Winter/Spring Courses 2012
New Year. New Courses! The latest programme of print workshops at Hot Bed Press are now taking bookings.
We have a cornucopia of courses for you to start off 2012 with a new experience. Introducing The Printed Product, The Chapbook, Illustrated Book and presentation boxes to our ever popular Poster Printing, Print Starter, Photoscreen and Expressive Etching courses. We are also pleased to welcome guest tutors Rebecca Salter and John Brewer to give us their expertise on Japanese Woodcut and the art of Cyanotypes. Bookings are flooding in quite literally and we are all looking forward to an exciting programme.
Look out also for the artist talks and demonstrations to be announced soon.
For more information on each course see below.
Poster Printing
4 Evenings Course
Starting: Monday 6th February 2012
Ending: Monday 27th February 2012
From:
6:00 pm to
9:00 pm
Hot Bed Press is proud to once again offer this very popular course which will introduce you to printing your own t-shirts and posters giving them a unique… Read more...
Cost: £135.00 / £115.00 members
Provisionally Full.
Please ask to be put on the reserve list
Print Starter Pack
5 Evenings Course
Starting: Monday 6th February 2012
Ending: Monday 5th March 2012
From:
6:30 pm to
9:00 pm
This is an ideal introduction to printmaking. Over 5 evenings learn monoprinting, drypoint, collagraph and lino printing. Each process has its own quality. As… Read more...
Cost: £125.00 / £105.00 members
Fully booked
More Poster Printing
4 Evenings Course
Starting: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Ending: Wednesday 29th February 2012
From:
6:00 pm to
9:00 pm
Hot Bed Press is proud to once again offer this very popular course which will introduce you to printing your own t-shirts and posters giving them a unique… Read more...
Cost: £135.00 / £115.00 members
Spaces available
The Complete Bookmaker
8 Evenings Course
Starting: Wednesday 15th February 2012
Ending: Wednesday 4th April 2012
From:
6:00 pm to
9:00 pm
Over 8 evenings explore narrative and sequence, form and content, text and image, inspired by contemporary examples of artists’ books. You will learn how to… Read more...
Cost: £200.00 / £180.00 members
Spaces available
Presentation Boxes
Weekend Course
Starting: Saturday 3rd March 2012
Ending: Sunday 4th March 2012
From:
10:00 am to
4:00 pm
On day one, learn how to make a beautiful portfolio box, perfect for the presentation of prints, drawings and photographs. Day two will teach you the… Read more...
Cost: £125.00 / £105.00 members
Spaces available
Gum Arabic Transfer
Weekend Course
Starting: Saturday 3rd March 2012
Ending: Sunday 4th March 2012
From:
11:00 am to
5:00 pm
This incredibly effective method uses photocopies saturated with gum arabic to create photo-resist that when rolled over with ink can hold the ink just like a… Read more...
Cost: £125.00 / £105.00 members
Spaces available
The Illustrated Book
4 evenings Course
Starting: Tuesday 6th March 2012
Ending: Tuesday 27th March 2012
From:
6:00 pm to
9:00 pm
Create your own hand-made book with between 4 and 6 relief printed illustrations. You will be shown how to plan your book and to cut and print your… Read more...
Cost: £125.00 / £105.00 members
Spaces available
Masterclass
Cyanotype and Van Dyke Brown Printing
Weekend Course
Starting: Saturday 10th March 2012
Ending: Sunday 11th March 2012
From:
11:00 am to
5:00 pm
Part photography, part printmaking, these fascinating techniques transform photographs into intense images that have great depth and impact. John will take you… Read more...
Cost: £135.00 / £115.00 members
Provisionally Full.
Please ask to be put on the reserve list
Devoré Print
Weekend Course
Starting: Saturday 17th March 2012
Ending: Sunday 18th March 2012
From:
11:00 am to
5:00 pm
This fascinating process may be thought of as etching on fabric. It is most usually used on specially woven mixed fibres. A design can be screen-printed or the… Read more...
Cost: £125.00 / £105.00 members
Spaces available
Expressive Etching
5 evenings Course
Starting: Monday 19th March 2012
Ending: Monday 23rd April 2012
From:
6:30 pm to
9:00 pm
Taking a lively and painterly approach to etching this course will bring in new ideas and ways of working and will include working with sugar-lift, Vaseline… Read more...
Cost: £125.00 / £105.00 members
Spaces available
More Photo Screenprinting
Weekend Course
Starting: Saturday 24th March 2012
Ending: Sunday 25th March 2012
From:
10:00 am to
4:00 pm
Screenprinting is quick, colourful and can be as sophisticated or as simple as you like. Create your own photo-screens by laying down base colours with simple… Read more...
Cost: £135.00 / £115.00 members
Spaces available
The Chapbook Weekend
Weekend Course
Starting: Saturday 24th March 2012
Ending: Sunday 25th March 2012
From:
11:00 am to
5:00 pm
A chapbook is a pocket-sized booklet popular from the 16th to the 19th Centuries, revitalized in the last 20 years. Over this weekend you will be shown how to… Read more...
Cost: £135.00 / £115.00 members
Spaces available
More Print Starter Pack
5 Evenings Course
Starting: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Ending: Tuesday 8th May 2012
From:
6:30 pm to
9:00 pm
This is an ideal introduction to printmaking. Over 5 evenings learn monoprinting, drypoint, collagraph and lino printing. Each process has its own quality. As… Read more...
Cost: £125.00 / £105.00 members
Spaces available
The Printed Product
Weekend Course
Starting: Saturday 21st April 2012
Ending: Sunday 22nd April 2012
From:
10:00 am to
4:00 pm
During the two-day course, not only will you learn how to put your own designs onto screen and print them onto fabric, you'll also be shown how to embellish… Read more...
Cost: £135.00 / £115.00 members
Spaces available
Masterclass
Japanese Woodcut
Weekend Course
Starting: Saturday 21st April 2012
Ending: Sunday 22nd April 2012
From:
10:00 am to
4:00 pm
We are very pleased to welcome back Rebecca Salter to Hot Bed Press. Rebecca has written books on Japanese woodblock printing and is a well renowned artist and… Read more...
Cost: £135.00 / £115.00 members
Provisionally Full.
Please ask to be put on the reserve list
The Art of Risograph
1 Day Workshop Course
Starting: Sunday 29th April 2012
Ending: Sunday 29th April 2012
From:
11:00 am to
5:00 pm
Come and see the possibilities of the Risograph. It looks like a photocopier but it uses real ink and has a lovely quality, somewhere between screenprinting… Read more...
Cost: £55.00 / £45.00 members
Spaces available
