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Running from November 2024 to March 2025 this series of five talks connects Edinburgh to 5 printmaking studios around the world. This programme of talks aims to build our relationships with similar printmaking studios around the world. Invited representatives of each studio, as well as artist members, students or collaborators will give a talk and introduce their organisation, work, projects and facilities to an international audience of creative printmakers. All talks will be on online using the video communication platform Zoom. The zoom link to access the talk will be shared with all attendees the day before each talk. All talks will be at 5pm (GMT), 6pm (European Central Time - GMT+1 ), and 12pm (Eastern Standard Time - GMT-4). If you have any questions about time zones, please get in touch. Thursday 7th November 2024: The Funen Printmaking Workshop - Denmark Thursday 12th December 2024: Kinngait Studios – Nunavut Canada Thursday 23rd January 2025: Powerhouse Arts – USA Thursday 27th February 2025: Fondazione Il Bisonte – Italy Thursday 13th March: Spike Print Studio – England Image credit: Uprooted Visions Symposium 2nd April 2023 The Art of Printmaking International is part of our heritage project Castle Mills: Then & Now supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, made possible by money raised by National Lottery players.
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3 for 2 Promo! Book any three of our popular Pick 'n' Mix printmaking classes and get one for free! Our Pick 'n' Mix courses are divided into three blocks, with four consecutive classes in each block. They take place on Wednesday and Thursday evenings srtarting from the first week of the month. Each class is bookable individually. Join in with as many as you like - perfect for picking and choosing how you want to experiment! Sign up for one, two or more Pick 'n' Mix Printmaking classes, join in for all of them, or just book one at a time. Each evening will explore a different type of process, often using lo-tech and immediate techniques so you can explore, create, experiment, have fun and learn along the way. Choose the workshop you want to book and select the corresponding date below. You can easily add multiple dates to your basket. Week 1, Drypoint Etching - 11th or 12th of September or 23rd or 24th of October Explore line and tone drawing and different inking techniques using etching needles and a sheet of acrylic. Printing onto paper and plaster. Week 2, Instant Collagraph - 18th or 19 September, or 30th or 31st of October Using a mixture of household and stationery materials to create an instant, printable, and highly textured plate. Week 3, Mono Screen Printing - 25th or 26th of September, or 6th or 7th of November Create a painterly monoprint with a screen and screenprinting inks. Week 4, Embossing - 2nd or 3rd of October, or 13th or 14th of November. Create an embossed image using cut card, found objects and an array of other materials. Week 5, Letterpress - 9th or 10th of October, or 20th or 21st of November Explore a word or phrase or make images with type using our extensive letterpress collection. Week 6, Repeat Pattern - 16th or 17th of October or 27th or 28th of November. Create your own repeat pattern using a simple but effective relief printing technique. You could make wallpaper, wrapping paper, or print onto fabric!
Learning Studio
Taking place over a series of six weeks, explore ways of creating striking images with this simple yet powerful print process. Taking place over six evenings from: Thursday 7 November 2024 Tuesday 4 February 2025 Tuesday 6 May 2025 Tuesday 4 November 2025 Cutting images into wood or linoleum and inking up with colour can produce bold and dramatic effects. This course will explore the diverse ways artists use this direct process, looking at the practicalities of reduction printing. This course is very hands-on, practical, and fun. You will be trying out lino & Japanese ply to cut from and explore the benefits of using different types of paper for printing. Please bring a sketch or a simple digital printout to work with. The image size will be up to a maximum of A4. Anupa Gardner is an Indian born artist based in Scotland working mainly in the field of printmaking. She graduated from Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, India, where she studied graphic design. Thereafter she moved to Scotland, graduating from Edinburgh College of Art with an MA in 2008. Anupa has taken on various roles in her career as designer, illustrator, educator, technician and editioner. She now concentrates on her own practice and continues to teach in Edinburgh College of Art and Edinburgh Printmakers. She also delivers a variety of workshops across Scotland. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! You can find out more about relief printing on our YouTube channel, here. This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills. Image: Alastair Kinroy
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Etching Weekend Courses provide the perfect introduction to etching, introducing innovative techniques that encourage spontaneous and diverse methods of mark-making. They take place Saturday-Sunday on the following dates: 9&10 November 2024 18&19 January 2025 15&16 March 2025 14&15 June 2025 27&28 September 2025 22&23 November 2025 Work directly onto metal plates, developing images through various hand-applied techniques. Using new, safer acid resists makes etching a much healthier process, using neither dangerous acids nor solvents. During the course participants will work on two etching plates, one copper and one zinc, introducing them to both of the metals and the mordants most commonly used at Edinburgh Printmakers. Participants will produce two images over the course (one on each metal) making use of a combination of techniques in each plate. The size of the plates will be 152 x 203mm (6 X 8 inches) A 15% Early Bird discount is available for bookings made 1 month prior to the start date! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills. Find out more about etching on our YouTube channel here.
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Accomplished artist and printmaker Gillian Murray will be focusing on the hand-drawn and painterly use of screenprinting during this weekend course that takes place Saturday-Sunday on the following dates: 9&10 November 2024 12&13 April 2025 22&23 November 2025 Create screenprint layers without computers, using brushes and paint, drawing materials, and with the aid of photo emulsion. Explore colour mixing, layering, and mark-making. This course is particularly suitable for those interested in approaching printmaking with an emphasis on drawing and painting, taking inspiration from Gillian through a hands-on approach to screenprinting. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
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Refresher Sessions offer an opportunity to consolidate skills, gain valuable printmaking experience and spend time in the studio with dedicated staff support. During each session there will be a demonstration of a particular technique or process following which there is time and opportunity for you to develop your own prints. Unlike our more structured weekend courses, refresher courses can be used to develop your own prints at your own pace and explore whichever aspects of a process are more interesting or relevant to you. Time spent in refresher sessions gives you experience and counts towards your workshop induction so you become familiar with using the studio. Once you have attended a few of these sessions you are able to come back and take out a membership to use the studio outside of class hours and under your own steam. Who are refresher sessions for? - For lapsed members of EP - Printmakers with good experience in that process but new to EP - People who have completed a weekend course but are looking for some more support/assistance to build up confidence/experience before working in the studio Please Note: This course is NOT suitable for people with NO experience in Photo Plate Lithography - (our weekend access courses are intended for those new to a process) If you are unsure if you are suitably experienced to attend, we ask that you email us in advance of booking at alastair.clark@edinburghprintmakers.co.uk with the following information: - When was the last time you did litho? - What courses have you attended and where? - Do you have examples of prints you have printed yourself using this process? Please provide images if you can. - What other print studios have you worked in? Some people will be required to attend more than one refresher session before gaining access to membership and working unassisted in the print studio. This will be dependant on each individual's previous experience and the complexity of the particular print process.
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This weekend course covers the use of Photec as an acid resist. Taking place Saturday-Sunday on the following dates: 16&17 November 2024 26&27 April 2025 8&9 November 2025 Photec is a photopolymer film that can be adhered to a metal plate, exposed to a positive artwork on acetate, and developed in such a way that it can produce accurate photographic acid resist. This then allows a photographic image to be etched into a copper plate. The real advantage of this is that the photographic image, once bitten into the surface of the plate can be further worked into using other etching techniques. For this reason, previous etching experience is advised. During the course, participants will prepare their artwork digitally to be printed onto acetate and produce and print one photo etching plate on copper, they will also learn how to apply aquatint which can help to strengthen photo etching images. The size of the plates will be 152 x 203mm (6 X 8 inches). Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
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On this weekend course, students will explore a combination of mark-making, drawing, and found imagery to layer up in the screenprint process over a 2 day workshop by artist and printmaker Kelly Stewart. Taking place on the following dates: 16&17 November 2024 21&22 June 2025 Benefit from Kelly's unique and wonderful style of creating by working closely with her to learn about screenprinting from a loose and painterly perspective. Bring along drawings, ideas, and source material to be developed into a print. Individual layers will be exposed onto screens and printed by hand, creating imagery with a view to exploration and experimentation. Participants will receive guidance and support to produce unique multi-layered prints while having a great time in the process. Booking over a month in advance? Use our Early Bird tickets for 15% off! This course also entitles you to 3-months FREE Associate Membership in our studio to use the studio and consolidate your skills. Image: Kelly Stewart
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On Wednesday 20th November at 6pm, please join us for a talk by Curator Alice Strang on the unique heritage building of Fountainbridge Library. This talk is part of Edinburgh Printmaker's Edinburgh900 project 900 Stories in Print, aimed at collecting and publishing 900 industrial stories, engaging with communities in Fountainbridge and the west of Edinburgh. Free admission, all welcome but booking encouraged as spaces are limited. The talk will take place in the Fountainbridge Library on 137 Dundee Street, EH11 1BG. A small reception will follow. Alice Strang: Alice Strang is an independent Curator and Art Historian and a Senior Specialist in Modern and Contemporary Art at Lyon & Turnbull auctioneers. Whilst a Senior Curator at the National Galleries of Scotland, she curated many exhibitions and wrote or edited many publications about Modern Scottish and Modern British Art.
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After the success of Gill’s event, we’re bringing back this series of talks for studio members only! On Thursday 21st November from 5.30 to 6.30pm, explore Edinburgh Printmakers archive with Head of Editions at EP, Alastair Clark. In the past 32 years, Alastair has worked on more than 300 print editions collaborating with artists such as Victoria Crowe, Alasdair Gray, Callum Innes, John Byrne and Rachel Maclean and many others. Alastair has led the studio for 16 years, as Assistant Director and Studio Director, following 3 years as Studio Coordinator and 11 years previously as Lithography Technician. He still remains hands on teaching Lithography and working with artists. In an informal exploration Alastair will dig out the separations, proofs and final prints of these artists and talk in detail about some of the processes involved. Covering a broad range of work including lithographs, screenprints, digital and mixed media and touching on working methods and stories behind the scenes as the prints were made. The event is aimed at experienced printmakers wanting to develop their understanding and get a glimpse into the collaborative process of editioning with artists as part of a studio print publishing programme. On the Archive series of events is part of our heritage project Castle Mills: Then & Now supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, made possible by money raised by National Lottery players.
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On the last weekend of the month, learn all about the dynamic and colorful process of screenprinting. This type of stencil can produce detailed marks such as painterly washes, linear drawings, photocopied images, and text. Participants will learn how to print their image in several coloured layers onto paper. To print, the screen is attached to a printing press, and acrylic based ink is pushed through the screen mesh onto paper using a squeegee blade. Each layer of colour is printed individually, taking care to register each new layer of ink on top of previously printed colours. During the course, each participant will work on their own print, creating 3-4 layers of colour onto paper. The process is explored through hands-on practice where participants learn the practical skills involved in making a screenprint. Paper size (& maximum image size) on the course is approximately 28 x 38cm. This course uses water-based inks on paper which are not suitable for printing on textiles. Booking over a month in advance? Use our Early Bird tickets for 15% off! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use in the studio and consolidate your skills. Learn more about screen printing on our YouTube channel here.
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On this weekend course, work with acclaimed printmaker and artist Angie Lewin to create your own beautiful and delicate wood engravings. This weekend course takes place Saturday-Sunday on the: 23&24 November 2024 28&29 June 2024 Wood engraving is a relief printmaking process which, in contrast to woodcut, is generally smaller scale and involves engraving into the end-grain of a prepared woodblock. This method can reproduce fine detail and create a lively graphic image. During this course, you will produce a black and white print having learnt all stages of the process: transferring your initial drawing onto your woodblock, learning how to use the different engraving tools to create texture and line, and finally making prints from your woodblock. Wood engraving is a slow but satisfying process. Ideally you may have some drawing skills to benefit from this workshop, but this is not essential, and this course will suit all artists. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
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Full Price tickets = 1 Adult + 1 Child Family Print Club – These Sunday Funday sessions are designed for different generations to share an experience, explore some printmaking techniques, and have some fun into the bargain. 29 September: Experience your lego bricks in a completely new way! Ink up your bricks to create fun patterns and images. 27 October: Collage printing – create multi-coloured images with this fun technique using cut and layered inked up shapes. 24 November: Prints from the recycling bin – use cardboard, plastic and other materials to create some imaginative prints. 26 January: Mono screen printing - paint and print with a screen and a rainbow of colours. 23 February: Letterpress and simple bookmaking make some simple books and embellish them with lettering from our extensive collection of wooden letterpress blocks 30 March: Make your own family flag. Print on fabric and get creative while making your own family flag Price shown per session. Book one session or more as required. Full Price: 1 adult + 1 child Early bird price: 1 adult + 1 child Less than 1 week in advance: £35 for 1 adult + 1 child. Additional adult £20 Additional child £8
Learning Studio
If you are a printmaker or artist interested in becoming a member of our world class print studio, join us for an informal open evening. There will be a 15-minute tour of our facilities and then you'll have the chance to speak to our studio staff and current members to get a feel for what it's like working in the studio. Visitors will also be able to join our exclusive members' event Print and Tell, which offers current members the opportunity to share some of their work and stories relating to printmaking. This event is free but booking is essential. We look forward to welcoming you to the studio!
