Japanese Woodcut
Short Course
Sat 22nd Feb 2025
11am – 3pm
4 places left!
Suitable for beginners
11am – 3pm
£68.00 – £75.00
BOOK YOUR PLACE:
NOTE: If you are booking on behalf of one or more persons, please include all attendees names in the Order Notes section at checkout.
Learn how to plan, carve and print a woodcut using relief printing methods during this supportive workshop.
What will you learn?
Woodcut is one of the oldest relief printmaking techniques. A design or drawing is made on a piece of wood and the untouched areas are then cut away with gouges, leaving the raised image which can then be inked and transferred.
Woodcut is one of the simplest and oldest forms of relief printmaking. Its roots date back to ninth century China. Following trade routes in the Islamic world, the technique spread through Asia and Europe. It wasn’t until the development of large-scale papermaking operations in the fifteenth century that relief printing became economically viable as a means of printing for mass distribution of religious and informative imagery of all kinds.
A reverse design or drawing is made on a piece of wood and the untouched areas are then cut away with gouges, leaving the raised image which can then be inked and transferred to paper or fabric.
Topics covered:
- A brief history of relief printing and its terminology
- Paper types, tools and materials in printmaking
- How to produce your own prints using the methods covered
- How to sign and edition your prints
HOW TO BOOK:
To book this course, please select the date and pricing option that is most suitable for you and continue your order through to checkout. Payment can be made via Card or PayPal. We will email you to confirm your booking.
If you would like to book a tailored course, please contact us to confirm your selected date(s) before booking.
PRICING OPTIONS:
Regular
Our regular rate is applicable if you are currently in full or part time employment.
Concessionary / Student
Our concessionary rate is applicable if you are aged 60 years or older, aged 13 years or younger, and/or in receipt of any state benefits. If you are aged 13+ years, and in full-time education or currently studying towards an undergraduate or post-graduate degree.
GD Member
Members of the studio receive a 10% discount on all of our courses. Become a member?
HOW TO PREPARE:
All materials and notes are included in the price of this workshop. No previous experience of printmaking is required unless noted in the course details. Young printmakers are encouraged, aged 13+.
For details about what to prepare before for your course begins, please read through our How to Prepare page.
CANCELLATIONS:
Green Door requires 5 working days notice of cancellation of a booked course/workshop. Any advance payment made in excess of the non-refundable deposit (50% of the course price) will be returned unless you are able to make arrangements with Green Door Printmaking Studio to reschedule your course booking.
As a courtesy it is always preferable to notify us of your cancellation even if it falls within the cancellation notice period.
Green Door reserves the right to postpone any course bookings until future notice. We will always keep you informed should any changes to your course booking arise.
