Introduction to
Printmaking

Course Details:

This course is suitable for complete beginners or people who have done some printmaking before but want a refresher. You don’t have to have any previous experience as the tutor will guide you though each process in a step-by-step way. All the processes lend themselves well to simple image making using pattern as well as representational images, so don’t be put off id you don’t feel comfortable with drawing.

this taster course in printmaking will introduce you to some of the processes you can access at Belfast Print Workshop and give you the basic skills to continue using them after the course.

Just bring your ideas of what you would like to make images from!

You will learn each of the following processes in a supportive environment with all the step by step guidance, equipment and materials provided. You will be given an information sheet on each process for your own reference.

Monoprinting - using oil based relief printing inks you will produce one-off multi-colour prints working with paper stencils and our presses.

Drypoint - An ‘intaglio’ technique, where incised lines make up an image, with the introduction of Chine Colle, a Japanese method of using coloured paper to introduce and place colour on the print.

Collograph - You will use the technique of collage to create an image on a printing plate that will be printed using our presses.