In this wonderful introduction to relief printmaking, artist and experienced tutor Sophie Boyce will teach you how to make relief prints using a variety of techniques including linocut, colograph and foam block prints.
You'll have the opportunity to experiment with printing on different types of paper using two different relief printing presses and also be introduced to hand printing methods using a traditional bamboo barren.
Over the course of the day you'll be guided through the different processes of transferring images onto your plate or block, cutting and mark-making, proofing, making reductions and revisions, mixing inks and finally creating your own handmade prints!
By the end of the workshop you should have a series of 5 to 10 prints to take home and 2 to 3 plates or blocks to continue printing with.
All tools and materials are provided, including a range of different papers to try, but do feel free to bring any papers of your own that you’d like to use.
We’ll provide lots of tea, coffee and cake throughout the day and there will be a break for lunch, when you can either eat a packed lunch or treat yourself at one of the many cafes in Teddington.
Please bring an apron with you and one or two designs (up to A5 in size) that you would like to create a print from (due to time constraints, we will be printing in one or two colours only in this first session, so please keep your images simple!).
This workshop is suitable for both beginners and also people with some prior knowledge of printmaking.
Sophie Boyce has a BA in Graphic Design & Illustration and an MA in Printmaking from UAL and is a practicing printmaker, artist and teacher.
“I greatly enjoyed this relief printmaking workshop, Sophie is such an experienced printmaker and she effortlessly tailored her teaching to each person’s ideas. We each created such different work and I left greatly satisfied and keen to continue what I'd learnt on my own and to hopefully return to learn more from Sophie in the future.”
“I thoroughly enjoyed the relief print session with Sophie. Her depth of knowledge and style of teaching printmaking enabled me to create a piece of work I was proud of.”