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On regular Fridays, have a drink and get creative with printmaking. Soft drinks will be provided. You can bring a small amount of your own alcohol. This event is a great opportunity to visit EP, socialise and get inspired! It's a surprise, so on the day you could be doing one of any of the following techniques: Kitchen sink lithography - using some surprising materials found in the kitchen, and a little bit of science magic, you’ll create your own individual series of prints. Drypoint etching from the recycling bin - We’ve done the hard work for you and raided the recycling bin so that you can try out this rewarding technique using drinks cans/tetrapac/or plastic milk cartons to create a dry point etched plate to ink up and print. Instant Collagraph - create a multi-coloured print using this jigsaw-style approach to printmaking , using textured wallpaper and other materials. Word Up! - Using our extensive collection of wooden letterpress, you will have the opportunity to play with words using colour, layout, and pattern. Mono Screenprint - This free-form approach to screenprinting allows you to explore mark-making and colour spontaneously, using ink, graphite, and charcoal.
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Join us on 30th November & 1st December to try your hand at dry-point during our Winter Print Fest. Tickets are bookable online, or in person on-the-day. During this 45 minute introduction to etching, this workshop will explore dry-point, a process where drawings and marks are printed directly from a plate made by the participant in the intaglio process. This workshop is suited for beginners. Book in advance of the 16th of December through this site, or on the day give us a call or pop by to check availability! We have plenty of workshops taking place over the weekend. If you're visiting Edinburgh Printmakers on our Open Weekend, book onto one of our building tours or explore our crafty Christmas market to make the most out of your visit! EP partners with the WelcoMe App by Neatebox, supporting visitors in indicating areas of, or specific assistance they might require. More information on accessibility can be found on our website. This event is supported by the City of Edinburgh Council & Fair Saturday Community Engagement Fund and supports the local community.
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Join us on 30th of November & 1st December to try your hand at lithography during our Christmas Open Weekend. Tickets are bookable online, or in person on-the-day. During this 45 minute introduction to litho, participants will take part in this spontaneous approach to mark-making. This workshop is suited for beginners. If you're visiting Edinburgh Printmakers on our Open Weekend, book onto one of our building tours or explore our crafty Christmas market to make the most out of your visit! EP partners with the WelcoMe App by Neatebox, supporting visitors in indicating areas of, or specific assistance they might require. More information on accessibility can be found via our website. This event is supported by the City of Edinburgh Council & Fair Saturday Community Engagement Fund and supports the local community.
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Join us on 30th of November & 1st of December to try your hand at monoprinting, using a roller ink and a printing press make unique printed art during our EP Winter Print Fest! Tickets are bookable online, or in person on-the-day. During this 45 minute introduction to screen monoprinting, participants will create a painterly mono print using a screen and screenprinting inks. This workshop is suited for beginners. Book in advance through this site, or on the day give us a call or pop by to check availability! We have plenty of workshops taking place over the weekend. If you're visiting Edinburgh Printmakers on our Open Weekend, book onto one of our building tours or explore our crafty Christmas market to make the most of your visit! EP partners with the WelcoMe App by Neatebox, supporting visitors in indicating areas of, or specific assistance they might require. More information on accessibility can be found on our website. Unique and individual as every person and print, these short workshops make up the bigger entity that will become THE MONOTHON! Each session lasts 45 minutes. Bookable in advance This event is supported by the City of Edinburgh Council & Fair Saturday Community Engagement Fund and supports the local community.
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Join us on 30th of November & 1st of December to try your hand at screen monoprinting during our Christmas Open Weekend. Tickets are bookable online, or in person on-the-day. During this 45 minute introduction to screen monoprinting, participants will create a painterly mono print using a screen and screenprinting inks. This workshop is suited for beginners. Book in advance through this site, or on the day give us a call or pop by to check availability! We have plenty of workshops taking place over the weekend. If you're visiting Edinburgh Printmakers on our Open Weekend, book onto one of our building tours or explore our crafty Christmas market to make the most of your visit! EP partners with the WelcoMe App by Neatebox, supporting visitors in indicating areas of, or specific assistance they might require. More information on accessibility can be found on our website. This event is supported by the City of Edinburgh Council & Fair Saturday Community Engagement Fund and supports the local community.
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Join us on Saturday 30 November and Sun 1 December to explore Edinburgh Printmakers as part of our Christmas Open Weekend. Learn more about the rich heritage of our building, local area of Fountainbridge and the practice of printmaking. Booking required The tours provide a special opportunity to explore our heritage building, printmaking studio, archive and collections. Walk-in availability each day will be dependent on capacity. Please check with our front of house team. If you're visiting Castle Mills on our Open Weekend, try your hand at printmaking (workshops for children and adults are available to book) or explore our crafty Christmas market to make the most out of your visit! EP partners with the WelcoMe App by Neatebox, supporting visitors in indicating areas of, or specific assistance they might require. More information on accessibility can be found on our website.
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Join us on Saturday 30th November at 2pm for an informal talk, and cup of tea, with our Head of Editions, Alastair Clark. During our Winter Print Fest celebrations, this talk and demonstration will be an opportunity to learn more about the fascinating medium of Stone Lithography. Master Printmaker, Alastair Clark, has over 30 years experience working in the EP studio with this complex and magical medium, teaching, assisting studio members, and working collaboratively with various established artists, such as John Byrne, Victoria Crowe and Rachel Maclean. This event is part of our series, Unwrapped, focusing on rarely seen treasures of our Permanent Collection, deep diving into different media, techniques, themes and research into printmaking. Unwrapped is part of our heritage project Castle Mills: Then & Now supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, made possible by money raised by National Lottery players.
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Join us on Sunday 1st December at 11am for a deaf-led tour in British Sign Language delivered by Trudi Collier. Booking required Explore Edinburgh Printmakers, and learn more about the rich heritage of our building Castle Mills, the industrial history of Fountainbridge, and the practice of printmaking. The tours provide a special opportunity to visit our heritage building, printmaking studio, archive and collections. You'll get the chance to learn more about printmaking as a fine art form as well as the history of the Castle Mills building, from silk mill, to headquarters of the North British Rubber Factory for over 100 years and finally offices of the Scottish and Newcastle Breweries Ltd. Please note this tour is for British Sign Language users only, there will be no interpretation in English. We are hosting a building tour in spoken English at 2pm on the same day, click here for more info. EP partners with the WelcoMe App by Neatebox, supporting visitors in indicating areas of, or specific assistance they might require. More information can be found on our website accessibility page here.
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Join us on 1st December to create beautiful festive prints with a deceptively simply relief printing process, during our Ep Print Fest Open Weekend. Tickets are bookable online, or in person on-the-day. Book in advancethrough this site, or on the day give us a call or pop by to check availability! We have plenty of workshops taking place over the weekend. During this 45 minute introduction to relief printing, participants will see how cutting images into wood or linoleum and inking up colour can produce bold, dramatic effects. This workshop will explore the diverse range of ways which artists use this direct process. This workshop is suited for beginners. If you're visiting Edinburgh Printmakers on our Open Weekend, book onto one of our building tours or explore our crafty Christmas market to make the most of your visit! EP partners with the WelcoMe App by Neatebox, supporting visitors in indicating areas of, or specific assistance they might require. More information on accessibility can be found on our website. This event is supported by the City of Edinburgh Council & Fair Saturday Community Engagement Fund and supports the local community.
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Join us on Sunday 1st December at 3pm for a demonstration on stone lithography with our resident artist Natasha Thomas. During our Winter Print Fest celebrations, this talk will be an opportunity to learn more about the fascinating medium of Stone Lithography and assist to a demonstration. Attendees will then be gifted a small Christmas token printed by Natasha! Natasha has been working in the EP Studio since June 2024, learning stone lithography from Master Printmaker and EP Head of Editions, Alastair Clark. She’s been fascinated by the contact with the stone and how it creates a unique quality of drawing. This event is part of our series, Unwrapped, focusing on rarely seen treasures of our Permanent Collection, deep diving into different media, techniques, themes and research into printmaking. Natasha Thomas has been awarded a residency period in the EP Studio from our Young Women Printmakers programme. This residency programme and the event series Unwrapped are both part of our heritage project Castle Mills: Then & Now supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, made possible by money raised by National Lottery players.
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On Sunday 1st December at 4.30pm EP is hosting an informal roundtable talk with two of our studio members and current artist in residence, Natasha Thomas on their artistic practice with stone lithography. During our Winter Print Fest celebrations, this talk will be an opportunity to learn more about the fascinating medium of Stone Lithography and the individual experiences of three artists printmakers at different stages of their careers and relationship with the medium. Hear about how stone lithography fits within their broader artistic practice, learn more about courses, opportunities and residencies specific to the medium that are open to artists within Scotland and internationally. If you’d like to see a demonstration of stone lithography, Natasha will be giving one at 3pm, more info on how to book this here. This event is part of our series, Unwrapped, focusing on rarely seen treasures of our Permanent Collection, deep diving into different media, techniques, themes and research into printmaking. Unwrapped is part of our heritage project Castle Mills: Then & Now supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, made possible by money raised by National Lottery players.
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On Wednesday 4th December from 5.30 to 6.30pm, explore Edinburgh Printmakers archive with Master Printer Anupa Gardner. Anupa has worked on prints from Hannah Tuulikki, Mohammad Barrangi and Alberta Whittle and many other artists over the years as technician and tutor with Edinburgh Printmakers. In an informal exploration she will dig out the seperations, artwork and final prints of some of these artists and talk in detail about the techniques and processes involved. She will cover a broad range of work from relief to screenprint and will discuss colour choices, proofing and editioning notes and why the print was made in the first place. The event is aimed at experienced printmakers wanting to develop their understanding and get a glimpse into the collaborative process of editioning with artists as part of a studio print publishing programme. On the Archive series of events is part of our heritage project Castle Mills: Then & Now supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, made possible by money raised by National Lottery players
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Stone Litho Refresher Sessions offer an opportunity to consolidate skills, gain valuable printmaking experience, and spend time in the studio with dedicated staff support. During each session, there will be a demonstration of a particular technique or process following which there is time and opportunity for you to develop your prints. Unlike our more structured weekend courses, refresher sessions can be used to develop your own prints at your own pace and explore whichever aspects of a process are more interesting or relevant to you. Time spent in refresher sessions gives you experience and counts towards your workshop induction so you become familiar with using the studio. Once you have attended a few of these sessions you can come back and take out a membership to use the studio outside of class hours and under your own steam. Lithography has many steps, so please bring a notebook so you can refer back to your notes when you work independently in the studio. Who are refresher sessions for? - For lapsed members of EP - Printmakers with good experience in a specific process but are new to EP - People who have completed a weekend course in Stone Lithography but are looking for some more support/assistance to build up confidence before working in the studio Please Note: This course is NOT suitable for people with no experience in Stone Lithography - (our weekend access courses are intended for those new to a process) If you are unsure if you are suitably experienced to attend, we ask that you email us in advance of booking at alastair.clark@edinburghprintmakers.co.uk with the following information: - When was the last time you did stone lithography? - What courses have you attended and where? - Do you have examples of prints you have printed yourself using this process? If possible, please share some images. - What other print studios have you worked in? Some people will be required to attend more than one refresher session before gaining access to membership and working unassisted in the print studio. This will be dependent on each individual's previous experience and the complexity of the particular print process.
