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June 2022
Experimental Stencil & Mono-print Workshop with Charles Shearer – Weekend 4/5 June – 10am to 4pm
This two-day workshop will introduce you to a range of simple printmaking processes that would suit anyone wishing to develop their creative ideas. No previous experience of printmaking should be a barrier. Saturday: Following an introductory talk we will begin with a period of experimentation using a range of paper…
Find out more »Plaster Cast Printmaking with Mary Dalton – Friday 10 June and Saturday 11 June – 10am to 4pm
Plaster cast printing is a bold process that produces richly detailed and textured relief plaster casts through the use of traditional printmaking plates. It is a unique method of printing because you will be working not only just with the flat surface of the printing plate, but also having to…
Find out more »Expressive Ink Transfer Printing – with Mary Dalton – Thursday 23 June – 10am to 4pm
A wonderfully fun, energy packed one day workshops to help loosen and free up drawing. Ink transfer is a great way to explore autographic drawing, which will inevitable feed into further practice. We will be doing a lot of mark making and drawing without pre-conceived ideas, and then using some…
Find out more »July 2022
Image Preparation in Photoshop for Screenprinting with James Cockerill – Weekend 2/3 July – 10am to 4pm
An introduction to image preparation using Photoshop to create high resolution halftone transparencies for screenprinting on paper James Cockerill of HALTglass returns to teach this exciting course again, with the assistance of our screenprinting tutor, Jule Mallett - so lots of expertise on offer! You will explore different aspects including…
Find out more »An Introduction to Dyeing with Rust with Jule Mallett – A one-day workshop – Sunday 10 July 10am to 4pm
Jule is known in the studio as 'The Queen of Rust' and she uses rust dyed cloth in many of her projects as a Textile Artist. In this one day introduction she will: explain the processes involved, demonstrate which fabrics give the best results and cover the basic equipment and…
Find out more »Experimental Hand Printing Lino – with Mary Dalton – Thursday 14 July – 10am to 4pm
Hand printing lino does not always mean you have to print a nice even area. In fact, hand printing your lino opens up a huge array of possibilities of different textures and effects that a press would never be able to achieve. We will be cutting some quick lino cuts…
Find out more »Think Inside The Box – A Linocut Course with Richenda Court ARE – Weekend 16/17 July – 10am to 4pm
Following the intervention of Covid and then a busy schedule of exhibitions, many of you will be delighted to hear that Richenda Court is returning to teach a weekend course at Ochre Print Studio this summer. Over the weekend you will have the opportunity to make a large square linocut…
Find out more »An Introduction to Photopolymer Etching with Sarah Cliff – Weekend 30/31 July – 10am to 4pm
Photopolymer plates produce finely detailed, tonally rich, etched images from drawings or digital/photographic images. During this weekend course you will be shown how to expose images onto photopolymer plates and make a number of prints from each. Photopolymer plates are coated with light-sensitive resin. A tonally rich acetate image is…
Find out more »August 2022
Monochrome Lithino with Mary Dalton – Friday 12 and Saturday 13 August – 10am to 4pm
Artist and Printmaker Mary Dalton’s course is taking place on two consecutive days – Friday and Saturday. Lithino is lithography on lino. It was first touched upon in the 1970s, but was using harsh chemicals to process the lino. In the last few years, Mary has researched and developed a…
Find out more »Linocuts With Unique Backgrounds with Jane Stobart RE and Mustafa Sidki – Weekend 27/28 August – 10am to 4pm
This weekend course will introduce opportunities of creating rich backgrounds for a Linocut print. Each print will be unique and original, despite the fact that the Linocut will be the same each time. The backgrounds can be created in many ways, such as collaged soft coloured tissue papers (cut into…
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