Multi Process: Experimental Letterpress with Monoprint

Description

If you like grainy, textured, noisy printing which embraces smudges, splatters of ink, the grain of woodtype, and the happy accident, then this course is for you! On our Intro to: Experimental Letterpress with Monoprint workshop you will be encouraged to let your creativity run wild, and over the course of the two days create a series of prints that combine letterpress type with monoprinting.

Letterpress is usually used to create multiple items, whereas a monoprint is a one off and can be a texture or mark made with ink, an ink knife, a block of type or a found object, (among others). These monoprints can then be combined with letterpress type to create a series of prints that are abstract and dynamic. This course is all about embracing the happy accident and the noise and graininess of monoprinting, and marrying it up with expressive wooden or metal letterpress type to create work with tension, drama and surprise!

The words that you use should be something that stirs the imagination or provokes a response, it can be funny, sad, poignant or personal, this will form the basis of the text portion of your print.

Your tutor

Nick Loaring is a letterpress printer based in the small northern town of Shipley in West Yorkshire. Here he operates a vast array of ancient printing equipment and movable type to create striking printing as The Print Project. He is co-publisher of Double Dagger an acclaimed magazine about letterpress printing. His work has been published in Computer Arts, Pressing Matters, Creative Review, Eye Magazine, Random Spectacular, Matrix and The Skinny. He’s worked with Golden Cabinet, Hiut Denim, Magic Rock, Glastonbury Festival, The Leaf Label and many more. Nick has worked as a designer & printer for over 20 years and has taught in schools, colleges, universities and print workshops across the UK.

Experience level

No previous experience is needed for this course and beginners are welcome. All you need is an open mind and willingness to experiment and get inky!

What’s included?

All course prices include basic materials such as inks, paper, tools and equipment.

What’s next?

After attending this course you can join our workshop as a member and continue to use our facilities to make and develop your own work. The sooner the better, as the longer you leave it the more you are likely to forget! If you join up within one month of attending the course you will receive a £5 discount. Find out more about the benefits of membership here.

*Please note that if you wish to use the workshop for making your own work after the course, you can use WYPW’s selection of lead type, up to 30pt size. Nick brings in his own wood type for use during the course, which is not available to use after the workshop. We are always looking to add to our collection of type, and build on our letterpress facilities, but do not as yet have any larger wood type available for members to use.

Cancellation Policy:

• If you have to cancel:

If you are unable to attend your booked course, we may accept the fee paid as payment towards a place on the same or another course that takes place within the same financial year (running 1 April-31 March) following the originally booked event. Such a transfer will be on condition that we are informed in writing of your intentions four weeks prior to the originally booked event. Bookings can only be transferred once.

• 16-12 weeks before the course: 50 % of the fee will be retained by WYPW
• Less than 12 weeks before the course: 100% of the fee will be retained by WYPW
• Please note that full payment is required for non-attendance on a booking that has been transferred.

If you have any further questions about our cancellation policy, please contact us on info@wypw.org  

• If we have to cancel:

West Yorkshire Print Workshop reserves the right to cancel or re-arrange courses if there are insufficient participants enrolled to run a viable course or for other unforeseen circumstances. We will do our best to give those who have already enrolled at least one weeks’ notice of cancellation. In such circumstances you will be offered a free transfer to another course date or a full refund of fees paid.

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