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Explore ways of creating striking images with this simple yet powerful print medium process. Relief Printing Weekends happen on a Saturday and a Sunday on the following dates: 5 & 6 October 2024 14&15 December 2024 15&16 February 2025 19&20 April 2025 21&22 June 2025 13&14 September 2025 18&19 October 2025 6&7 November 2025 Cutting images into wood or linoleum and inking up with colour can produce bold dramatic effects. This course will explore the diverse range of ways which artists use this direct process, looking at the practicalities of reduction printing (printing multiple layers from the same block, revealing colours through carving). On the 14th & 15th of December this weekend course will have a special festive theme. You can print cards, wrapping paper, or a beautiful fine art print to gift to a loved one. Book on to the 14th of December to join this special workshop! Please note - from 27 July 2025, this course will slightly change to have an emphasis on working with wood. It will be titled Wood Cut Printing Weekend, and will cover the same techniques but giving you more insight into working with the subtlety of wood, it's grain and how to print multiple colours with it. The skills learned will also be applicable to lino printing. This course is very hands-on, practical, and fun. You will be trying out lino and/or Japanese ply to cut from and explore the benefits of using different types so paper for printing. Bring a sketch or a simple digital file we can print out. The image size will be up to a maximum of A4. You can find out more about relief printing on our YouTube channel, here. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills. Image: Anupa Gardner
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Taking place over a series of six consecutive Wednesday evenings, this Etching Evening Course provides the perfect introduction to etching, exploring innovative techniques that encourage spontaneous and diverse methods of mark-making. The first class of each course will take place on the following dates: 22 January 2025 16 April 2025 2 September 2025 Work directly onto metal plates, developing images through various hand applied techniques. Using new safer acid resists makes etching a much healthier process, using neither dangerous acids nor solvents. Find out more about etching on our YouTube channel here. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
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Learn all about Toyobo (or photopolymer gravure) with Leena Nammari RSA on the following dates: 12&13 October 2024 1&2 February 2025 6&7 September 2025 An innovative new printmaking process that uses remarkable water-washable photopolymer plates which are both fast and safe, Toyobo produces results similar to the 19th-century process of photogravure. Although the course will be of interest to all artists, it is particularly suitable for those working with photographic and digital imaging who wish to produce high-quality original prints. The course focuses on understanding the intricacies of the processes, exploring how to prepare images for the process, and how to identify works best for each technique. The course is very hands-on. During the course, each person will produce one A5 image. The process has a high digital imaging content, explaining how to manipulate the image before exposing it to the photopolymer. Experience of Photoshop is advisable to make the most of the course. Comprehensive step-by-step notes will be provided. If possible, bring your laptop with you, and it is preferable if you have Photoshop or Photoshop Express installed. If you do not have a laptop, please bring along photographic images either on a USB stick, CD, or as photographic prints to be scanned. There are limited communal computers in the studio. Leena Nammari is a Palestinian artist printmaker based in Scotland. She has exhibited within Scotland, Europe, Palestine, and Australia as part of group exhibitions and has had several solo exhibitions. She is an expert printmaker in all aspects of printmaking, though she has also worked in film, photography, bronze, and ceramics. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Fine Art Printmaking from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee, where she also compelted her MFA in Arts & Humanities. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
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Drawing directly onto a prepared limestone surface allows a spontaneous approach to mark-making. Find out how artists with wide-ranging styles, such as MC Escher, Jasper Johns, Pablo Picasso, and Kathe Kolwitz, have delighted in the subtleties of the stone. This 1-day taster class will give you the opportunity to make a print, find out what stone is about before you might consider one of our Expanded Practice (3-days) or Evening Courses (6 evenings) in Stone Lithography. Taster classes are not access classes, so you will not be able to use the studio once the course is completed. If you wish to do so, please book onto one of our longer courses.
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In this unique 3-day course on 8-10 February with Bronwen Sleigh RSA (elect), a visual artist and printmaker, create printed works in response to the rich local built heritage of Fountainbridge, which was once the city's powerhouse of industry. Working with Sleigh’s methodology and the beautiful process of etching and multi-plate printing you will have the opportunity to investigate our attitudes to space as expressed through architecture and its relationship to the landscape. This course will include an inspiring walk around the local area to collect resources, an introduction to Sleigh's working methodologies and her technical approach to etching. During the course participants will work on two etching plates using the techniques of hard ground and aquatint. Participants will produce one image using two plates over the course. The size of the plates will be 152 x 203mm (6 X 8 inches). Participants are encouraged to bring cameras, sketch pads, and other resources that will aid them in acquiring materials for drawing. On the day, we will provide archival materials, such as catalogues, records and photos of the North British Rubber Company and Scottish & Newcastle Breweries Ltd who used to be located in Fountainbridge, as well of areal shots, old drawings and maps of the Lochrin Basin and Union Canal from the mid 1800s to today. A 15% Early Bird discount is available for bookings made 1 month prior to the start date! Find out more about etching on our YouTube channel here. Learn more about Bronwen Sleigh here. This course entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills. This course is part of Castle Mills: Then & Now, a heritage project supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, made possible by money raised by National Lottery players.
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Join us to develop beautiful contemporary prints using the Japanese traditional process of Mokuhanga. 8th & 9th of February 2025 11th & 12th October 2025 What is Mokuhanga, and what are Ukiyo-e prints? Both terms refer to Japanese woodblock prints: those images one associates with such a Hiroshige, Kuniyoshi, Utamaro and Hokusai, who produced beautiful prints of luminous colour around 150-200 years ago during the Japanese Edo (present-day Tokyo) period. This form of printmaking was know as 'Ukiyo-e', or 'prints from the floating world'. Birds and flowers were extremely populaar themes at that time, as were landscapes, women, actors and historical figures. The class will cover the use and maintenance of Japanese tools for carving, the kento registration system, asian papers, printing with a baren and the use of waterbased pigments. Unlike the original way of carving (whereby a hard end-grain wood, usually cherry or similiar fruit wood would be used to achieve the finest detail using tools which resemble wood engraving tools), we will be cutting sheets of plywood faced with bass wood using basic cutting tools. The basswood cuts very easily and is a good 'starter' for for learning the process. What makes this process so attractive and accessible? As well the beautiful stylistic features of Mokuhanga ( the diffused, watercolour effect) the materials required are not expensive and are readily available. Water based paint or inks are used to print the blocks, rendering the technique both safe and clean, and blocks are printed easily by hand means that the process can be done easily at home or in a classroom. Contemporary Japanese printmakers often produce prints of an impressive scale at home using this technique. Elspeth Lamb is a professional artist who has undertaken several residencies in Japan since 2000 to study Mokuhanga and oriental papermaking. She is a member and regular exhibitor at the royal Scottish Academy.
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Join us for our 6-week series of screenprinting classes. This class will give participants time to learn the dynamic and colourful process of screenprinting. The first class of each six week course is on: Thursday 31 October 2024 Tuesday 18 February 2025 Tuesday 14 October 2025 During this evening course, each participant will develop their screenprint practice by creating multi-layered prints using an array of techniques, from painterly washes, textures, linear drawings, and photographic bitmaps to lean flat areas, colour blends, and typography. This evening course will give participants the time to think, re-think, create and re-create artwork between each class, helping them delve into various aspects of their print purchase. To print, the screen is attached to a printing press and acrylic based ink is pushed through the screen mesh onto paper using a squeegee blade. Each layer of colour is printed individually, taking care to register each new ink layer on top of the previous. The process is explored through hands-on practice where participants learn practical skills involved in making a screen print. Paper size (& maximum image size) on the course is approximately 28 x 38cm. This course uses water-based inks on paper which are not suitable for printing on textiles. Booking over a month in advance? Use our Early Bird tickets for 15% off! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
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In this three-hour workshop, learn how to use traditional Japanese calligraphy brushes to write your name in Japanese. Then, convert your name into a lino print Hanko (a carved stamp used in Japan as a signature). Artist and printmaker Kanae Saiki will guide you through the process of writing your name and printing your block. This course is open to all. Children are welcome when accomanied by an adult.
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Experiment with all the freedom and subtlety of a lithograph without grinding stones and with minimal processing. Photo Lithography Weekend takes place Saturday-Sunday on the following dates: 19&20 October 2024 1&2 March 2025 4&5 October 2025 Explore layering images in colour to create painterly prints with a delicacy of mark and tone, characteristic to this medium. This course concentrates on using light-sensitive aluminium photo plates. These plates can produce detailed marks such as painterly washes, linear drawings, photocopied images, photographs, digital images, and text. Participants will learn how to print their images in several coloured layers onto paper. Each layer of colour is printed individually, taking care to register each new layer of ink on top of previously printed colours. Find out more about photo plate lithography on our YouTube channel here. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
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Draw on Gillian Murray's vast experience of working in collagraph during our weekend course, which takes place on a Saturday and Sunday o the following dates: 19 & 20 October 2024 8&9 March 2025 10&11 May 2025 11&12 October 2025 A collagraph is a print taken from a collaged plate. This weekend course allows ample time and opportunity to explore this deceptively simple and versatile technique. The course will explore making plates using different types of materials such as wallpaper, feathers, leaves, and string, sticking them down onto a piece of card which is then varnished. When ready, the ‘plate’ is then inked up and printed onto paper, creating rich textures and an embossed surface. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills. Image: Gillian Murray
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On Saturday 8 March 2025, join artist and printmaker Christian Noelle Charles to explore the imaginative, expressive techniques of screenprinting. Expect the unexpected by manipulating your image on the screen in the painterly approach to screenprinting, which reflects CC's practice and works in the her previous exhibition at Edinburgh Printmakers. Artist Christian Noelle Charles presented WHAT A FEELING | ACT I at Edinburgh Printmakers in summer 2023. This unique presentation of screenprints was the first part of an exploration project discussing the topics of racial identity, inequality, care and love through the Black Feminine Lens.WHAT A FEELING | ACT I was part of the 2023 Edinburgh Art Festival. For more information, visit the exhibition's viewing room on our website. Image: Christian Noelle Charles, GESTURE I, screenprint, 2023. Image courtesy of the artist.
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On 22-23 March, Kittie Jones will introduce you to this unique printmaking technique, based on discoveries made in her own print practice. Initially, time will be spent exploring monochrome rub-away processes considering tone and mark. You will then be shown how to layer with colour to create rich and complex one-off prints. During this masterclass, you will be guided through the processes used by the artist including working with layers of transparent colour and rub-away drawing techniques to create unique, painterly prints. Kittie will share insights from her own process of bringing lively sketches made outdoors into the print studio. Kittie Jones is an artist and educator based in Edinburgh. She graduated from Edinburgh College of Art and Edinburgh University in 2008 and now works from her studio in Leith, regularly exhibiting around the UK. Kittie's practice focuses on drawing and printmaking - she produces mixed media drawings on paper, multi-layered monotypes, and small edition screenprints. Kittie is inspired by the full sensory experience of time spent outdoors, most often along the east coast of Scotland. Much of her work is completed outside, and other sketches provide a starting point for prints and studio drawings. Booking over a month in advance? Book our Early Bird tickets for 15% off! This course entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills. Image: Kittie Jones
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On Saturday 5th of April, join artist Kelly Stewart for a day of drawing inspired by samples of Australian Flora brought from her native country. Interested in learning more about printing and bookbinding your drawings? Join us for Kelly's full three-day course to learn about mark making, exposing onto screens for printing and how to hand-stitch and bind your prints into a hardcover artist book. Find out more on the event page here. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets!
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On Sat 5-Mon 7 April 2025, join artist Kelly Stewart for this unique course. The workshop offers an opportunity to focus on mark-making and drawings with the theme of Australian Flora. Tutor and artist Kelly Stewart has recently spent time in her native country and will be bringing back samples of Australian Flora as resource materials for this course. During this 3-day workshop, you will be converting drawings and mark making from day 1 into the screen printing process on day 2, followed by the final day of bookbinding where your beautiful flora inspired prints will become your very own artist book. You will learn how to combine layers of mark-making by using a range of materials to draw and paint directly onto films, which will then be exposed onto screens for printing. You'll also learn how to mix inks with a view to layer and overlap their imagery onto a range of papers. Subsequently you will be though how to hand stitch and bind your prints into a hardcover artist book. Do you already know how to screen print and/or bookbind, but are interested in having the unique opportunity to draw from samples of beautiful Australian Flora? You can book onto the drawing day independently here. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course is part of our well-established and respected Summer School Programme, which gives printmakers of all skills levels valuable experience working with some of Scotlands most experienced practioners. It also entitles you to a FREE 4-month Associate Membership, which allows you to use the studio and consolidate your skills after the course.
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Learn how to print using the mokolito technique, also know as wood lithography - a unique form of printmaking. This weekend course runs Saturday-Sunday on the following dates: 5 & 6 of April 2025 13 & 14 September 2025 Developed in Japan in the 1970s, the process uses plywood as the printing surface and draws on the principles of lithography, specifically the antipathy between grease and water. Greasy materials, such as tusche, crayons, and autographic inks, are used to draw and paint imagery on the sanded plywood matrix and which is then processed. Mokulito has the benefit that additional reductive marks can be cut into the surface as with relief printing, so that when printed the drawn and cut marks sit together with the ghostly impressions of the wood grain to create a beautiful, contrasted image. This course is suitable for beginners as well as experienced practitioners. Booking over a month in advance? Use our Early Bird discount for 15% off! This course entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills. This course is part of Castle Mills: Then & Now, a heritage project supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, made possible by money raised by National Lottery players.
