Introduction to Traditional Etchingwith Rachel Wilcox

A class suitable for beginners or those wishing to revisit the process.

Etching is a printmaking process involving a metal plate and using acid to corrode its surface. Ground is applied and areas will resist - in this way a design will appear.

You will create a design of line and a range of marks.

You will be guided through the whole process of traditional etching from beginning to end. You will be show how to apply ground, make marks, how to safely handle acid, apply ink and print with a Rochat Printmaking Press.
You will take home a small collection of prints.

This is a hands-on practical class. 

Linocut - Faces & Self Portraitwith Angela Lai Yen

Suitable for Beginners and Intermediate level

If you are a beginner you will learn the complete process of linocut printmaking using a book press, and if you are of more intermediate level not only will you refresh and further your printmaking skills but also develop and advance on your design and transfer skills. 
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A playful class with faces as your inspiration.

We will begin the class with sketching - an range of exercises to work with line, block shape, detail. This is a playful class so whether you create abstract or realist faces, anything goes. 

You will produce a collection of test prints before completing something more final.

*Please bring a photo of your face/images of interesting faces to the class.
 

Cyanotypewith Sara Strawson

Suitable for Beginners

The Cyanotype was developed in the early 1840’s when photographic processes were still evolving. This method of printmaking is an inexpensive, quick and safe method of producing ‘copies’ of prints.

Sara will demonstration and guide you through the complete process of Cyanotype. You will then with confidence learn how to make prints from found and natural objects.

Classes are kept small to ensure everyone can experiment with this playful and rewarding process.

You will take home a good collection of unique prints. 
                                      

Linocut - Colour Reductionwith Angela Lai Yen

Intermediate Level

In a Colour Reduction, a print of multi-coloured layers is taken from a single block.
Each colour is a layer and printed onto the previous colour/layer before further lino is carved away.
The entire edition has to be printed as the block continues to be reduced.

Learn this tricky printmaking process with Angela where she will take you through the preparatory work so it becomes easier to digest. Learn tips along the way. Use this class as a springboard to create further linocuts by colour reduction. 

Design consultancy prior to the class available and strongly advised.

 

// NEW CLASS // Print & Bind - Linocut made into a Bookwith Angela Lai Yen & Kate Bernstein

// A New Collaborate Class //

A great opportunity to join experienced book artist Kate Bernstein and printmaker Angela Lai Yen and on this exciting new collaborative class at BAP.

Everything you create in this class will be handcrafted by you.
Angela will guide you through designing for print and carving with confidence to print a collection of lino blocks for a page in your book. Kate will demonstrate and guide you on how to fold with precision your concertina page, you will learn how to construction with care the covers of your own handmade book and how you can personalise it.

You will take home a one of a kind book filled with your prints along will a small collection of your prints on papers, and your carved lino blocks so you can continue printing at home.

For more information please get in touch.

Booking essential.

**1 hour approx sketching and designing prior to the class is required. A project brief will be sent to you. 

Tetra Pak Drypointwith Sara Strawson

Suitable for Beginners.

Tetra Pak drypoint is an eco-friendly printing process using items that can be found in the home.

You will be guided through the process: designing, cutting and scratching into your ‘plates’ and making marks, inking up and printing with a Berwick & Wilson press.

Be amazed at the prints you create and take home a small collection of prints.

 

Woodblock Printmakingwith Peter Collins

Woodcut & Wood engraving.

Try one or both of these traditional relief printmaking techniques commonly used for book illustration for hundreds of years.

Using your own design, you will engrave hardwood or carve softwood/MDF to make prints by hand or press.