Courses

We have an extremely high calibre of artists involved in the Frome Printmakers studio as both members and invited artists. Each artist is passionate about printmaking and raising the profile of their chosen techniques, delivered alongside professional studio practice on all courses. All course fees include refreshments but not food. 

We offer courses in the following techniques;

• Lithography

• Etching

• Collagraph

• Monoprinting

• Relief

• Photopolymer

• Gum bichromate

• Gumoil

• Cyanotype

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Stone Lithography introduction (2 morning Course)

A 2 morning course, Saturday March 1st and 8th, 10-12.30

A course on our Mailander stone lithography press at Frome Printmakers!

Lithography on stone was the commercial technique of the day circa 1830, rooms were filled with presses that would print the chromolithographs that have become so collectable today. Artists like Picasso, Miro, Toulouse Lautrec and many others embraced the technique as a fine art medium, pushing boundaries of its hand drawn and painted approach.

In this two session course you will learn to ‘grind’ and prepare the stone surface, draw and paint an image onto the stone surface. You will etch the image to the stone and in the second session will print your piece in a single colour…

Depending on demand we may run one or two courses, each course will run as two morning sessions over a weekend. (Saturday 10-12.30 and Sunday 10-12.30)

We will require 50% non refundable deposit to secure a place to buy materials for the course in advance.

Any questions and to book please do get in contact

Suitable for beginners and intermediate. Prints made on our Mailander press.

Tutor: Steve Clarkson

Cost is £50 including materials and refreshments/nibbles

Thursday evening Course - Reduction Lino, two colour

2 evening course, April 3rd and 10th, 6.30-8.30

This two evening course is perfect for beginners or those wanting to improve their relief printing. Working from sketches or photos you will learn how to transfer your deign to the lino block and cut lines, two colours will be printed from the same block over the two evenings. Demonstrations of both carving techniques and printing will form the tutors guidance in supporting you each step of the way.

Prints will be made on our Vandercook and new Funditor proofing press.

Tutor: Steve Clarkson

Cost is £70 which includes £10 materials for plates. Includes refreshments/nibbles.

A non refundable 50% deposit is needed to secure a place on the course.

This is a 2 evening course.

Hard ground on copper etching course

Two Thursday Evening courses, March 13th and 20th, 6.30 - 8.30

In this course you will print a small edition from a polished copper plates. Hard ground etching is a historic intaglio process used by many iconic artists to create images from drawn line work.

Hard ground is a traditional etching technique in which a hard wax coating is rolled over a copper plate, which you then scratch into using tools which reveals the metal. Etched in acid it bites lines into the plate which hold ink that can be repeatedly printed on paper. Suitable for beginners. This course uses ferric chloride acid, prints made on Bewick Wilson etching press.

Tutor: Steve Clarkson

Cost is £60 including materials and refreshments/nibbles.