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Taking place over a series of six weeks on Tuesdays, explore the original type of lithography still favoured by many artists. The first class of each 6-week course is on the 8 April 2025 7 October 2025 Drawing directly onto a prepared limestone surface gives opportunity for a spontaneous approach to mark-making. Find out how artists with wide-ranging styles, from MC Escher, Picasso, Jasper Johns, and Kathe Kolwitz, have delighted in the subtleties of the stone. Taking place over six evenings, this course gives a comprehensive introduction to stone lithography and is suitable for people without previous lithography experience or for those wishing to refresh their skills. Emphasis is given to stone lithography as a drawing and painting medium, working directly on this wonderful robust drawing surface. Focusing on learning the process and working mainly in monochrome, we will explore traditional approaches to mark-making as well as alternative drawing methods. Learn all about processing images on stone and how to stabilise the image for printing before taking several prints to show the development of your drawing at different stages. During the course we will work to approximately A3 size: 28 x 38.5cm Find out more about stone lithography on our YouTube channel here. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
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This course is ideal for individuals who have previously participated in our relief weekend or evening courses, or those with some background in relief printing seeking to enhance their skills with established artist and printmaker Anupa Gardner. This Advanced Weekend Course takes place Saturday-Sunday on the following dates: 12&13 October 2024 12&13 April 2025 4&5 October 2025 On Saturday, participants will explore different 'resists' and build up layers of etch on their lino blocks using caustic soda paste while also using traditional cutting methods. There will be the opportunity to create a collagraph block and proof the blocks. Later in the day participants will be introduced to colour, multiplate printing, and registration. On Sunday, participants will continue working on their blocks for a short time. The remainder of the day will be dedicated to exploring various printmaking techniques, such as Chine Colle, paper stencilling, and combining collagraph with relief printing. Anupa Gardner is an Indian-born artist based in Scotland, working mainly in printmaking. She graduated from Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, India, where she studied graphic design. Thereafter, she moved to Scotland, graduating from Edinburgh College of Art with an MA in 2008. Anupa has taken on various roles in her career as designer, illustrator, educator, technician, and editioner. She now concentrates on her own practice and continues to teach at Edinburgh College of Art and Edinburgh Printmakers. She also delivers a variety of workshops across Scotland. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills. Image: Anupa Gardner
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From 19-21 April, and 1-3 November, benefit from an extended 3-day expanded practice course! Join us for our Stone Lithography Expanded Practice 3-day class with experienced lithographer and artist Alastair Clark. Not sure if you want to committ to three days? Try our Stone Litho Taster Classes first! Stone Lithography, the original type of lithography, is still favoured by many artists. Drawing directly onto a prepared limestone surface gives opportunity for a spontaneous approach to mark-making. Find out how artists with wide ranging styles, from MC Escher, Picasso, Jasper Johns, and Kathe Kolwitz, have delighted in the subtleties of the stone. Thiscourse gives a comprehensive introduction to stone lithography, and is suitable for people without previous lithography experience or for those wishing to refresh their skills. Emphasis is given to stone lithography as a drawing and painting medium, working directly on this wonderful robust drawing surface. Learn how to paint with water-tusche washes, achieving the astonishing 'reticulated washes' peculiar to stone lithography. Initially focusing on learning the process and working in monochrome, we will explore traditional approaches to mark-making using tusche crayon and wash as well as alternative drawing methods. Learn all about processing of images on stone and how to stabilise the image for printing before taking a number of prints to show the development of your drawing at different stages. Move on to look at how to add additional colours to produce layered colour prints. During the course we will work to aprox. A3: 28 x 38.5cm. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
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Learn about Cyanotype or ‘blue print’ - one of photography’s oldest printing methods. Reminiscent of the alchemists of yesteryear, you can use a negative image on acetate, a drawing on tracing paper, or even real objects to create a stunning image without a camera. Leena Nammari is a Palestinian artist printmaker based in Scotland. She has exhibited within Scotland, Europe, Palestine, and Australia as part of group exhibitions and has had a number of solo exhibitions. She is an expert printmaker, in all aspects of printmaking, though she has also worked in film, photography, bronze, and ceramics. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Fine Art Printmaking from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee where she also completed her MFA in Arts & Humanities. ABOUT TASTER WORKSHOPS Please note that short Taster workshops are not intended as stand-alone access courses. Due to the short nature of this workshop, we do a lot of the preparation for you and streamline the process so you get a finished print at the end of the day. This does mean that you will need more training before you are self-sufficient in this process and can work in the studio without assistance. To use Edinburgh Printmakers' open-access studio facilities, you will need to attend a weekend/evening course or refresher/induction class before becoming a member. How much further training is required is based on each individual’s previous printmaking experience. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets!
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On 5-6 July, combine plate lithography and monoprinting techniques in this exploratory 3-day workshop led by printmaker and artist Alastair Clark. Start by working on acetates with various drawing, painting, or digital materials and then exposing these directly onto an aluminium photo plate. These plates can produce detailed marks such as painterly washes, liner drawings, digital images, photographs, and text. Then delve into layering, printing plates and exploring how to build prints up in colours using lithography, combining simple monoprinting techniques and diving into some colour theory along the way. This hands on course will allow for a playful exploration of how to approach lithography in a creative way, harnessing the delicacy of mark and tone characteristic to this medium. This course is part of our well-established and respected Summer School Programme, which gives printmakers of all skills levels valuable experience working with some of Scotlands most experienced practioners. It also entitles you to a FREE 4-month Associate Membership, which allows you to use the studio and consolidate your skills after the course. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets!
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On 12-14 of July 2025 join us for painterly & drawn approaches to etching with Robert Powell. This 3-day course provides the perfect introduction to the medium of etching focusing on its use as a drawing and painting process. The course will start with a technical grounding, introducing innovative techniques that encourage spontaneous and diverse methods of mark-making. Work directly onto metal plates, developing images through various hand-applied techniques. Using new safer acid resists makes etching a much healthier process, using neither dangerous acids nor solvents. Following that, you will have time to develop plates using both copper and zinc to explore images and ways of creating images exploiting their etcherly qualities. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
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19-21 July 2025: join artist and printmaker Gillian Murray to develop with ample time your collagraph skills. This three day course will give plenty of opportunities to explore this technique. The first day will show you how to make and print your plate and the subsequent two days will give you time to develop the technique on new plates experimenting with chine collé, relief rolls, blind emboss and colours. A collagraph print is an impression taken from a collaged and textured plate. The plate in this case is mountboard on which your image is constructed using a variety of textured materials such as embossed wallpaper, cut out shapes, stickers, stamps, tissue, etc as well as gesso, glue, grit and cutting to make marks on the mountboard. Once finished and sealed with varnish, the plate is inked up and printed through an etching press. This creates rich textures and an embossed surface. Gillian Murray Biography: Gillian studied Fine Art (Printmaking) at Grays School of Art in Aberdeen, graduating in 1993. After a move to Edinburgh she became an employee at Edinburgh Printmakers in 1996 until 2017. This involved working on print projects with a host of local, national and international artists as well as teaching courses in screenprinting and collagraphs. She now dedicates more time to creating her own artwork as well as freelance teaching and editioning. In her own work she is facinated by the landscape from the textures and colours to it's form and composition. She is a professional member of the SSA and has exhibited widely in Britain and abroad. This course is part of our well-established and respected Summer School Programme, which gives printmakers of all skills levels valuable experience working with some of Scotland's most experienced practioners. It also entitles you to a FREE 4-month Associate Membership, which allows you to use the studio and consolidate your skills after the course. Image: Gillian Murray, Inner Sound, Loch Carron, screenprint and collagraph, 2022
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From 26-29 July 2025, this 4-day expanded practice summer course will give you the opportunity to develop your prints over more time with the guidance of Screenprint Technician James Harrison, or taking what you have learned and creating a new multi-layered print from the beginning. After 4 days, you will be comfortable and very familiar with the screenprinting process, and will have had time to experiment with different inks, layering approaches, and exposure techniques. Participants can produce a wide range of detailed marks such as painterly washes, linear drawings, stencil cutouts, photocopied images, text, and much more. Participants will learn the intricacies of the screenprint process, how to coat and expose screens, and how to print several coloured layers onto onto fine art paper.. During the course, each participant will work on their own print, developing it from idea to final printed work. Paper size will be approximately A3 with the printed area being around A4. This course uses water-based prints on paper which are not suitable for printing on textiles. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership, which allows you to use the studio and consolidate your skills. Image: Adam Wilson
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From 2-4 August this 3-day summer school will explore the possibilities of botanical printmaking, combining ecoprint and soft ground etching. We will gather plant material from the local area, looking at examples of commonly found dye plants around the Edinburgh Printmakers building and in the courtyard garden, discussing their properties and the colours they can give us. Ecoprint is the process of printing directly with plant material. During a steaming process the tannins in the plant materials will react to leave beautifully intricate impressions on the paper. Soft ground etching is the process by which we can press plant material into a soft tacky round and etch delicate impressions of the flowers or leaves into metal plates. Over the course of the summer school, we will experiment, combine and overlay these two processes, creating prints directly from the natural colour and shapes of plants. This course is part of our well-established and respected Summer School Programme, which gives printmakers of all skills levels valuable experience working with some of Scotlands most experienced practioners. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 4-month Associate Membership, which allows you to use the studio and consolidate your skills after the course.
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From Saturday 9 - Tuesday 12 August, explore ways of creating striking images with this simple yet powerful print medium process. Cutting images into wood or linoleum and inking up with colour can produce bold dramatic effects. During this course participants will explore the practicalities of reduction printing using Japanese ply and multi block printing using etched lino to explore the benefits of using different types of paper for printing. You will be shown various methods of registration, and print a small edition. This 4-day course is very hands-on, practical and fun. Bring a sketch or a simple digital printout. The image size will be up to a maximum of A4. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course is part of our well-established and respected Summer School Programme, which gives printmakers of all skills levels valuable experience working with some of Scotlands most experienced practioners. It also entitles you to a FREE 4-month Associate Membership, which allows you to use the studio and consolidate your skills after the course. Anupa Gardner is an Indian born artist based in Scotland working mainly in the field of printmaking. She graduated from Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, India, where she studied graphic design. Thereafter she moved to Scotland, graduating from Edinburgh College of Art with an MA in 2008. Anupa has taken on various roles in her career as designer, illustrator, educator, technician and editioner. She now concentrates on her own practice and continues to teach in Edinburgh College of Art and Edinburgh Printmakers. She also delivers a variety of workshops across Scotland. Image: Anupa Gardner
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From 20-22 September 2025. Kittie Jones, acclaimed artist and printmaker, will introduce you to this unique printmaking technique, all based around the discoveries made in her own practice. Initially, time will be spent exploring monochrome rub-away processes considering tone and mark. You will then be shown how to layer with colour to create rich and complex one-poff prints. During this expanded 3-day masterclass, you will be guided through the processes used by Kittie including working with layers of transparent colour and rub-away drawing techniques to create unique painterly prints. Kittie will share insights into her process of bringing lively sketches made outdoors into the print studio. Kittie Jones is an artist and educator based in Edinburgh. She graduated from Edinburgh College of Art and Edinburgh University in 2008 and now works from her studio in Leith, regularly exhibiting around the UK. Kittie's practice focuses on drawing and printmaking - she produces mixed media drawings on paper, multi-layered monotypes, and small edition screenprints. Kittie is inspired by the full sensory experience of time spent outdoors, most often along the east coast of Scotland. Much of her work is completed outside, and other sketches provide a starting point for prints and studio drawings. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills. Image: Kittie Jones
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From 20-21 September 2025 In this 2-day course, join printmaker and artist Rosalind Lawless for an in-depth exploration of colour and colour theory through the process of screenprinting. Throughout this weekend class you will become more confident in using colour and understanding its variables. Screenprinting is a fantastic process for achieving variety of hues and colours through the process of ratio to ink/medium and overlaying, which will be introduced and developed upon during this class. In this hands-on weekend course Ros will provide tuition and support in relation to colour mixing, utilising transparency, layer and colour theory while printing one of your own projects. Experience with screen printing is preferable. Rosalind Lawless is a printmaker, artist and educator based in Glasgow. She has been the recipient of the R.S.A William Littlejohn Award and the R.S.A Residencies for Scotland Award, Peacock and the Worm. In 2019 she was awarded a scholarship at the International Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, she was shortlisted for the AnnaLober/Dusseldorf Exchange and was awarded the Bet Low Trust Award. Her work has recently been acquired by the National Galleries of Modern Art, Edinburgh and has exhibited her work nationally and internationally. This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership, which allows you to use the studio and consolidate your skills after the course. This course is part of Castle Mills: Then & Now, a heritage project supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, made possible by money raised by National Lottery players.
