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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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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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Taking place over a series of six weeks on Thursdays, explore the original type of lithography still favoured by many artists. The first class of each 6-week course is on the 20 February 2025 9 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: 26 x 36.5cm 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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From 19-21 April, 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.
Print Studio
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. Alternatively, Introduction to Lithography gives a 2 day opportunity to explore both Plate and 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.
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
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.
Print Studio
Taking place over a series of six weeks on Thursdays, explore the original type of lithography still favoured by many artists. The first class of each 6-week course is on the 20 February 2025 9 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: 26 x 36.5cm 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.
Print Studio
From 19-21 April, 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.
Print Studio
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. Alternatively, Introduction to Lithography gives a 2 day opportunity to explore both Plate and 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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