Printmaking (24/25)

Course Overview

This printmaking course offers you a chance to explore and develop visual studies through various printmaking processes throughout the year.

  • New Students: Each term will focus on specific processes.
  • Returning Students: You will progressively cover a wider range of techniques.
  • Experienced Students: You can utilize the sessions and facilities to extend and develop your practice.

Continuous support, guidance, and constructive advice will be provided throughout the course. The printmaking classes offer a rich and informative opportunity to develop and share ideas and techniques.


What Topics Are Covered?
The printmaking workshop features a variety of methods and processes for generating imagery and enhancing your creative practice. Here's what to expect each term:

  • Autumn Term:
    • Introduction to printmaking processes.
    • Development of observation drawing skills and creative experimentation with monotype processes to create unique prints.
    • Explore card printing, collographs, and linocuts for relief printing, producing either editioned or varied prints.
    • An introduction to drypoint, a simple intaglio printmaking technique, focusing on the expressive use of line, tone, and mark. You'll experiment with monoprint and Chine coll to create various outcomes.
  • Spring Term:
    • Begin with visual studies through monotype print processes.
    • Transition to intaglio printmaking, starting with drypoint and progressing to a range of etching techniques on zinc plates, including hard ground, soft ground, and aquatint, to expand your visual vocabulary.
  • Summer Term:
    • Explore stencil-making methods and processes for screen printing.
    • Techniques will include drawn, painted, and collaged photo stencils, photocopied photo stencils, paper stencils, and found materials.
    • You'll also create unique, painterly monotype screen-printed outcomes.

Returning students will progressively cover a wider range of processes, while experienced students can fully utilize the workshop facilities and tutor expertise to enhance their practice.


What topics are covered?

The printmaking workshop offers a wealth of methods and processes to explore and generate imagery and extend creative practice. As a result, for new students, each term there will be an introductory emphasis on specific processes:- Autumn term will cover a general introduction to Printmaking processes. Students will have opportunities to develop both observation drawing skills and creative play through experimentation with a range of monotype processes to produce a range of unique prints. The conceptual making and printing of cardprinting, collographs and lino cuts will allow the creative exploration of methods and processes involved with relief printing and to produce possibilities of either editioned or varied prints. Drypoint is a simple introduction to intaglio printmaking. Students will be able to develop their studies through the expressive use of line, tone and mark, exploring possibilities with monoprint and Chine colle to produce a range of outcomes. Spring term will start with generating visual studies through monotype print processes. These outcomes will lead into intaglio print processes. First with drypoint exploring line, tone and mark and then progress on to the introduction of a range of etching processes using zinc plate, including hard and soft ground and aquatint to develop a fuller visual vocabulary. Summer term students will have the opportunity to embrace a range of stencil making methods and processes that could be used developing screen printed imagery. This will include: drawn, painted and collaged photo stencil art work, photocopied photo stencil, paper stencils and found materials photo stencil. As well as unique, painterly monotype screen printed outcomes. Returning students across the terms progressively cover a wider range of processes and experienced students have an opportunity to utilise the full extent of the workshop including the range of facilities and Tutor knowledge and experience to extend and develop their practice.

Course Details

Course Type: Adult Community Learning
Age Group: 19+

Printmaking (Wed) (AM) (Spring Term)

Code

S98PKG1/BMF1C

Days Running

Wednesday

Dates

23/04/2025 - 02/07/2025

10:00 - 12:30

Price
Non-Funded

£300.00

Location: City Centre Campus (Bath)
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Printmaking (Wed) (PM) (Spring Term)

Code

S98PKG1/BAF1F

Days Running

Wednesday

Dates

23/04/2025 - 02/07/2025

14:00 - 16:30

Price
Non-Funded

£300.00

Location: City Centre Campus (Bath)
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Printmaking (Wed) (Eve) (Spring Term)

Code

S98PKG1/BEF1J

Days Running

Wednesday

Dates

23/04/2025 - 02/07/2025

18:15 - 20:45

Price
Non-Funded

£300.00

Location: City Centre Campus (Bath)
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Frequently asked questions

This printmaking course offers you a chance to explore and develop visual studies through various printmaking processes throughout the year.

  • New Students: Each term will focus on specific processes.
  • Returning Students: You will progressively cover a wider range of techniques.
  • Experienced Students: You can utilize the sessions and facilities to extend and develop your practice.

Continuous support, guidance, and constructive advice will be provided throughout the course. The printmaking classes offer a rich and informative opportunity to develop and share ideas and techniques.


What Topics Are Covered?
The printmaking workshop features a variety of methods and processes for generating imagery and enhancing your creative practice. Here's what to expect each term:

  • Autumn Term:
    • Introduction to printmaking processes.
    • Development of observation drawing skills and creative experimentation with monotype processes to create unique prints.
    • Explore card printing, collographs, and linocuts for relief printing, producing either editioned or varied prints.
    • An introduction to drypoint, a simple intaglio printmaking technique, focusing on the expressive use of line, tone, and mark. You'll experiment with monoprint and Chine coll to create various outcomes.
  • Spring Term:
    • Begin with visual studies through monotype print processes.
    • Transition to intaglio printmaking, starting with drypoint and progressing to a range of etching techniques on zinc plates, including hard ground, soft ground, and aquatint, to expand your visual vocabulary.
  • Summer Term:
    • Explore stencil-making methods and processes for screen printing.
    • Techniques will include drawn, painted, and collaged photo stencils, photocopied photo stencils, paper stencils, and found materials.
    • You'll also create unique, painterly monotype screen-printed outcomes.

Returning students will progressively cover a wider range of processes, while experienced students can fully utilize the workshop facilities and tutor expertise to enhance their practice.

Suitable for all abilities beginners and those with experience.
All methods, processes, specialist materials and techniques will be demonstrated and explained. Students will then have the opportunity to creatively explore and experiment within the conducive learning workshop environment, supported through one to one tutor contact and small group discussion. The workshop offers a conducive, sharing learning environment.
Most tools and equipment are provided. However, students should budget for nominal materials costs which depending on the processes may include specialist papers, zinc plate etc
Bring in your own ideas/sketches/photographs or there are sample images for you to use. A small portfolio would be useful to take home your works of art.
To avoid disappointment, please make sure you enrol on your chosen course early. Decisions regarding running or cancelling a course are made one week prior to the start of the course. If a course is cancelled, you will be informed and your course fees refunded in full. Please see Terms and Conditions of Enrolment. The course will not run on bank holidays or during half term. Please check the term dates.

Funding
If you are aged 19 or older, and are a UK national living in the UK or EEA for the last three years, you should be able to access government funding towards the cost of your course. Your course will either be free, or partially funded with a small fee to pay.

Free - if you are unemployed, looking for work and claiming benefits; Also, if you are employed & earning below 25k per year.

Partially Funded - if you earn 25,000 or more per year.

Not Funded - if you do not meet the residence requirements. You may be required to pay the full cost of your course, and will not be able to claim any government funding.


We will be able to advise you on your funding eligibility after you apply, but feel free to give us a call if you'd like to discuss your circumstances.


The prices listed are the highest possible option - the final price would be allocated depending on individual circumstances (according to the criteria above).