Upcoming workshops

What you will learn
Learn how to upcycle carton packaging to make beautiful prints with a range of tones and marks.

Experience level
No previous experience is needed for this course. Beginners are welcome.

Course programme
Design and transfer to packaging. How to create marks and tones, preparing the plate, inking and printing on the Rochat press.

Those of you who follow this talented printer selling her amazing pieces on Etsy, under the name PollysUtterlyMe, may delighted in the opportunity to print alongside her, using some of her sassy blocks!

Spend a day with Polly devising your own meaningful, printed 'piece' from a word, picture, name or letter, to make someone smile! Draw it out, transfer to Lino under Polly's careful guidance and create your own original Lino Cut Print into which you can incorporate Polly's wonderful ready-cut blocks of figures and/ or symbols if you wish.

Learn how to create beautiful handprinted birds from re-purposed TetraPak drink cartons under the guidance and tuition of artist and printmaker Emily Brooks. A new and exciting course for this year which is suitable for both beginners and those with experience, this one-day workshop will give you the skills and confidence to continue printmaking at home.

A tradition printmaking method adapted for our age. We will provide a relaxed and nurturing atmosphere, and you will get the opportunity to work at your own pace. Our tutor will be on hand to guide you along, whatever your level of experience – even people who say they cannot draw create beautiful prints.