we employ in our Etching Room at Ochre Print Studio. Instead of acid we use Ferric Chloride to etch our copper plates and etch Aluminium or Zinc plates…

Dale Devereux Barker has been making linocuts for over thirty-five years, mostly using a single block reduction technique. However, over the past four years he has rekindled his love of this activity by investigating the world of using two or more blocks to open up more possibilities for creative discoveries.…

This wonderful method of intaglio allows the students to create effects ranging from line through to embossed texture and tonal value. Unlike metal or plastic drypoint, the paper can also be torn and cut by hand, allowing a greater freedom of expression and direct innovation.  The card is exceptionally sensitive…

This two day workshop will explore the possibilities of using soft cut lino to produce vibrant multi-coloured prints, incorporating areas of flat colour, mark-making and texture. Tutor Gill Jenkins will let you use her own jigsaw plates as she guides you through the various inking methods on offer before encouraging…

This workshop is suitable for all levels of printmaking and life drawing skills. On the first day, the model will adopt a number of dynamic poses. Working dynamically and expressively we will capture the model through tonal monoprints  and indirect drawing techniques. We will then develop these images further into…

A three day course exploring the possibilities for screenprinting on textiles. Textile Tutor, Jule Mallett, will take you through all the processes involved from creating your fabric designs to exposing them on a silkscreen and printing them on cloth. Suitable for beginners and refreshers alike, all basic materials are included…

Bring metallics into your festive preparations and use for print, collage, paper or card making.  Learn how to apply real metal leaf and metallic transfer foil and colour, distress and texture your metallic surfaces to produce dramatic effects on both flat and raised surfaces.  Stencil Christmas designs with metallic varnishes and Markal…

This three week course is only suitable for those with previous linocut experience and focuses on reduction plates with an emphasis on the use of colour. Diana Croft is a painter/printmaker and member of Greenwich Printmakers, London. She specialises in linocuts and collagraphs inspired by nature and the landscape. Born…

Following their highly successful courses over the past couple of years, artists Jane Stobart RE and Mustafa Sidki are returning to Ochre once again to share their extensive knowledge of relief printmaking. This two-day course will focus upon relief printmaking processes using Ochre’s beautiful Columbian relief press. A choice of…

Join Mai Osawa in the studio for a relaxing two days making your own Christmas cards using the Japanese woodblock method. Mai will teach you how to prepare your image(s) for a three colour print and how to cut your design using Japanese carving tools. You will use water based…

On this one day workshop Angela will show you three different types of bookbinding techniques. You will produce a booklet using a simple pamphlet stitch, a long stitched method where the stitching is seen on the outside of the spine and a stitched multi sectioned book using decorative ribbons as…