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Running from November 2024 to March 2025 this series of five talks connects Edinburgh to 5 printmaking studios around the world. This programme of talks aims to build our relationships with similar printmaking studios around the world. Invited representatives of each studio, as well as artist members, students or collaborators will give a talk and introduce their organisation, work, projects and facilities to an international audience of creative printmakers. All talks will be on online using the video communication platform Zoom. The zoom link to access the talk will be shared with all attendees the day before each talk. All talks will be at 5pm (GMT), 6pm (European Central Time - GMT+1 ), and 12pm (Eastern Standard Time - GMT-4). If you have any questions about time zones, please get in touch. Thursday 7th November 2024: The Funen Printmaking Workshop - Denmark Thursday 12th December 2024: Kinngait Studios – Nunavut Canada Thursday 23rd January 2025: Powerhouse Arts – USA Thursday 27th February 2025: Fondazione Il Bisonte – Italy Thursday 13th March: Spike Print Studio – England Image credit: Uprooted Visions Symposium 2nd April 2023 The Art of Printmaking International is part of our heritage project Castle Mills: Then & Now supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, made possible by money raised by National Lottery players.
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3 for 2 Promo! Book any three of our popular Pick 'n' Mix printmaking classes and get one for free! Our Pick 'n' Mix courses are divided into three blocks, with four consecutive classes in each block. They take place on Wednesday and Thursday evenings srtarting from the first week of the month. Each class is bookable individually. Join in with as many as you like - perfect for picking and choosing how you want to experiment! Sign up for one, two or more Pick 'n' Mix Printmaking classes, join in for all of them, or just book one at a time. Each evening will explore a different type of process, often using lo-tech and immediate techniques so you can explore, create, experiment, have fun and learn along the way. Choose the workshop you want to book and select the corresponding date below. You can easily add multiple dates to your basket. Week 1, Drypoint Etching - 11th or 12th of September or 23rd or 24th of October Explore line and tone drawing and different inking techniques using etching needles and a sheet of acrylic. Printing onto paper and plaster. Week 2, Instant Collagraph - 18th or 19 September, or 30th or 31st of October Using a mixture of household and stationery materials to create an instant, printable, and highly textured plate. Week 3, Mono Screen Printing - 25th or 26th of September, or 6th or 7th of November Create a painterly monoprint with a screen and screenprinting inks. Week 4, Embossing - 2nd or 3rd of October, or 13th or 14th of November. Create an embossed image using cut card, found objects and an array of other materials. Week 5, Letterpress - 9th or 10th of October, or 20th or 21st of November Explore a word or phrase or make images with type using our extensive letterpress collection. Week 6, Repeat Pattern - 16th or 17th of October or 27th or 28th of November. Create your own repeat pattern using a simple but effective relief printing technique. You could make wallpaper, wrapping paper, or print onto fabric!
Learning Studio
Taking place over a series of six weeks, explore ways of creating striking images with this simple yet powerful print process. Taking place over six evenings from: Thursday 7 November 2024 Tuesday 4 February 2025 Tuesday 6 May 2025 Tuesday 4 November 2025 Cutting images into wood or linoleum and inking up with colour can produce bold and dramatic effects. This course will explore the diverse ways artists use this direct process, looking at the practicalities of reduction printing. This course is very hands-on, practical, and fun. You will be trying out lino & Japanese ply to cut from and explore the benefits of using different types of paper for printing. Please bring a sketch or a simple digital printout to work with. The image size will be up to a maximum of A4. Anupa Gardner is an Indian born artist based in Scotland working mainly in the field of printmaking. She graduated from Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, India, where she studied graphic design. Thereafter she moved to Scotland, graduating from Edinburgh College of Art with an MA in 2008. Anupa has taken on various roles in her career as designer, illustrator, educator, technician and editioner. She now concentrates on her own practice and continues to teach in Edinburgh College of Art and Edinburgh Printmakers. She also delivers a variety of workshops across Scotland. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! You can find out more about relief printing on our YouTube channel, here. This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills. Image: Alastair Kinroy
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Etching Weekend Courses provide the perfect introduction to etching, introducing innovative techniques that encourage spontaneous and diverse methods of mark-making. They take place Saturday-Sunday on the following dates: 9&10 November 2024 18&19 January 2025 15&16 March 2025 14&15 June 2025 27&28 September 2025 22&23 November 2025 Work directly onto metal plates, developing images through various hand-applied techniques. Using new, safer acid resists makes etching a much healthier process, using neither dangerous acids nor solvents. During the course participants will work on two etching plates, one copper and one zinc, introducing them to both of the metals and the mordants most commonly used at Edinburgh Printmakers. Participants will produce two images over the course (one on each metal) making use of a combination of techniques in each plate. The size of the plates will be 152 x 203mm (6 X 8 inches) A 15% Early Bird discount is available for bookings made 1 month prior to the start date! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills. Find out more about etching on our YouTube channel here.
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Accomplished artist and printmaker Gillian Murray will be focusing on the hand-drawn and painterly use of screenprinting during this weekend course that takes place Saturday-Sunday on the following dates: 9&10 November 2024 12&13 April 2025 22&23 November 2025 Create screenprint layers without computers, using brushes and paint, drawing materials, and with the aid of photo emulsion. Explore colour mixing, layering, and mark-making. This course is particularly suitable for those interested in approaching printmaking with an emphasis on drawing and painting, taking inspiration from Gillian through a hands-on approach to screenprinting. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
Print Studio
Refresher Sessions offer an opportunity to consolidate skills, gain valuable printmaking experience and spend time in the studio with dedicated staff support. During each session there will be a demonstration of a particular technique or process following which there is time and opportunity for you to develop your own prints. Unlike our more structured weekend courses, refresher courses can be used to develop your own prints at your own pace and explore whichever aspects of a process are more interesting or relevant to you. Time spent in refresher sessions gives you experience and counts towards your workshop induction so you become familiar with using the studio. Once you have attended a few of these sessions you are able to come back and take out a membership to use the studio outside of class hours and under your own steam. Who are refresher sessions for? - For lapsed members of EP - Printmakers with good experience in that process but new to EP - People who have completed a weekend course but are looking for some more support/assistance to build up confidence/experience before working in the studio Please Note: This course is NOT suitable for people with NO experience in Photo Plate Lithography - (our weekend access courses are intended for those new to a process) If you are unsure if you are suitably experienced to attend, we ask that you email us in advance of booking at alastair.clark@edinburghprintmakers.co.uk with the following information: - When was the last time you did litho? - What courses have you attended and where? - Do you have examples of prints you have printed yourself using this process? Please provide images if you can. - What other print studios have you worked in? Some people will be required to attend more than one refresher session before gaining access to membership and working unassisted in the print studio. This will be dependant on each individual's previous experience and the complexity of the particular print process.
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This weekend course covers the use of Photec as an acid resist. Taking place Saturday-Sunday on the following dates: 16&17 November 2024 26&27 April 2025 8&9 November 2025 Photec is a photopolymer film that can be adhered to a metal plate, exposed to a positive artwork on acetate, and developed in such a way that it can produce accurate photographic acid resist. This then allows a photographic image to be etched into a copper plate. The real advantage of this is that the photographic image, once bitten into the surface of the plate can be further worked into using other etching techniques. For this reason, previous etching experience is advised. During the course, participants will prepare their artwork digitally to be printed onto acetate and produce and print one photo etching plate on copper, they will also learn how to apply aquatint which can help to strengthen photo etching images. The size of the plates will be 152 x 203mm (6 X 8 inches). Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
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On this weekend course, students will explore a combination of mark-making, drawing, and found imagery to layer up in the screenprint process over a 2 day workshop by artist and printmaker Kelly Stewart. Taking place on the following dates: 16&17 November 2024 21&22 June 2025 Benefit from Kelly's unique and wonderful style of creating by working closely with her to learn about screenprinting from a loose and painterly perspective. Bring along drawings, ideas, and source material to be developed into a print. Individual layers will be exposed onto screens and printed by hand, creating imagery with a view to exploration and experimentation. Participants will receive guidance and support to produce unique multi-layered prints while having a great time in the process. Booking over a month in advance? Use our Early Bird tickets for 15% off! This course also entitles you to 3-months FREE Associate Membership in our studio to use the studio and consolidate your skills. Image: Kelly Stewart
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On Wednesday 20th November at 6pm, please join us for a talk by Curator Alice Strang on the unique heritage building of Fountainbridge Library. This talk is part of Edinburgh Printmaker's Edinburgh900 project 900 Stories in Print, aimed at collecting and publishing 900 industrial stories, engaging with communities in Fountainbridge and the west of Edinburgh. Free admission, all welcome but booking encouraged as spaces are limited. The talk will take place in the Fountainbridge Library on 137 Dundee Street, EH11 1BG. A small reception will follow. Alice Strang: Alice Strang is an independent Curator and Art Historian and a Senior Specialist in Modern and Contemporary Art at Lyon & Turnbull auctioneers. Whilst a Senior Curator at the National Galleries of Scotland, she curated many exhibitions and wrote or edited many publications about Modern Scottish and Modern British Art.
Fountainbridge Library
After the success of Gill’s event, we’re bringing back this series of talks for studio members only! On Thursday 21st November from 5.30 to 6.30pm, explore Edinburgh Printmakers archive with Head of Editions at EP, Alastair Clark. In the past 32 years, Alastair has worked on more than 300 print editions collaborating with artists such as Victoria Crowe, Alasdair Gray, Callum Innes, John Byrne and Rachel Maclean and many others. Alastair has led the studio for 16 years, as Assistant Director and Studio Director, following 3 years as Studio Coordinator and 11 years previously as Lithography Technician. He still remains hands on teaching Lithography and working with artists. In an informal exploration Alastair will dig out the separations, proofs and final prints of these artists and talk in detail about some of the processes involved. Covering a broad range of work including lithographs, screenprints, digital and mixed media and touching on working methods and stories behind the scenes as the prints were made. The event is aimed at experienced printmakers wanting to develop their understanding and get a glimpse into the collaborative process of editioning with artists as part of a studio print publishing programme. On the Archive series of events is part of our heritage project Castle Mills: Then & Now supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, made possible by money raised by National Lottery players.
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On the last weekend of the month, learn all about the dynamic and colorful process of screenprinting. This type of stencil can produce detailed marks such as painterly washes, linear drawings, photocopied images, and text. Participants will learn how to print their image in several coloured layers onto paper. To print, the screen is attached to a printing press, and acrylic based ink is pushed through the screen mesh onto paper using a squeegee blade. Each layer of colour is printed individually, taking care to register each new layer of ink on top of previously printed colours. During the course, each participant will work on their own print, creating 3-4 layers of colour onto paper. The process is explored through hands-on practice where participants learn the practical skills involved in making a screenprint. Paper size (& maximum image size) on the course is approximately 28 x 38cm. This course uses water-based inks on paper which are not suitable for printing on textiles. Booking over a month in advance? Use our Early Bird tickets for 15% off! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use in the studio and consolidate your skills. Learn more about screen printing on our YouTube channel here.
Print Studio
On this weekend course, work with acclaimed printmaker and artist Angie Lewin to create your own beautiful and delicate wood engravings. This weekend course takes place Saturday-Sunday on the: 23&24 November 2024 28&29 June 2024 Wood engraving is a relief printmaking process which, in contrast to woodcut, is generally smaller scale and involves engraving into the end-grain of a prepared woodblock. This method can reproduce fine detail and create a lively graphic image. During this course, you will produce a black and white print having learnt all stages of the process: transferring your initial drawing onto your woodblock, learning how to use the different engraving tools to create texture and line, and finally making prints from your woodblock. Wood engraving is a slow but satisfying process. Ideally you may have some drawing skills to benefit from this workshop, but this is not essential, and this course will suit all artists. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
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Full Price tickets = 1 Adult + 1 Child Family Print Club – These Sunday Funday sessions are designed for different generations to share an experience, explore some printmaking techniques, and have some fun into the bargain. 29 September: Experience your lego bricks in a completely new way! Ink up your bricks to create fun patterns and images. 27 October: Collage printing – create multi-coloured images with this fun technique using cut and layered inked up shapes. 24 November: Prints from the recycling bin – use cardboard, plastic and other materials to create some imaginative prints. 26 January: Mono screen printing - paint and print with a screen and a rainbow of colours. 23 February: Letterpress and simple bookmaking make some simple books and embellish them with lettering from our extensive collection of wooden letterpress blocks 30 March: Make your own family flag. Print on fabric and get creative while making your own family flag Price shown per session. Book one session or more as required. Full Price: 1 adult + 1 child Early bird price: 1 adult + 1 child Less than 1 week in advance: £35 for 1 adult + 1 child. Additional adult £20 Additional child £8
Learning Studio
If you are a printmaker or artist interested in becoming a member of our world class print studio, join us for an informal open evening. There will be a 15-minute tour of our facilities and then you'll have the chance to speak to our studio staff and current members to get a feel for what it's like working in the studio. Visitors will also be able to join our exclusive members' event Print and Tell, which offers current members the opportunity to share some of their work and stories relating to printmaking. This event is free but booking is essential. We look forward to welcoming you to the studio!
