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enquire if spaces are still available even if the course has already
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OUTREACH PROGRAMME
An outreach programme using printmaking processes is being compiled.
Enquiries to Helen Brown at BIP on 01273 691496
Gift vouchers are available:
£10, £20, £30, £50
We welcome beginners to experienced artists.
Please note: It may be necessary to take more than one course in
a printmaking discipline before you are able to work alone on Open
Access, depending on experience.
Places are only confirmed when deposit has been paid. All deposits
are non-refunadable. We accept cheques, cash, debit and credit cards
as payment.
Missed classes can’t be made up at another time. Please adhere
to the start and finish times of each class.
PLEASE BOOK EARLY - Small groups only 4-9 places. We provide or
sell the materials required, or you can bring your own.
WEEKEND TASTERS
A concentrated introduction to the different printmaking media over
a two day period. A chance to try out a medium and see if you like
it, or to brush up on your technique. Basic materials are provided
specialist materials are available to buy on the day.
 Monoprint
Weekend
with Ian Brown
7th and 8th June 10am - 5pm
Class price £100 (£50 deposit)
Materials not included
For Monoprint only, please make cheques payable to ‘Playmor
Press’
Monoprinting is ideal for anyone comfortable with drawing and painting
and is the ideal bridge to printmaking. Working first in black and
white, then in ful colour, printing on the Rochet etching press
large enough to accept 23 x 30 inch paper format.
 Zinc
off-set Lithography Weekend
with Hebe Vernon-Morris and Heike Roesel
14th and 15th June 10am - 4pm
Each weekend class price £130 + £10 materials
(£50 deposit)
The quality of lithography is delicate and painterly. The basic
principal is grease repels water. You w ill draw your images on
the plate, process and print it. Be experimental with the ‘hands
on’ direct drawing possibilities that lithography offers.
 Screenprinting
with Sue Haseltine
21st and 22nd June 10am - 5pm
10am - 5pm
Class price £120 (£50 deposit). All materials included
except paper
This introductory taster for screenprinting encourages exploration
of this exciting medium through the use of paper stencils and photographic
techniques.
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SUMMER SCHOOLS
Monoprint with Ian Brown
21st July - 25th July
£200 (cheques payable to ‘Playmor Press’) (9 places)
Zinc off-set Lithography
with Hebe Vernon-Morris and Heike Roesel
14th July - 18th July
£250 + materials £30 (3 places)
Etching with Ann d’Arcy Hughes
28th July - 1st August
£200 (8 places)
Screenprinting with Rich Townsend
1st Sept - 5th Sept
£235 All materials included except paper (4 places)
ONE DAY TASTERS
Drypoint Day
with Gary Goodman
Saturday 21st June 11am - 5pm
Class price £70 (£30 deposit)
All materials included
Enjoy the freedom of drawing directly on zinc plate, ink the intaglio
plate, ink the intaglio line and print on the traditional or electric
etching press. Experiment with chine colle (sticking down thin Japanese
papers while printing) to produce colour.
 Woodcut
and Lino Day
with Helen Brown
31st May 11am - 5pm
Class price £70 (£30 deposit).
All materials included
Draw and cut a block, experiment with making marks, print using
the large Eagle Columbian press, or the small Albion, create immediate
colour through blending inks on the roller or using the Chine Colle
process i.e. attach fine coloured papers while printing.
 Collograph
Day with Sarah Young
28th June 11am - 5pm
Class price £70 (£30 deposit)
Recycling at it‘s most creative. Achieve some astonishing
results printing from plates made of card, textiles, PVA, and carborundum.
Printed intaglio or relief, on damp paper through the etching press.
The process produces a high quality of embossed and textural effects.
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WEEKLY CLASSES
Classes consist of five or six weekly sessions. Suitable for beginners
and the more experienced. The classes are designed to give participants
the necessary skills and experience to work in the workshop on an
open access basis at a later date.
 Traditional
Etching
with Ann d’Arcy Hughes
Tuesday Morning Class
10.15am - 1.15pm
29th April - 17th June
or
16th Sept - 28th Oct (no class 21st Oct) (6 week class)
Thursday Evening Class
6.30pm - 9.30pm
1st May - 19th June
or
11th Sept - 30th Oct (6 week class)
(no class 18th Sept or 23rd Oct)
6 week class price £120
8 week class price £150
All materials included except your metal and paper
An opportunity to experiment with hard ground, soft ground, aquatint,
sugar lift, marbling and drypoint. Work on a zinc or steel plate,
draw onto the metal surface and bite in a bath of nitric acid. Print
on the Rochat or electric press. Add to previous experience by exploring
multiple plate printing, and colour with chine colle
It may be necessary to take more
than one session before you are able to work alone on open access
depending on experience.
 Screenprinting
with Jane Sampson, Rich Townsend and Sue Haseltine
Tuesday Evening Class 6.30pm - 9.30pm
8th April - 27th May with
Rich Townsend (8 weeks)
or
9th Sept - 28th Oct
(8 weeks)
Wednesday Evening Class 6.30pm - 9.30pm
9th April - 28th May with Jane Sampson (8 weeks)
or
Sept 10th - Oct 15th with Sue Haseltine (6 weeks)
or
29th Oct - 17th Dec with Jane Sampson (8 weeks)
Friday Morning Class 10.30am - 1.30pm
11th April - 30th May with Jane Sampson
or
12th Sept - 31st Oct with Rich Townsend (8 weeks)
8 week class price £180
6 week class price £130
All materials included except paper
Explore the use of the simplest paper mask stencils, screen drawing
fluid and filler. Try out photographic stencil making techniques
that can incorporate tone and texture. Mix transparent and opaque
inks to produce prints of stunning vibrancy and colour.
Screen Printing Inductions
Weekend inductions by arrangement with Rich Townsend. For experienced
screen printers who wish to use the studio on Open Access. £90
for 2 days. Phone BIP for further details.
It may be
necessary to take more than one session before you are able to work
alone on open access depending on experience. PLEASE NOTE This is
not a textiles printing course.
 Relief
Printing: Lino and Soft
Japanese Plywood with Helen Brown
Wednesday Evening Class 6.30pm - 9.30pm
30th April - 4th June
or
24th Sept - 29th Oct
Friday Morning Class 10.30am - 1.30pm
2nd May - 6th June
or
26th Sept - 31st Oct
6 week class price £120 (£50 deposit) - All materials
included, except extra blocks
Draw and cut a block, experiment with making marks, print using
the large Eagle Columbian press, or the small Albion, create immediate
colour through blending inks on the roller or using the Chine Colle
process i.e. attach fine coloured papers while printing.
Letterpress with Les Ellis
Tuesday Evening Class
6.30 - 9.30pm
1st April - 2nd May (6 weeks)
or
7th Oct - 25th Nov (8 weeks)
6 week class £120
8 week class £150
All materials included
Examine the possibilities of type as image. Explore the use of letterpress
type for simple markmaking as well as traditional typesetting and
printing.
It may be necessary
to take more than one session before you are able to work alone
on open access depending on experience.
 Zinc
off-set Lithography
with Hebe Vernon-Morris and Heike Roesel
Thursday Morning Class 10am - 1pm
1st May - 19th June
or
11th Sept - 6th Nov (no class 23rd Oct)
8 week class price £160 + £30 materials (£50 deposit)
Explore the delicate and painterly potential within this
technique. Be inspired by direct mark-making with traditional lithography
drawing materials on the plate. Build up your image of several colour
layers by repeating the process and printing or create several one-colour
images in a small edition.
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