Ochre Print Studio, Lockwood Centre

On this one-day workshop, Jule will show you that drawing with ink and bleach on paper creates experimental and expressive marks that are difficult to achieve with other mediums. The results can be really very exciting and the range of papers produced on the day will be used to create…

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…

This four week evening course will give you invaluable experience in all the processes involved for creating multi-layered screenprints on paper. Tutor Jule Mallett 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…

Cyanotype was traditionally a photographic printing process, used by engineers to produce copies of drawings, or ‘blueprints’. This two-day workshop is a chance to experience the Cyanotype printing method but Gill will take the processes into the dark room, a quicker alternative to sunlight. You will also explore two-layered Cyanotypes…

A day of experimenting with colour and mark making to create a wonderful range of different effects on synthetic fabrics using dye-sublimation printing on a heat press. Sublimation printing is a technique that uses heat sensitive inks. These inks turn into gas under the influence of heat and combine with…

This two day workshop will introduce you to a printing process that would suit anyone wishing to experiment and develop their creative ideas. No experience of print should be a barrier though some dexterity with a craft knife may prove an advantage. Saturday: Following an introductory talk you will be…

Rust and indigo make great bedfellows and Jule is known in the studio as 'The Queen of Rust' and she uses rust and indigo dyed cloth in many of her projects as a Textile Artist. In the morning, Jule will explain the processes involved, demonstrate which fabrics give the best…

An entire weekend of exploring the use of monoprint and stencils on silkscreens with artist Adam Green. Monoprinting on a screen produces painterly images which cannot be replicated in any other way and the results are often interesting and pleasing. The image is painted directly onto the screen and, because…

Collagraph is a printmaking technique based on collage.  Prints are taken from plates constructed from textured materials assembled onto a base plate, unique prints rich in tone and texture can be taken from these plates. Vicky will introduce you to elements of drypoint to add linear elements to the collagraph…

There’s so much more to linocut printmaking than meets the eye but, if you are a novice, this is where you start and this two week course will teach you all the basic techniques. David will show you how to prepare the lino before you start, how to create, cut…

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…

Artist and Printmaker Mary Dalton's course is taking place during on two consecutive weekdays - Monday and Tuesday. This highly innovative and unusual method of creating a printed 'image' allows the student to see their prints in sculptural form. Mary says: We will be using Plaster of Paris to cast…

The joy of monoprinting lies in its spontaneity, with the ability to combine printmaking, painting, stencils and drawing techniques. This one day workshop is an easy introduction to working in a print room and no previous experience is required. Artist/printmaker Gill Jenkins will introduce you to printmaking in a relaxed…