Colour Drypoint Workshop with Kip Gresham

On Saturday 7th May we had the pleasure to welcome Kip Gresham of The Print Studio, Cambridge, to WYPW to run a Drypoint workshop for us. He also brought along two knowledgeable helpers in the form of his son, aka Mr. Penfold, and his wife Ivanna, so participants had 3 tutors for the price of one! Kip's wealth of printmaking knowledge helped everyone on the course produce some fantastic, colourful, vibrant prints.

The workshop co-incided with the preview of the exhibition in the WYPW Gallery entitled 'In Visible Ink' - an exhibition of original prints by leading printmakers from The Print Studio, Cambridge, which is on until 4th June, so there is still time to come and see it if you haven't already.

Thanks Kip and Co! We hope to see you back here soon...



Drpoint print by Emma Lawrenson




Liz Samways working on a plate





Registering a print



Some Past Exhibitions...

Open publication - Free publishing - More art

2 New Members of WYPW

Bookbinding with Victoria Lucas

On Saturday the 23rd of April Victoria Lucas came to WYPW and delivered an amazing bookbinding workshop. The participants were taught a variety of different binding techniques, from japanese stab bound to hard back book binding. Not only was this an excellent opportunity to learn these skills, Victoria also brought in a lot of her own entertaining book work. " The tutor was clear, skilled and a great facilitator, many thanks."  Below are some images from this workshop.

Zine - Making and Self Publishing workshop with Helen Entwisle

These are some images from the wonderful one day Zine making course taught by Helen Entwisle. It took place on the 2nd of April and provided an informative and interesting look into the world of zines. The work produced by the participants were both fantastic and original, and made good use of the many materials and equipment provided by Helen. "Helen was brilliant and knowledgeable"

 

 

A zine of old stories made by Marvin Harrison

 



A zine of Fairies made by Samantha Bryan



 

 

Helen's maginificent vintage typewriter

A collection of bird stamps

Japanese Woodblock Printing workshop with Wuon-Gean Ho

Here are a few images from the 3 day Japanese Woodblock Printing workshop on 18th, 19th and 20th February 2011, with artist Wuon-Gean Ho. Participants came away with some amazing prints, some with delicate washes of colour, some with bold, vibrant hues. A fantastic weekend had by all!

Rachel Hunter inking her block




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Wuon-Gean demonstrating the printing process





Rachel Hunter's print




Emily Harvey's print




Judith Brown's print



Spring / Summer Workshops @WYPW

Cath Green working on her final block

Cath Green and Steve Shillitoe working on their wood blocks

Anne Desmet showing students how to ink the block

On 19th and 20th June 2010, Anne Desmet RE RWA SWE came to WYPW to deliver wood engraving workshop. Specialising in wood engraving, she is also editor of Printmaking Today, and her work features in museum collections worldwide.

She offered a wealth of expertise on the subject, providing some amazing examples of her own work, and lots of lovely practice block for everyone to work on. The first day was spent making some test blocks with various tools to experiment with mark-making and test out the different marks each tool was capable of. The 2nd day was then spent with students engraving their own designs onto blocks, and all were printed using hand-burnishing, so no need for a press at all!