Screen Printing with Monotype
Tailored Course
Duration: 4 hours
Suitable for beginners
£68.00 – £210.00
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NOTE: If you are booking on behalf of one or more persons, please include all attendees names in the Order Notes section at checkout.
A screen print (also referred to as a serigraph or silk screen) is a planographic method of printmaking using stencil techniques and is utilised for both fine art reproduction on to paper and surface textile printing. Using photographic techniques, explore the unique painterly effect of monotype with screen printing in this one-day course. Suitable for beginners.
What will you learn?
The key concept and success to this technique (in combination with the concept of the monoprint) is in its spontaneity and fluidity.
Screen printing, in its most basic form, utilises block stencils to push ink or dye through a fine woven mesh with a squeegee to achieve the desired image. Layers of colour can then be built up with multiple stencils, allowing the ink to dry on the surface (on either paper or fabric) between layers.
This technique can trace it’s origins back to Europe, at the time of the Crusades, when red crosses were sometimes stencilled onto robes by printing through a fine cloth stretched, over iron hoops. This method offers a very painted and illustrated approach to a process usually perceived as being predominantly block based.
Monoprints of this nature can often be used as stand-alone prints or in conjunction with other serigraphy processes, once the initial monoprint is complete.
Topics covered:
- A brief history of screen 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.