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On regular Fridays, have a drink and get creative with printmaking. Soft drinks will be provided. You can bring a small amount of your own alcohol. This event is a great opportunity to visit EP, socialise and get inspired! It's a surprise, so on the day you could be doing one of any of the following techniques: Kitchen sink lithography - using some surprising materials found in the kitchen, and a little bit of science magic, you’ll create your own individual series of prints. Drypoint etching from the recycling bin - We’ve done the hard work for you and raided the recycling bin so that you can try out this rewarding technique using drinks cans/tetrapac/or plastic milk cartons to create a dry point etched plate to ink up and print. Instant Collagraph - create a multi-coloured print using this jigsaw-style approach to printmaking , using textured wallpaper and other materials. Word Up! - Using our extensive collection of wooden letterpress, you will have the opportunity to play with words using colour, layout, and pattern. Mono Screenprint - This free-form approach to screenprinting allows you to explore mark-making and colour spontaneously, using ink, graphite, and charcoal.
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Join us on 30th November & 1st December to try your hand at dry-point during our Winter Print Fest. Tickets are bookable online, or in person on-the-day. During this 45 minute introduction to etching, this workshop will explore dry-point, a process where drawings and marks are printed directly from a plate made by the participant in the intaglio process. This workshop is suited for beginners. Book in advance of the 16th of December through this site, or on the day give us a call or pop by to check availability! We have plenty of workshops taking place over the weekend. If you're visiting Edinburgh Printmakers on our Open Weekend, book onto one of our building tours or explore our crafty Christmas market to make the most out of your visit! EP partners with the WelcoMe App by Neatebox, supporting visitors in indicating areas of, or specific assistance they might require. More information on accessibility can be found on our website. This event is supported by the City of Edinburgh Council & Fair Saturday Community Engagement Fund and supports the local community.
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Join us on 30th of November & 1st December to try your hand at lithography during our Christmas Open Weekend. Tickets are bookable online, or in person on-the-day. During this 45 minute introduction to litho, participants will take part in this spontaneous approach to mark-making. This workshop is suited for beginners. If you're visiting Edinburgh Printmakers on our Open Weekend, book onto one of our building tours or explore our crafty Christmas market to make the most out of your visit! EP partners with the WelcoMe App by Neatebox, supporting visitors in indicating areas of, or specific assistance they might require. More information on accessibility can be found via our website. This event is supported by the City of Edinburgh Council & Fair Saturday Community Engagement Fund and supports the local community.
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Join us on 30th of November & 1st of December to try your hand at monoprinting, using a roller ink and a printing press make unique printed art during our EP Winter Print Fest! Tickets are bookable online, or in person on-the-day. During this 45 minute introduction to screen monoprinting, participants will create a painterly mono print using a screen and screenprinting inks. This workshop is suited for beginners. Book in advance through this site, or on the day give us a call or pop by to check availability! We have plenty of workshops taking place over the weekend. If you're visiting Edinburgh Printmakers on our Open Weekend, book onto one of our building tours or explore our crafty Christmas market to make the most of your visit! EP partners with the WelcoMe App by Neatebox, supporting visitors in indicating areas of, or specific assistance they might require. More information on accessibility can be found on our website. Unique and individual as every person and print, these short workshops make up the bigger entity that will become THE MONOTHON! Each session lasts 45 minutes. Bookable in advance This event is supported by the City of Edinburgh Council & Fair Saturday Community Engagement Fund and supports the local community.
Print Studio
Join us on 30th of November & 1st of December to try your hand at screen monoprinting during our Christmas Open Weekend. Tickets are bookable online, or in person on-the-day. During this 45 minute introduction to screen monoprinting, participants will create a painterly mono print using a screen and screenprinting inks. This workshop is suited for beginners. Book in advance through this site, or on the day give us a call or pop by to check availability! We have plenty of workshops taking place over the weekend. If you're visiting Edinburgh Printmakers on our Open Weekend, book onto one of our building tours or explore our crafty Christmas market to make the most of your visit! EP partners with the WelcoMe App by Neatebox, supporting visitors in indicating areas of, or specific assistance they might require. More information on accessibility can be found on our website. This event is supported by the City of Edinburgh Council & Fair Saturday Community Engagement Fund and supports the local community.
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Join us on Saturday 30 November and Sun 1 December to explore Edinburgh Printmakers as part of our Christmas Open Weekend. Learn more about the rich heritage of our building, local area of Fountainbridge and the practice of printmaking. Booking required The tours provide a special opportunity to explore our heritage building, printmaking studio, archive and collections. Walk-in availability each day will be dependent on capacity. Please check with our front of house team. If you're visiting Castle Mills on our Open Weekend, try your hand at printmaking (workshops for children and adults are available to book) or explore our crafty Christmas market to make the most out of your visit! EP partners with the WelcoMe App by Neatebox, supporting visitors in indicating areas of, or specific assistance they might require. More information on accessibility can be found on our website.
Gallery
Join us on Saturday 30th November at 2pm for an informal talk, and cup of tea, with our Head of Editions, Alastair Clark. During our Winter Print Fest celebrations, this talk and demonstration will be an opportunity to learn more about the fascinating medium of Stone Lithography. Master Printmaker, Alastair Clark, has over 30 years experience working in the EP studio with this complex and magical medium, teaching, assisting studio members, and working collaboratively with various established artists, such as John Byrne, Victoria Crowe and Rachel Maclean. This event is part of our series, Unwrapped, focusing on rarely seen treasures of our Permanent Collection, deep diving into different media, techniques, themes and research into printmaking. Unwrapped is part of our heritage project Castle Mills: Then & Now supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, made possible by money raised by National Lottery players.
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Join us on Sunday 1st December at 11am for a deaf-led tour in British Sign Language delivered by Trudi Collier. Booking required Explore Edinburgh Printmakers, and learn more about the rich heritage of our building Castle Mills, the industrial history of Fountainbridge, and the practice of printmaking. The tours provide a special opportunity to visit our heritage building, printmaking studio, archive and collections. You'll get the chance to learn more about printmaking as a fine art form as well as the history of the Castle Mills building, from silk mill, to headquarters of the North British Rubber Factory for over 100 years and finally offices of the Scottish and Newcastle Breweries Ltd. Please note this tour is for British Sign Language users only, there will be no interpretation in English. We are hosting a building tour in spoken English at 2pm on the same day, click here for more info. EP partners with the WelcoMe App by Neatebox, supporting visitors in indicating areas of, or specific assistance they might require. More information can be found on our website accessibility page here.
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Join us on 1st December to create beautiful festive prints with a deceptively simply relief printing process, during our Ep Print Fest Open Weekend. Tickets are bookable online, or in person on-the-day. Book in advancethrough this site, or on the day give us a call or pop by to check availability! We have plenty of workshops taking place over the weekend. During this 45 minute introduction to relief printing, participants will see how cutting images into wood or linoleum and inking up colour can produce bold, dramatic effects. This workshop will explore the diverse range of ways which artists use this direct process. This workshop is suited for beginners. If you're visiting Edinburgh Printmakers on our Open Weekend, book onto one of our building tours or explore our crafty Christmas market to make the most of your visit! EP partners with the WelcoMe App by Neatebox, supporting visitors in indicating areas of, or specific assistance they might require. More information on accessibility can be found on our website. This event is supported by the City of Edinburgh Council & Fair Saturday Community Engagement Fund and supports the local community.
Print Studio
Join us on Sunday 1st December at 3pm for a demonstration on stone lithography with our resident artist Natasha Thomas. During our Winter Print Fest celebrations, this talk will be an opportunity to learn more about the fascinating medium of Stone Lithography and assist to a demonstration. Attendees will then be gifted a small Christmas token printed by Natasha! Natasha has been working in the EP Studio since June 2024, learning stone lithography from Master Printmaker and EP Head of Editions, Alastair Clark. She’s been fascinated by the contact with the stone and how it creates a unique quality of drawing. This event is part of our series, Unwrapped, focusing on rarely seen treasures of our Permanent Collection, deep diving into different media, techniques, themes and research into printmaking. Natasha Thomas has been awarded a residency period in the EP Studio from our Young Women Printmakers programme. This residency programme and the event series Unwrapped are both part of our heritage project Castle Mills: Then & Now supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, made possible by money raised by National Lottery players.
Print Studio
On Sunday 1st December at 4.30pm EP is hosting an informal roundtable talk with two of our studio members and current artist in residence, Natasha Thomas on their artistic practice with stone lithography. During our Winter Print Fest celebrations, this talk will be an opportunity to learn more about the fascinating medium of Stone Lithography and the individual experiences of three artists printmakers at different stages of their careers and relationship with the medium. Hear about how stone lithography fits within their broader artistic practice, learn more about courses, opportunities and residencies specific to the medium that are open to artists within Scotland and internationally. If you’d like to see a demonstration of stone lithography, Natasha will be giving one at 3pm, more info on how to book this here. This event is part of our series, Unwrapped, focusing on rarely seen treasures of our Permanent Collection, deep diving into different media, techniques, themes and research into printmaking. Unwrapped is part of our heritage project Castle Mills: Then & Now supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, made possible by money raised by National Lottery players.
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On Wednesday 4th December from 5.30 to 6.30pm, explore Edinburgh Printmakers archive with Master Printer Anupa Gardner. Anupa has worked on prints from Hannah Tuulikki, Mohammad Barrangi and Alberta Whittle and many other artists over the years as technician and tutor with Edinburgh Printmakers. In an informal exploration she will dig out the seperations, artwork and final prints of some of these artists and talk in detail about the techniques and processes involved. She will cover a broad range of work from relief to screenprint and will discuss colour choices, proofing and editioning notes and why the print was made in the first place. The event is aimed at experienced printmakers wanting to develop their understanding and get a glimpse into the collaborative process of editioning with artists as part of a studio print publishing programme. On the Archive series of events is part of our heritage project Castle Mills: Then & Now supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, made possible by money raised by National Lottery players
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Stone Litho Refresher Sessions offer an opportunity to consolidate skills, gain valuable printmaking experience, and spend time in the studio with dedicated staff support. During each session, there will be a demonstration of a particular technique or process following which there is time and opportunity for you to develop your prints. Unlike our more structured weekend courses, refresher sessions can be used to develop your own prints at your own pace and explore whichever aspects of a process are more interesting or relevant to you. Time spent in refresher sessions gives you experience and counts towards your workshop induction so you become familiar with using the studio. Once you have attended a few of these sessions you can come back and take out a membership to use the studio outside of class hours and under your own steam. Lithography has many steps, so please bring a notebook so you can refer back to your notes when you work independently in the studio. Who are refresher sessions for? - For lapsed members of EP - Printmakers with good experience in a specific process but are new to EP - People who have completed a weekend course in Stone Lithography but are looking for some more support/assistance to build up confidence before working in the studio Please Note: This course is NOT suitable for people with no experience in Stone Lithography - (our weekend access courses are intended for those new to a process) If you are unsure if you are suitably experienced to attend, we ask that you email us in advance of booking at alastair.clark@edinburghprintmakers.co.uk with the following information: - When was the last time you did stone lithography? - What courses have you attended and where? - Do you have examples of prints you have printed yourself using this process? If possible, please share some images. - What other print studios have you worked in? Some people will be required to attend more than one refresher session before gaining access to membership and working unassisted in the print studio. This will be dependent on each individual's previous experience and the complexity of the particular print process.
