To book a place on a course (and for further details) please ring the tutor whose number is listed with the course details. A deposit of 50% is paid to the tutor to secure a place with cheques to be made payable to the tutor. Fees cover most materials. To confirm dates and times please ring course tutors, or the workshop.
COURSES 2019
1. Introductory Etching with Rahima Kenner
- 23rd January to 27th FebruaryThis course introduces the basic techniques of intaglio etching. These include using line (hard ground) and tone (aquatint). Also there will be sessions on drypoint, alterations (scraping and burnishing) and soft ground textures. Differences in pigments, inks and specialist papers will be discussed and attention given to workshop practice. All necessary materials are provided and optional specialist paper and zinc may be purchased.
DATES
TELEPHONE
TIMES
COST
6 x Wednesday evenings, 23rd Jan–27th Feb.
01865 723410
6.30–9.00 pm
£160
2. Basic Screen Printing with Catriona Brodribb
- 24th and 25th January
Screenprinting is a very flexible and capable medium. It caters for drawn, painted and photobased images. This course will cover how to prepare ‘positive’ images for screen with ‘truegrain’ drafting film for drawn images and photocopied images on acetates (for text and photographs). Printing is water based. Students will be able to produce a small edition.
DATES
TELEPHONE
TIMES
COST
Thursday 24th & Friday 25th January
01235 847369
10pm–4pm
£140
3. Collagraph with Janet Lueck
- 15th & 16th February
Day 1: making collagraph plates from your own ideas, using a mount card base, and range of different materials and cutting techniques to explore surface marks & textures to achieve different tonal values.
Day 2: printing your plates, using specialist printing inks, papers and the etching presses at the workshop. Different inking techniques are explored.
DATES
TELEPHONE
TIMES
COST
4. Monoprint for Beginners, & Beyond with Neil Drury
- 10th & 17th MarchThis course will soon have you producing some fascinating images, and able to explore & develop this endlessly varied process. Working initially in monochrome, and using plastic plates with oil paints, brushes and etching inks, simple procedures can open up the floodgates of creativity. We will also learn more complex methods on the second day, and go on to make even more creative images than you ever thought possible! Bring your imagination!
DATES
TELEPHONE
TIMES
COST
Sundays 10th & 17th March
01865 512984
10 am–4 pm
£140
5. Stone Lithography with Colin Gale
- 16th & 17th MayColin Gale is the director of the Artichoke Printmaking in South London. He is a very experienced printmaker and has exhibited widely including the Royal Academy summer exhibition. He is the author of a number of books on printing techniques. He has given the two day course on Stone lithography at Oxford on an annual basis for the last seven years. The numbers are limited so that each participant gains experience in the various methods of making prints from the lithograph stone. Participants can usually produce two images.
DATES
TELEPHONE
TIMES
COST
Thursday 16th & Friday 17th May
Keith Isaacson: 01635 31305
9.30am–5.30pm
£170
6. Introductory Etching with Rahima Kenner
- 5th June–10th JulyThis course introduces the basic techniques of intaglio etching. These include using line (hard ground) and tone (aquatint). Also there will be sessions on drypoint, alterations (scraping and burnishing) and soft ground textures. Differences in pigments, inks and specialist papers will be discussed and attention given to workshop practice. All necessary materials are provided and optional specialist paper and zinc may be purchased.
DATES
TELEPHONE
TIMES
COST
6 x Wednesday evenings, 5th June–10th July
01865 723 410
10 am–4 pm
£160
7. Photopolymer Etching with Heather Power
- 9th & 16th JuneThis exciting course covers how to prepare photopolymer plates for combining text & image, suitable for artists' books, text & relief printing.
DATES
TELEPHONE
TIMES
COST
Sundays 9th & 16th June
01865 331 365
10 am–4 pm
£140
8. Multiplate Etching with Morna Rhys
- 7th & 14th JulyThis course will enable those with basic etching knowledge to make a two plate image on copper, using both contrasting colours and black for the same image. The course covers transferring an image from the 1st to 2nd plate, inking with contrasting colours on one plate, and black on another, and how to experiment with colour printing. Bring source material (drawings or photographs) to base your etchings on.
