We run workshops and short courses in a range of different printmaking and bookbinding techniques, all taught by tutors with a wealth of experience in printmaking and education.Events
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Drypoint Intaglio Portraits
Leeds Print Workshop Patrick Studios, St Mary's Lane, Leeds, West YorkshireDiscover the expressive art of intaglio portraiture on this one day drypoint workshop. Through a combination of drawing, observation, and printmaking, you'll learn how to create striking portrait prints using the traditional drypoint technique. During the workshop, you'll explore how to translate facial features, light, and shadow into rich linear marks, developing an understanding of...
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Natural Lake Pigments: Workshop & Demonstration
Leeds Print Workshop Patrick Studios, St Mary's Lane, Leeds, West YorkshireAs part of the Natural Colour Atlas project, Indonesian artist Nidiya Kusmaya will lead an afternoon workshop at Leeds Print Workshop exploring the art of making and using natural lake pigments. Drawing on her practice of working with earth pigments, plants, and natural materials in Indonesia, Nidiya will share her methods and techniques for transforming...
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Etching with Copper Sulphate
Leeds Print Workshop Patrick Studios, St Mary's Lane, Leeds, West YorkshireDiscover the magic of etching and create your own small series of beautiful intaglio prints. On this one day workshop you’ll learn how to etch metal printing plates, such as zinc and aluminium, using hard wax grounds and copper sulphate solution. Copper sulphate offers a safer, less toxic alternative to the traditional use of nitric...
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Letterpress Taster Day
Leeds Print Workshop Patrick Studios, St Mary's Lane, Leeds, West YorkshireSpend a day working with traditional wood type and metal type to create prints using letterpress techniques.You’ll have the opportunity to use our wood type collection to create text and backgrounds on our Albion and galley proofing presses. You’ll then work with our metal type to set your own smaller lines of type and use...
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Jigsaw Linocut
Leeds Print Workshop Patrick Studios, St Mary's Lane, Leeds, West YorkshireSpend a day exploring the jigsaw method of linocut to create an edition of multi-colour prints. Printing a linocut jigsaw style is an easy way to print a design in multiple colours. You cut the lino block into pieces, ink them up separately, then put the lino block back together to print. Your tutor will...
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Screen Printing with Natural Colour (for paper) 2 Day Course
Leeds Print Workshop Patrick Studios, St Mary's Lane, Leeds, West YorkshireJoin Printmaker and Textile Artist Kirstie Williams to learn all about natural plant based colour and how to make your own pastes for screen printing onto paper. Monday 2nd & Tuesday 3rd November, 10:30am – 3:00pm on both days. On this 2 day course you will learn how to use colour from plants, vegetables and...
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Experimental Screen Printing – 5 Week Course
Leeds Print Workshop Patrick Studios, St Mary's Lane, Leeds, West YorkshireJoin us for a creative and experimental evening course exploring various screen printing techniques for printing onto paper. This course will run over five Mondays 2nd - 30th November 6:00-8:30pm. This immersive course will cover a range of creative techniques to help you expand your screen print practice. We will look at alternative ways of...
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Monoprinting Taster
Leeds Print Workshop Patrick Studios, St Mary's Lane, Leeds, West YorkshireCurious about printmaking? Discover the exciting world of monoprinting on this fun, hands-on workshop where every print is completely unique. Using stencils, printing plates and richly coloured oil-based inks, you'll explore a playful layering process to create bold, vibrant prints full of texture, depth and unexpected effects. Along the way, you'll learn the fundamentals of...
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Print Club (5 Weeks)
Leeds Print Workshop Patrick Studios, St Mary's Lane, Leeds, West YorkshirePrint Club is an informal course which provides access to the facilities at Leeds Print Workshop, along with technician support to explore your own ideas and projects, get to grips with the equipment and build your confidence to work independently in the print workshop.Print Club will run over 5 evening sessions on Thursdays 5th November...
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Gelli Printing Taster
Leeds Print Workshop Patrick Studios, St Mary's Lane, Leeds, West YorkshireExplore the exciting process of Gelli printing on this taster session.Printing from gelatine plates is a type of monoprinting which is instant and effective without the need for a press. Using water based inks you will explore a range of different effects from bold colourful textures to more subtle colours and patterns. You will be...
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Collograph Taster
Leeds Print Workshop Patrick Studios, St Mary's Lane, Leeds, West YorkshireDiscover the versatile world of collograph printing with this practical introduction to the technique. Using relief inking methods, you’ll create prints with our fantastic range of etching presses and equipment in the print workshop. You’ll experiment with oil-based inks, stencils, collage and texture to build your own unique collagraph plates and produce an exciting series...
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Mono-Screen Printing
Leeds Print Workshop Patrick Studios, St Mary's Lane, Leeds, West YorkshireA fun and expressive approach to screen printing for any experience level.Mono screen printing involves applying or painting colour directly onto an open screen in order to create unique prints with painterly marks. You will experiment with the application of paint and pastels exploring how different effects can be achieved. You will work in a...
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Letterpress: Woodtype Posters
Leeds Print Workshop Patrick Studios, St Mary's Lane, Leeds, West YorkshireJoin us for a creative day of letterpress printing with our growing wood type collection. Explore our newly made wooden typefaces, along with our collection of various donated type. Work on our traditional Albion and Imperial relief presses and our galley proofing presses to make your own edition of printed posters on cartridge papers. You’ll...
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Linocut Christmas Cards
Leeds Print Workshop Patrick Studios, St Mary's Lane, Leeds, West YorkshireCreate your own linocut Christmas cards on our festive themed card printing workshop. On this workshop you’ll carve your own lino printing block and learn how to use the inks, tools and equipment to make festive lino printed cards. Perfect to send your friends and family a unique handmade card this Christmas! What experience do...
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Textile Screen Printing
Leeds Print Workshop Patrick Studios, St Mary's Lane, Leeds, West YorkshireSpend a creative day exploring the possibilities of textile screen printing. Whether you’re completely new to screen printing or looking to develop your existing skills, this practical workshop will introduce you to the process and give you plenty of opportunity to experiment. You’ll learn how to prepare imagery for screen printing, as well as how...
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Screen Printing Festive Cards
Leeds Print Workshop Patrick Studios, St Mary's Lane, Leeds, West YorkshireCreate your very own Christmas cards on our festive themed card printing workshop. Join us on our festive screen printing workshop to make your own printed Christmas cards. Using a combination of hand cut paper stencils and pre-prepared imagery on screens you’ll print your own unique Christmas cards to send to friends and family this...
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Photogravure Etching
Leeds Print Workshop Patrick Studios, St Mary's Lane, Leeds, West YorkshirePhotogravure is a beautiful photographic intaglio process which transforms photographic imagery into toned etched prints. This one day practical workshop will introduce you to the process from image preparation and plate making through to inking and printing. Your tutor will demonstrate the process and guide you through the techniques, materials and possibilities of photogravure within...