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Explore ways of creating striking images with this simple yet powerful print medium process. Relief Printing Weekends happen on a Saturday and a Sunday on the following dates: 5 & 6 October 2024 14&15 December 2024 15&16 February 2025 19&20 April 2025 21&22 June 2025 13&14 September 2025 18&19 October 2025 6&7 November 2025 Cutting images into wood or linoleum and inking up with colour can produce bold dramatic effects. This course will explore the diverse range of ways which artists use this direct process, looking at the practicalities of reduction printing (printing multiple layers from the same block, revealing colours through carving). On the 14th & 15th of December this weekend course will have a special festive theme. You can print cards, wrapping paper, or a beautiful fine art print to gift to a loved one. Book on to the 14th of December to join this special workshop! Please note - from 27 July 2025, this course will slightly change to have an emphasis on working with wood. It will be titled Wood Cut Printing Weekend, and will cover the same techniques but giving you more insight into working with the subtlety of wood, it's grain and how to print multiple colours with it. The skills learned will also be applicable to lino printing. This course is very hands-on, practical, and fun. You will be trying out lino and/or Japanese ply to cut from and explore the benefits of using different types so paper for printing. Bring a sketch or a simple digital file we can print out. The image size will be up to a maximum of A4. You can find out more about relief printing on our YouTube channel, here. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills. Image: Anupa Gardner
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Taking place over a series of six consecutive Wednesday evenings, this Etching Evening Course provides the perfect introduction to etching, exploring innovative techniques that encourage spontaneous and diverse methods of mark-making. The first class of each course will take place on the following dates: 22 January 2025 16 April 2025 2 September 2025 Work directly onto metal plates, developing images through various hand applied techniques. Using new safer acid resists makes etching a much healthier process, using neither dangerous acids nor solvents. Find out more about etching on our YouTube channel here. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
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Learn all about Toyobo (or photopolymer gravure) with Leena Nammari RSA on the following dates: 12&13 October 2024 1&2 February 2025 6&7 September 2025 An innovative new printmaking process that uses remarkable water-washable photopolymer plates which are both fast and safe, Toyobo produces results similar to the 19th-century process of photogravure. Although the course will be of interest to all artists, it is particularly suitable for those working with photographic and digital imaging who wish to produce high-quality original prints. The course focuses on understanding the intricacies of the processes, exploring how to prepare images for the process, and how to identify works best for each technique. The course is very hands-on. During the course, each person will produce one A5 image. The process has a high digital imaging content, explaining how to manipulate the image before exposing it to the photopolymer. Experience of Photoshop is advisable to make the most of the course. Comprehensive step-by-step notes will be provided. If possible, bring your laptop with you, and it is preferable if you have Photoshop or Photoshop Express installed. If you do not have a laptop, please bring along photographic images either on a USB stick, CD, or as photographic prints to be scanned. There are limited communal computers in the studio. Leena Nammari is a Palestinian artist printmaker based in Scotland. She has exhibited within Scotland, Europe, Palestine, and Australia as part of group exhibitions and has had several solo exhibitions. She is an expert printmaker in all aspects of printmaking, though she has also worked in film, photography, bronze, and ceramics. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Fine Art Printmaking from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee, where she also compelted her MFA in Arts & Humanities. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
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Drawing directly onto a prepared limestone surface allows a spontaneous approach to mark-making. Find out how artists with wide-ranging styles, such as MC Escher, Jasper Johns, Pablo Picasso, and Kathe Kolwitz, have delighted in the subtleties of the stone. This 1-day taster class will give you the opportunity to make a print, find out what stone is about before you might consider one of our Expanded Practice (3-days) or Evening Courses (6 evenings) in Stone Lithography. Taster classes are not access classes, so you will not be able to use the studio once the course is completed. If you wish to do so, please book onto one of our longer courses.
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In this unique 3-day course on 8-10 February with Bronwen Sleigh RSA (elect), a visual artist and printmaker, create printed works in response to the rich local built heritage of Fountainbridge, which was once the city's powerhouse of industry. Working with Sleigh’s methodology and the beautiful process of etching and multi-plate printing you will have the opportunity to investigate our attitudes to space as expressed through architecture and its relationship to the landscape. This course will include an inspiring walk around the local area to collect resources, an introduction to Sleigh's working methodologies and her technical approach to etching. During the course participants will work on two etching plates using the techniques of hard ground and aquatint. Participants will produce one image using two plates over the course. The size of the plates will be 152 x 203mm (6 X 8 inches). Participants are encouraged to bring cameras, sketch pads, and other resources that will aid them in acquiring materials for drawing. On the day, we will provide archival materials, such as catalogues, records and photos of the North British Rubber Company and Scottish & Newcastle Breweries Ltd who used to be located in Fountainbridge, as well of areal shots, old drawings and maps of the Lochrin Basin and Union Canal from the mid 1800s to today. A 15% Early Bird discount is available for bookings made 1 month prior to the start date! Find out more about etching on our YouTube channel here. Learn more about Bronwen Sleigh here. This course entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills. This course is part of Castle Mills: Then & Now, a heritage project supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, made possible by money raised by National Lottery players.
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Join us to develop beautiful contemporary prints using the Japanese traditional process of Mokuhanga. 8th & 9th of February 2025 11th & 12th October 2025 What is Mokuhanga, and what are Ukiyo-e prints? Both terms refer to Japanese woodblock prints: those images one associates with such a Hiroshige, Kuniyoshi, Utamaro and Hokusai, who produced beautiful prints of luminous colour around 150-200 years ago during the Japanese Edo (present-day Tokyo) period. This form of printmaking was know as 'Ukiyo-e', or 'prints from the floating world'. Birds and flowers were extremely populaar themes at that time, as were landscapes, women, actors and historical figures. The class will cover the use and maintenance of Japanese tools for carving, the kento registration system, asian papers, printing with a baren and the use of waterbased pigments. Unlike the original way of carving (whereby a hard end-grain wood, usually cherry or similiar fruit wood would be used to achieve the finest detail using tools which resemble wood engraving tools), we will be cutting sheets of plywood faced with bass wood using basic cutting tools. The basswood cuts very easily and is a good 'starter' for for learning the process. What makes this process so attractive and accessible? As well the beautiful stylistic features of Mokuhanga ( the diffused, watercolour effect) the materials required are not expensive and are readily available. Water based paint or inks are used to print the blocks, rendering the technique both safe and clean, and blocks are printed easily by hand means that the process can be done easily at home or in a classroom. Contemporary Japanese printmakers often produce prints of an impressive scale at home using this technique. Elspeth Lamb is a professional artist who has undertaken several residencies in Japan since 2000 to study Mokuhanga and oriental papermaking. She is a member and regular exhibitor at the royal Scottish Academy.
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Join us for our 6-week series of screenprinting classes. This class will give participants time to learn the dynamic and colourful process of screenprinting. The first class of each six week course is on: Thursday 31 October 2024 Tuesday 18 February 2025 Tuesday 14 October 2025 During this evening course, each participant will develop their screenprint practice by creating multi-layered prints using an array of techniques, from painterly washes, textures, linear drawings, and photographic bitmaps to lean flat areas, colour blends, and typography. This evening course will give participants the time to think, re-think, create and re-create artwork between each class, helping them delve into various aspects of their print purchase. To print, the screen is attached to a printing press and acrylic based ink is pushed through the screen mesh onto paper using a squeegee blade. Each layer of colour is printed individually, taking care to register each new ink layer on top of the previous. The process is explored through hands-on practice where participants learn practical skills involved in making a screen print. Paper size (& maximum image size) on the course is approximately 28 x 38cm. This course uses water-based inks on paper which are not suitable for printing on textiles. Booking over a month in advance? Use our Early Bird tickets for 15% off! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
Print Studio
In this three-hour workshop, learn how to use traditional Japanese calligraphy brushes to write your name in Japanese. Then, convert your name into a lino print Hanko (a carved stamp used in Japan as a signature). Artist and printmaker Kanae Saiki will guide you through the process of writing your name and printing your block. This course is open to all. Children are welcome when accomanied by an adult.
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Experiment with all the freedom and subtlety of a lithograph without grinding stones and with minimal processing. Photo Lithography Weekend takes place Saturday-Sunday on the following dates: 19&20 October 2024 1&2 March 2025 4&5 October 2025 Explore layering images in colour to create painterly prints with a delicacy of mark and tone, characteristic to this medium. This course concentrates on using light-sensitive aluminium photo plates. These plates can produce detailed marks such as painterly washes, linear drawings, photocopied images, photographs, digital images, and text. Participants will learn how to print their images in several coloured layers onto paper. Each layer of colour is printed individually, taking care to register each new layer of ink on top of previously printed colours. Find out more about photo plate lithography on our YouTube channel here. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
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Draw on Gillian Murray's vast experience of working in collagraph during our weekend course, which takes place on a Saturday and Sunday o the following dates: 19 & 20 October 2024 8&9 March 2025 10&11 May 2025 11&12 October 2025 A collagraph is a print taken from a collaged plate. This weekend course allows ample time and opportunity to explore this deceptively simple and versatile technique. The course will explore making plates using different types of materials such as wallpaper, feathers, leaves, and string, sticking them down onto a piece of card which is then varnished. When ready, the ‘plate’ is then inked up and printed onto paper, creating rich textures and an embossed surface. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills. Image: Gillian Murray
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On Saturday 8 March 2025, join artist and printmaker Christian Noelle Charles to explore the imaginative, expressive techniques of screenprinting. Expect the unexpected by manipulating your image on the screen in the painterly approach to screenprinting, which reflects CC's practice and works in the her previous exhibition at Edinburgh Printmakers. Artist Christian Noelle Charles presented WHAT A FEELING | ACT I at Edinburgh Printmakers in summer 2023. This unique presentation of screenprints was the first part of an exploration project discussing the topics of racial identity, inequality, care and love through the Black Feminine Lens.WHAT A FEELING | ACT I was part of the 2023 Edinburgh Art Festival. For more information, visit the exhibition's viewing room on our website. Image: Christian Noelle Charles, GESTURE I, screenprint, 2023. Image courtesy of the artist.
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On 22-23 March, Kittie Jones will introduce you to this unique printmaking technique, based on discoveries made in her own print practice. Initially, time will be spent exploring monochrome rub-away processes considering tone and mark. You will then be shown how to layer with colour to create rich and complex one-off prints. During this masterclass, you will be guided through the processes used by the artist including working with layers of transparent colour and rub-away drawing techniques to create unique, painterly prints. Kittie will share insights from her own process of bringing lively sketches made outdoors into the print studio. Kittie Jones is an artist and educator based in Edinburgh. She graduated from Edinburgh College of Art and Edinburgh University in 2008 and now works from her studio in Leith, regularly exhibiting around the UK. Kittie's practice focuses on drawing and printmaking - she produces mixed media drawings on paper, multi-layered monotypes, and small edition screenprints. Kittie is inspired by the full sensory experience of time spent outdoors, most often along the east coast of Scotland. Much of her work is completed outside, and other sketches provide a starting point for prints and studio drawings. Booking over a month in advance? Book our Early Bird tickets for 15% off! This course entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills. Image: Kittie Jones
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On Saturday 5th of April, join artist Kelly Stewart for a day of drawing inspired by samples of Australian Flora brought from her native country. Interested in learning more about printing and bookbinding your drawings? Join us for Kelly's full three-day course to learn about mark making, exposing onto screens for printing and how to hand-stitch and bind your prints into a hardcover artist book. Find out more on the event page here. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets!
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On Sat 5-Mon 7 April 2025, join artist Kelly Stewart for this unique course. The workshop offers an opportunity to focus on mark-making and drawings with the theme of Australian Flora. Tutor and artist Kelly Stewart has recently spent time in her native country and will be bringing back samples of Australian Flora as resource materials for this course. During this 3-day workshop, you will be converting drawings and mark making from day 1 into the screen printing process on day 2, followed by the final day of bookbinding where your beautiful flora inspired prints will become your very own artist book. You will learn how to combine layers of mark-making by using a range of materials to draw and paint directly onto films, which will then be exposed onto screens for printing. You'll also learn how to mix inks with a view to layer and overlap their imagery onto a range of papers. Subsequently you will be though how to hand stitch and bind your prints into a hardcover artist book. Do you already know how to screen print and/or bookbind, but are interested in having the unique opportunity to draw from samples of beautiful Australian Flora? You can book onto the drawing day independently here. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course is part of our well-established and respected Summer School Programme, which gives printmakers of all skills levels valuable experience working with some of Scotlands most experienced practioners. It also entitles you to a FREE 4-month Associate Membership, which allows you to use the studio and consolidate your skills after the course.
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Learn how to print using the mokolito technique, also know as wood lithography - a unique form of printmaking. This weekend course runs Saturday-Sunday on the following dates: 5 & 6 of April 2025 13 & 14 September 2025 Developed in Japan in the 1970s, the process uses plywood as the printing surface and draws on the principles of lithography, specifically the antipathy between grease and water. Greasy materials, such as tusche, crayons, and autographic inks, are used to draw and paint imagery on the sanded plywood matrix and which is then processed. Mokulito has the benefit that additional reductive marks can be cut into the surface as with relief printing, so that when printed the drawn and cut marks sit together with the ghostly impressions of the wood grain to create a beautiful, contrasted image. This course is suitable for beginners as well as experienced practitioners. Booking over a month in advance? Use our Early Bird discount for 15% off! This course entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills. This course is part of Castle Mills: Then & Now, a heritage project supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, made possible by money raised by National Lottery players.
