Experimental Print Fest

Tutor: Cath Baldwin, Janina Maher

16th June 2025 - 17th June 2025
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Cost Per Person: £80
Materials Cost (payable on day to tutor): £14

Explore a variety of pattern-based print approaches including gel plate printing, lino and stamping, to produce a series of fun, experimental images on paper.

Then collate your printed work into a handmade, hardbacked concertina sketchbook for you to take away and work further with. 

Day 1

Morning: Gel plate printing and foam block printing with Janina. Print a good collection of backgrounds.
Afternoon: Carve your own lino blocks and rubber stamps with Cath. Print a series of repeat patterns on top of the gel prints.

Day 2

Morning: Make your own hardback concertina book with Janina. Prepare a board book ready for the next stage. 
Afternoon: With Cath fill the books with your prints, and add extra embellishments with more collage work and mark making.

What to bring:

• Gel plate – recommended brands are Gelli Arts or Gel Press. Not Speedball brand as these only work with Speedball inks. If you don’t have a gel plate, there will be some available to borrow on the day. Please contact Janina in advance to reserve one.
• Roller/brayer suitable for use with acrylic paint. Janina will also have a few gel plates and rollers/ brayers available for sale on the day.
• Scissors.
• Cutting mat, cutting,craft knife (not a scalpel), metal ruler.
• Pencil, sharpener, rubber.
• Glue – ideally acrylic matte medium otherwise PVA or glue stick.
• Glue brush and scrap paper, glue spreader e.g. old credit card.
• Table covering or newspaper.
• Mixing palette or paper plate.
• Baby wipes.
• Kitchen roll.
• Apron.

Optional (if you have them): 

• POSCA pens, coloured pencils, sharpie pens, felt pens. 
• Bone folder.
• Clip knife/shoe knife for slicing paper.

The following materials will be provided:

• Acrylic paint
• Paper for printing.
• Lino.
• Lino printing inks.
• Materials for making stamps.
• Materials for making A5 hardback concertina books,
• A recycled board book.