Creative Printing - High Pavement House,Sutton-in-Ashfield - Adult Learning

• Date: 3 - 17 October 2024
• Sessions: Thursdays: 3pm - 5pm
• No. sessions: 3
• Venue: High Pavement House, Sutton-in-Ashfield
• For ages: 19+
• Group size: 5 - 12
• Cost: FREE - £21

On this course you will learn about and explore the process of using Gel Plates as a printing tool. You will learn how to use hand carved blocks from India and stencils as we expand your skills on creative printing, which can be on paper or fabric.

By the end of the course, you will learn a variety of ways to produce surface designs, paper or fabrics which can be used in many other projects such as journal/book making, card making or patchwork.

What will be covered on the course?

• Be able to identity patterns by repeating units; symmetry, rotation, reflection, tessellation of shapes.
• Look at ideas of using waste paint
• Also look at layering methods for designs
• Develop techniques of masking, using stencils and reverse printing
• Look at benefits of creative activities for mental health

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?

• Gain understanding equipment; - gel plate
• Know how to print with wooden blocks
• Knowledge of Pattern theory & Formation
• How to create depth to printed surface
  

Resources Required:-

Apron or a big shirt

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will beoffered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which mayprevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our webpage for furtherinformation https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

• Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING, AND
• Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required). As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
• Greater London
• Greater Manchester
• Liverpool City Region
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
• Tees Valley
• West of England
• West Midlands
• West Yorkshire

Check the FAQs page, or get in touch:

• By phone: 01623 677 200
• By email: [email protected]

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

High Pavement, High Pavement, Nottingham, United Kingdom