Indian Block Printing - Retford Library - Adult Learning

Fri Feb 28 2025 at 01:00 pm to Fri Mar 14 2025 at 03:00 pm UTC+00:00

Retford Library | Retford

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Indian Block Printing - Retford Library - Adult Learning
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About this Event

Key details
  • Date: 28 February - 14 March 2025
  • Sessions: Fridays: 1pm - 3pm
  • No. sessions: 3
  • Venue: Retford Library, Retford
  • For ages: 19+
  • Group size: 5 - 15
  • Cost: FREE - £21



About this course

This course is for anyone that loves pattern building and colour. Over the course you will gain the confidence to create prints with traditional craved blocks from Indian. We look at the history of Indian Print Blocking and how Printing and Blocks are made in Indian today.

Learners are required to provide their own substance to print onto this can be paper, or thin card or fabric, such as tote bags or pillowcases.

Over the course we analyse patterns and look at Pattern Theory – how it is an underlying structure in culture and the environment around us. We will recreate patterns by repeating units; rotation, reflection, tiling of shapes. Also look at layering of designs over each other. We will explore Colour Theory – looking at a colour wheel and seeing how colours can blend and complement each other. You will also Build up an understanding of how colours can change a design mood. Examining Festival of Colours – Holi and other international festivals and how colour is used within them. From discussion over the course, you will gain understanding of the pros and cons of different paints on the market and investigate methods of using waste paint.

Resources required:

  • Fabric – this can be anything such as old bed linen, tote bags or T-shirts
  • Paper, Card to print on to
  • If you have paints – Fabric paint if working on fabric which you want to wash, or any ready-mix paints such as craft acrylics



Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our webpage for further information 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



Any questions?

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Retford Library, Churchgate, Retford, United Kingdom

Tickets

GBP 0.00 to GBP 21.00

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