DATES
TELEPHONE
TIMES
COST
Sundays 7th & 14th July
01865 246739
10am–4pm
£140
9. Reduction Wood & Linocut with Catriona Brodribb
- 1st & 2nd August
A chance to experience the exciting effects created by wood and or lino plate making. We will look at different print papers, choices of tools, wood and ink. We will print by hand as well as by platen press. This course will suit beginner,s and those who have done some woodcut printmaking before. Tools and materials are provided, though you are welcome to bring your own.
DATES
TELEPHONE
TIMES
COST
Thursday 1st & Friday 2nd August
01235 847369
10am–4pm
£140
10. Collagraph & Monoprint with Janet Lueck
- 12th & 13th SeptemberDay 1: making collagraph plates from your own ideas, using a mount card base, and range of different materials and cutting techniques to explore surface marks & textures to achieve different tonal values. Day 2: printing your plates, using specialist printing inks, papers and the etching presses at the workshop. Different inking techniques are explored. Additionally, combining monoprinting and collagraph techniques are demonstrated, and can be individually experimented with by students.
DATES
TELEPHONE
TIMES
COST
Thursday 12th & Friday 13th September
07990 642148
10am–4pm
£140
11. Basic Screen Printing with Catriona Brodribb
- 3rd & 4th OctoberScreenprinting is a very flexible and capable medium. It caters for drawn, painted and photobased images. This course will cover how to prepare ‘positive’ images for screen with ‘truegrain’ drafting film for drawn images and photocopied images on acetates (for text and photographs). Printing is water based. Students will be able to produce a small edition.
DATES
TELEPHONE
TIMES
COST
Thursday 3rd & Friday 4th October
01235 847369
10 am–4 pm
£140
12. Monoprint for Beginners, & Beyond with Neil Drury
- 20th & 27th October
This course will soon have you producing some fascinating images, and able to explore & develop this endlessly varied process. Working initially in monochrome, and using plastic plates with oil paints, brushes and etching inks, simple procedures can open up the floodgates of creativity. We will also learn more complex methods on the second day, and go on to make even more creative images than you ever thought possible! Bring your imagination!
DATES
TELEPHONE
TIMES
COST
Sundays 20th & 27th October
01865 512984
10 am–4 pm
£140
13. Further Etching Techniques with Rahima Kenner
- 30th Oct & 6th NovemberThis can be a refresher course for anyone with previous basic etching experience. We will explore further techniques and textures such as sugar-lift aquatint, over-printing them in colour, with monotype or marbling.
DATES
TELEPHONE
TIMES
COST
2 Weds. evenings 30th Oct & 6th November
01865 723410
6.30–9.00pm
£60
14. Wood Engraving with Anne Desmet
- 17th & 18th NovemberSuitable for beginners and/or those with some experience, the course will cover a range of approaches to fine line and tonal engraving on end-grain boxwood and lemonwood, as well as inking, printing and hand burnishing (on Japanese and European papers) and printing on an Albion relief press. Participants should bring sketches and/or photos that might be used as the basis for creating small-scale black & white engraved images. The course will also include an introduction to the rich potential of creative collage using wood engraved prints.
DATES
TELEPHONE
TIMES
COST
Sunday 17th & Monday 18th November
01865 726472
Sun 11am–5pm, Mon 10am–4pm
£170
OXFORD PRINTMAKERS
The Christadelphian Church Hall,
Tyndale Road, Oxford, OX4 1JL
Enquiries: 01865 726472
Open and staffed part time with technicians:
Catriona Brodribb or Morna Rhys:
Saturdays 11am–5pm,
Mondays 4–8 pm,
Tuesdays 10.30–6.30 pm.