Printmaking - Collagraphs - Beeston Library - Adult Learning

• • Date: 5 June - 10 July 2024
  • Sessions: Wednesdays: 1:15pm - 3:45pm
  • No. sessions: 6
  • Venue: Beeston Library, Beeston
  • For ages: 19+
  • Group size: 5 - 12
  • Cost: FREE - £39

Printmaking Collagraphs is an ideal course for those who are new to printmaking and for anyone who is interested in exploring texture and surface in their creative work.

During the course you will make a range of your own cardboard plates, experimenting with using textured papers and scribed marks to create an image from visual source materials. You will then use them to print both black and white and coloured prints, which can be printed onto paper and fabric.

You will learn and explore the process through looking at and discussing other printmakers work and by demonstrations, personal experimentation and individual tuition on how to make and print your collagraph plates.

By the end of the course everyone will have produced good quality, finished prints to mount and exhibit or to give as gifts.

The course will involve:

• • Looking at and discussing how other printmakers have created their work.
  • Using simple drawing techniques to create an initial design based on learners own images or photographs. (Those new to drawing can work from others imagery).
  • Using textured papers and thread and scribed (scratched) lines to create a collagraph plate.
  • Becoming familiar with the printmaking equipment and learning the correct terminology.
  • Mixing and using water soluble etching inks to print collagraph plates onto a paper and fabrics using effective colourways.
  • Printing using a printing press.

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?

• • The skills to design, make and print an effective collagraph plate.
  • How to combine texture and colour effectively through the inking and printing process.
  • Using printmaking equipment and materials safely.
  • Knowledge and understanding of the breadth of different approaches and techniques used by practicing printmakers.
  • Confidence in their own creative skills and ability.

What skills or knowledge do learners already need to have to attend the course?

• • No previous printmaking experience necessary!

Resources required for this course:

• • Apron or big shirt
  • B and 2B Pencil, rubber (WH Smiths) Amazon
  • Mountboard A3 (hobby craft, Amazon)
  • Selection of wallpaper samples (free at Wilko, Homebase and B&Q)
  • Small tube of waterproof PVA (DIY stores, Amazon)
  • A4 cartridge paper pad (Wilko, WH Smiths, The Range, HobbyCraft, Amazon)
  • Flat watercolour or printmaking paper (fabriano rosapina-cheap) (Hobby craft Amazon)
  • A4 pieces of white cotton (John Lewis, Hobbycraft, Sharmas -Ilkeston) if you want to print onto fabric
  • A4 pieces of calico (John Lewis, Hobbycraft, Sharmas -Ilkeston) if you want to print onto fabric

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course please visit our webpage for further information https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

• • Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
  • Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:

• • Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
  • Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
  • Greater London
  • Greater Manchester
  • Liverpool City Region
  • Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
  • Tees Valley
  • West of England
  • West Midlands
  • West Yorkshire

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• • By phone: 01623 677 200
  • By email: [email protected]

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