COURSES

COURSES 2025 

Saturday 5th / Sunday 6th April 2025

Tutor: Steve Bamford
2-day
Cost: Non member £120 / Member £96

A practical, hands-on 2 day course as an introduction to screen printing. Also ideal as an introduction to Poole Printmaking’s screen printing equipment for members who have some prior experience. The course includes stencil making techniques such as paper and photographic stencils. You will be given a design brief so that you can prepare as much as possible before the course, to give you maximum time experiencing the printing process.

Saturday 14th June 2025

Tutor: Buzz Burry
1-day
Cost: Non member £60 / Member £48

An introduction to lino printing course with tutor Buzz Burry. This will be a hands on day guiding you through the process from sketch to final print and everything
in-between. Turning your creative ideas into one or two colour lino prints to take home.

Exploring materials, through experimenting with mark making we will explore your creative ideas and how best to translate them onto the lino. You will learn about print materials, registration, transferring of images, inking up, hand burnishing and proofing your image.

Giving you the confidence to carry on and exploring your creative ideas to develop your own style onto the next steps of your printmaking journey.

Saturday 28th / Sunday 29th June 2025

Tutor: Steve Bamford
2-day
Cost: Non member £120 / Member £96

A practical, hands-on 2 day course as an introduction to screen printing. Also ideal as an introduction to Poole Printmaking’s screen printing equipment for members who have some prior experience. The course includes stencil making techniques such as paper and photographic stencils. You will be given a design brief so that you can prepare as much as possible before the course, to give you maximum time experiencing the printing process.

Other courses that we have previously provided that we currently don't have dates for are:

• Letter Press 
  
• Wood Engraving
• Solar Etching
• Safe Etching
  

If you would like to be informed when any of these courses become available please email courses@pooleprintmakers.co.uk indicating which course(s) you are interested in.