Christmas card workshop – Relief printing using Tetra Pak
14 November @ 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
A great introduction to the art of relief printing by reuse & recycling. This workshop shows you how to turn your empty tetra pak juice and milk cartons into a bespoke printing medium that can be used to create your own festive cards, prints and much more.
This experimental, tactile printing method uses cut out shapes and patterns to create a design that is then inked & transferred onto another surface. This results in expressive, textural illustrations that can be repeated over and over.
You will also learn how to apply colour through a technique called Chine Colle, which uses patches of fine coloured paper sandwiched within the print.
In this 2.5 hour workshop Milly will talk you through the tips and techniques to:
- Design your illustrations
- Create your printing plate
- Prepare the ink
- Apply to the print
- Adding areas of colour
We will be working with a choice of example illustrations – to get you started and to use on the day – so no upfront creativity required! You will also be given other sample illustrations to take away, plus a set of step-by-step instructions for future use. You don’t need to have print experience or be a creative – this is aimed at all levels.
All materials will be supplied for this session to enable you to leave with at least a few finished cards, but this workshop has been created with home printing in mind so you can carry on making as many as you need.
Purposely designed with only minimal outlay on a couple of bought tools, the rest using things you will likely have already – including those used tetra pak cartons!
This is a fun, hands-on workshop – working with water-based ink – so please wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty or bring an apron.
These workshops are aimed at adults, but suitable for 12+ if accompanied by an adult.
Light refreshments will be provided.
This workshop will be repeated in the afternoon 2:30pm – 5:00pm – booking for the afternoon session can be found here.
All proceeds from this workshop go to support the work of the Friends of Horsenden charity.
£22.50
