Intro to: Tetra Pak printing

Description

Tetra Pak printing offers a wonderfully versatile introduction to Intaglio and Collagraph printing processes, perfect for beginners and experienced printmakers alike. Through cutting, scoring and peeling the plate you will produce some fabulous effects, and with the focus being on experimentation and play this will ultimately result in some fantastic printed outcomes. Using recycled juice, milk and soup cartons; this creative printing process is an exciting way forward to more sustainable printing.

Your tutor: Lisa Stubbs

Lisa works in-between her home studio in the beautiful hills of the Holme valley and the print rooms here at WYPW. She particularly loves screen printing as a process and experimenting with textures, building images up in layers of colour however recently she has been creating paper stencil mono-prints, loving the organic nature of the process and the happy (accidents) surprises that occur in the final reveal! Find out more about Lisa via her website.

Experience level

Beginners welcome as well as experienced printmakers to inform and develop their existing practice. Also great for Teachers / Educators as this process translates really well for classroom settings where a press is available.

What’s included?

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

What do I need to prepare beforehand?

Students are welcome to bring their own ideas/sketches/drawings but it’s not a requirement, there will be lots of inspiration to inspire spontaneous new ideas on the day.

Itinerary :

• Hello and introduction to the day and the processes you’ll be learning
• Inspiration and generating some artwork to use during the workshop
• Demonstrations of the inking and printing process
• Play and explore – plenty of time to investigate the process and get to grips with the basics of chine colle, blind embossing, inking in colour and intaglio printing

Covid-19 safety :

We continue to have everyone’s safety as our main priority. Added measures to keep you safe include:

• Each participant will be allocated an individual workstation and box of materials.
• During your time in the workshop, we will open windows/doors etc. to provide increased ventilation – this might mean it’s a little colder than usual so you might wish to pack an extra layer!
• The workshop has antibacterial/viral wipes, hand sanitiser which is to be used upon arrival and has increased the frequency of cleaning to communal areas.

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: https://www.wypw.org/shop/standard-membership/

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.