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Taking place over a series of six weeks on Tuesdays, explore the original type of lithography still favoured by many artists. The first class of each 6-week course is on the 8 April 2025 7 October 2025 Drawing directly onto a prepared limestone surface gives opportunity for a spontaneous approach to mark-making. Find out how artists with wide-ranging styles, from MC Escher, Picasso, Jasper Johns, and Kathe Kolwitz, have delighted in the subtleties of the stone. Taking place over six evenings, this course gives a comprehensive introduction to stone lithography and is suitable for people without previous lithography experience or for those wishing to refresh their skills. Emphasis is given to stone lithography as a drawing and painting medium, working directly on this wonderful robust drawing surface. Focusing on learning the process and working mainly in monochrome, we will explore traditional approaches to mark-making as well as alternative drawing methods. Learn all about processing images on stone and how to stabilise the image for printing before taking several prints to show the development of your drawing at different stages. During the course we will work to approximately A3 size: 28 x 38.5cm Find out more about stone lithography on our YouTube channel here. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
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This course is ideal for individuals who have previously participated in our relief weekend or evening courses, or those with some background in relief printing seeking to enhance their skills with established artist and printmaker Anupa Gardner. This Advanced Weekend Course takes place Saturday-Sunday on the following dates: 12&13 October 2024 12&13 April 2025 4&5 October 2025 On Saturday, participants will explore different 'resists' and build up layers of etch on their lino blocks using caustic soda paste while also using traditional cutting methods. There will be the opportunity to create a collagraph block and proof the blocks. Later in the day participants will be introduced to colour, multiplate printing, and registration. On Sunday, participants will continue working on their blocks for a short time. The remainder of the day will be dedicated to exploring various printmaking techniques, such as Chine Colle, paper stencilling, and combining collagraph with relief printing. Anupa Gardner is an Indian-born artist based in Scotland, working mainly in printmaking. She graduated from Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, India, where she studied graphic design. Thereafter, she moved to Scotland, graduating from Edinburgh College of Art with an MA in 2008. Anupa has taken on various roles in her career as designer, illustrator, educator, technician, and editioner. She now concentrates on her own practice and continues to teach at Edinburgh College of Art and Edinburgh Printmakers. She also delivers a variety of workshops across Scotland. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills. Image: Anupa Gardner
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From 19-21 April, and 1-3 November, benefit from an extended 3-day expanded practice course! Join us for our Stone Lithography Expanded Practice 3-day class with experienced lithographer and artist Alastair Clark. Not sure if you want to committ to three days? Try our Stone Litho Taster Classes first! Stone Lithography, the original type of lithography, is still favoured by many artists. Drawing directly onto a prepared limestone surface gives opportunity for a spontaneous approach to mark-making. Find out how artists with wide ranging styles, from MC Escher, Picasso, Jasper Johns, and Kathe Kolwitz, have delighted in the subtleties of the stone. Thiscourse gives a comprehensive introduction to stone lithography, and is suitable for people without previous lithography experience or for those wishing to refresh their skills. Emphasis is given to stone lithography as a drawing and painting medium, working directly on this wonderful robust drawing surface. Learn how to paint with water-tusche washes, achieving the astonishing 'reticulated washes' peculiar to stone lithography. Initially focusing on learning the process and working in monochrome, we will explore traditional approaches to mark-making using tusche crayon and wash as well as alternative drawing methods. Learn all about processing of images on stone and how to stabilise the image for printing before taking a number of prints to show the development of your drawing at different stages. Move on to look at how to add additional colours to produce layered colour prints. During the course we will work to aprox. A3: 28 x 38.5cm. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
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Learn about Cyanotype or ‘blue print’ - one of photography’s oldest printing methods. Reminiscent of the alchemists of yesteryear, you can use a negative image on acetate, a drawing on tracing paper, or even real objects to create a stunning image without a camera. Leena Nammari is a Palestinian artist printmaker based in Scotland. She has exhibited within Scotland, Europe, Palestine, and Australia as part of group exhibitions and has had a number of solo exhibitions. She is an expert printmaker, in all aspects of printmaking, though she has also worked in film, photography, bronze, and ceramics. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Fine Art Printmaking from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee where she also completed her MFA in Arts & Humanities. ABOUT TASTER WORKSHOPS Please note that short Taster workshops are not intended as stand-alone access courses. Due to the short nature of this workshop, we do a lot of the preparation for you and streamline the process so you get a finished print at the end of the day. This does mean that you will need more training before you are self-sufficient in this process and can work in the studio without assistance. To use Edinburgh Printmakers' open-access studio facilities, you will need to attend a weekend/evening course or refresher/induction class before becoming a member. How much further training is required is based on each individual’s previous printmaking experience. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets!
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On 5-6 July, combine plate lithography and monoprinting techniques in this exploratory 3-day workshop led by printmaker and artist Alastair Clark. Start by working on acetates with various drawing, painting, or digital materials and then exposing these directly onto an aluminium photo plate. These plates can produce detailed marks such as painterly washes, liner drawings, digital images, photographs, and text. Then delve into layering, printing plates and exploring how to build prints up in colours using lithography, combining simple monoprinting techniques and diving into some colour theory along the way. This hands on course will allow for a playful exploration of how to approach lithography in a creative way, harnessing the delicacy of mark and tone characteristic to this medium. This course is part of our well-established and respected Summer School Programme, which gives printmakers of all skills levels valuable experience working with some of Scotlands most experienced practioners. It also entitles you to a FREE 4-month Associate Membership, which allows you to use the studio and consolidate your skills after the course. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets!
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On 12-14 of July 2025 join us for painterly & drawn approaches to etching with Robert Powell. This 3-day course provides the perfect introduction to the medium of etching focusing on its use as a drawing and painting process. The course will start with a technical grounding, introducing innovative techniques that encourage spontaneous and diverse methods of mark-making. Work directly onto metal plates, developing images through various hand-applied techniques. Using new safer acid resists makes etching a much healthier process, using neither dangerous acids nor solvents. Following that, you will have time to develop plates using both copper and zinc to explore images and ways of creating images exploiting their etcherly qualities. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
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19-21 July 2025: join artist and printmaker Gillian Murray to develop with ample time your collagraph skills. This three day course will give plenty of opportunities to explore this technique. The first day will show you how to make and print your plate and the subsequent two days will give you time to develop the technique on new plates experimenting with chine collé, relief rolls, blind emboss and colours. A collagraph print is an impression taken from a collaged and textured plate. The plate in this case is mountboard on which your image is constructed using a variety of textured materials such as embossed wallpaper, cut out shapes, stickers, stamps, tissue, etc as well as gesso, glue, grit and cutting to make marks on the mountboard. Once finished and sealed with varnish, the plate is inked up and printed through an etching press. This creates rich textures and an embossed surface. Gillian Murray Biography: Gillian studied Fine Art (Printmaking) at Grays School of Art in Aberdeen, graduating in 1993. After a move to Edinburgh she became an employee at Edinburgh Printmakers in 1996 until 2017. This involved working on print projects with a host of local, national and international artists as well as teaching courses in screenprinting and collagraphs. She now dedicates more time to creating her own artwork as well as freelance teaching and editioning. In her own work she is facinated by the landscape from the textures and colours to it's form and composition. She is a professional member of the SSA and has exhibited widely in Britain and abroad. This course is part of our well-established and respected Summer School Programme, which gives printmakers of all skills levels valuable experience working with some of Scotland's most experienced practioners. It also entitles you to a FREE 4-month Associate Membership, which allows you to use the studio and consolidate your skills after the course. Image: Gillian Murray, Inner Sound, Loch Carron, screenprint and collagraph, 2022
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From 26-29 July 2025, this 4-day expanded practice summer course will give you the opportunity to develop your prints over more time with the guidance of Screenprint Technician James Harrison, or taking what you have learned and creating a new multi-layered print from the beginning. After 4 days, you will be comfortable and very familiar with the screenprinting process, and will have had time to experiment with different inks, layering approaches, and exposure techniques. Participants can produce a wide range of detailed marks such as painterly washes, linear drawings, stencil cutouts, photocopied images, text, and much more. Participants will learn the intricacies of the screenprint process, how to coat and expose screens, and how to print several coloured layers onto onto fine art paper.. During the course, each participant will work on their own print, developing it from idea to final printed work. Paper size will be approximately A3 with the printed area being around A4. This course uses water-based prints on paper which are not suitable for printing on textiles. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership, which allows you to use the studio and consolidate your skills. Image: Adam Wilson
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From 2-4 August this 3-day summer school will explore the possibilities of botanical printmaking, combining ecoprint and soft ground etching. We will gather plant material from the local area, looking at examples of commonly found dye plants around the Edinburgh Printmakers building and in the courtyard garden, discussing their properties and the colours they can give us. Ecoprint is the process of printing directly with plant material. During a steaming process the tannins in the plant materials will react to leave beautifully intricate impressions on the paper. Soft ground etching is the process by which we can press plant material into a soft tacky round and etch delicate impressions of the flowers or leaves into metal plates. Over the course of the summer school, we will experiment, combine and overlay these two processes, creating prints directly from the natural colour and shapes of plants. This course is part of our well-established and respected Summer School Programme, which gives printmakers of all skills levels valuable experience working with some of Scotlands most experienced practioners. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 4-month Associate Membership, which allows you to use the studio and consolidate your skills after the course.
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From Saturday 9 - Tuesday 12 August, explore ways of creating striking images with this simple yet powerful print medium process. Cutting images into wood or linoleum and inking up with colour can produce bold dramatic effects. During this course participants will explore the practicalities of reduction printing using Japanese ply and multi block printing using etched lino to explore the benefits of using different types of paper for printing. You will be shown various methods of registration, and print a small edition. This 4-day course is very hands-on, practical and fun. Bring a sketch or a simple digital printout. The image size will be up to a maximum of A4. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course is part of our well-established and respected Summer School Programme, which gives printmakers of all skills levels valuable experience working with some of Scotlands most experienced practioners. It also entitles you to a FREE 4-month Associate Membership, which allows you to use the studio and consolidate your skills after the course. Anupa Gardner is an Indian born artist based in Scotland working mainly in the field of printmaking. She graduated from Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, India, where she studied graphic design. Thereafter she moved to Scotland, graduating from Edinburgh College of Art with an MA in 2008. Anupa has taken on various roles in her career as designer, illustrator, educator, technician and editioner. She now concentrates on her own practice and continues to teach in Edinburgh College of Art and Edinburgh Printmakers. She also delivers a variety of workshops across Scotland. Image: Anupa Gardner
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From 20-22 September 2025. Kittie Jones, acclaimed artist and printmaker, will introduce you to this unique printmaking technique, all based around the discoveries made in her own practice. Initially, time will be spent exploring monochrome rub-away processes considering tone and mark. You will then be shown how to layer with colour to create rich and complex one-poff prints. During this expanded 3-day masterclass, you will be guided through the processes used by Kittie including working with layers of transparent colour and rub-away drawing techniques to create unique painterly prints. Kittie will share insights into her process of bringing lively sketches made outdoors into the print studio. Kittie Jones is an artist and educator based in Edinburgh. She graduated from Edinburgh College of Art and Edinburgh University in 2008 and now works from her studio in Leith, regularly exhibiting around the UK. Kittie's practice focuses on drawing and printmaking - she produces mixed media drawings on paper, multi-layered monotypes, and small edition screenprints. Kittie is inspired by the full sensory experience of time spent outdoors, most often along the east coast of Scotland. Much of her work is completed outside, and other sketches provide a starting point for prints and studio drawings. Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills. Image: Kittie Jones
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From 20-21 September 2025 In this 2-day course, join printmaker and artist Rosalind Lawless for an in-depth exploration of colour and colour theory through the process of screenprinting. Throughout this weekend class you will become more confident in using colour and understanding its variables. Screenprinting is a fantastic process for achieving variety of hues and colours through the process of ratio to ink/medium and overlaying, which will be introduced and developed upon during this class. In this hands-on weekend course Ros will provide tuition and support in relation to colour mixing, utilising transparency, layer and colour theory while printing one of your own projects. Experience with screen printing is preferable. Rosalind Lawless is a printmaker, artist and educator based in Glasgow. She has been the recipient of the R.S.A William Littlejohn Award and the R.S.A Residencies for Scotland Award, Peacock and the Worm. In 2019 she was awarded a scholarship at the International Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, she was shortlisted for the AnnaLober/Dusseldorf Exchange and was awarded the Bet Low Trust Award. Her work has recently been acquired by the National Galleries of Modern Art, Edinburgh and has exhibited her work nationally and internationally. This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership, which allows you to use the studio and consolidate your skills after the course. This course is part of Castle Mills: Then & Now, a heritage project supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, made possible by money raised by National Lottery players.
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