TOP TIP:
Postermen Pens are great for drawing positives, unlike most felt-tip like pens which don't block the light sufficiently. We heart Posterman (and Posca) Pens!
Screen Prints by Wendy & Charlie (age 15) on Sunday's New Blood Print Club: Textile Printing (T-shirts and tea towels)
New Blood Print Club, printing onto cloth. A six hour fully intensive course for newbies and those refreshing themselves with the equipment. Always very exciting. Sometimes frequented by a creauture (dog). Nice work everyone!
The first Sunday of the month is always New Blood Print Club, printing onto cloth (t-shirts, tote bags, tea towels etc) and it's always a very exciting and intensive six hours.
First Saturday of the month is always New Blood Print Club, where newbies create an edition of prints on paper in just six hours. Always an exciting day, totally intensive.
You may recognise this black feline by Eve Poland. This is what we call print-out and we love the random splashes of colour and content. Always a pleasure to dig around in the print-out !!
Fox at Studio Salute is busy creating a new body of work, printed on blocks of wood. It's a many layered thing! Lookout for his 'exhibition' at Redwood Coffee, Trafalgar St, Brighton - From April 8th to August 8th
We've got a full page ad in this month's ARTY magazine. Photography by the talented Bex Wade. Thanks to Fox at Salute.
Beware the Grimace Fish !! Screen printing happening all day today at Inkspot Press, in the midst of a blanket of snow.
Enjoying some friday afternoon print action with Salute, Jane Sampson, Jack Nash & Reuben Rose
New Blood Print Club
Saturday 9th March (Paper)
Sunday 10th March (Book Pages)
Saturday 6th April (Paper)
Sunday 7th April (Cloth: Tote bags, Tshirts, Tea towels etc)
Saturday 4th May (Paper)
Sunday 5th May (Cloth: Tote bags, Tshirts, Tea towels etc)
Saturday 1st June (Paper)
Sunday 2nd June (Mix media: book pages)
The cost is £80 for 6 hours of print JOY — from 11AM to 5PM.
DURING THIS TIME, YOU WILL BECOME SAVVY WITH THE PROCESS, THE EQUIPMENT, AND YOU WILL TAKE HOME YOUR OWN EDITION OF SCREEN PRINTS.
The process of screen-printing allows you to combine illustration, graphic design, photography & stencils to produce unique images. We encourage you to experiment with colour and composition.
Bring interesting paper. Get creative!
It’s very small classes in a friendly space.
Images created at Inkspot (photos by http://instagram.com/salutehq/)
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Fox of Salute HQ is doing a sterling job teaching one day courses at the studio.
Book in for a taste of screenprinting,get the BUG and then why not try our evening classes, and THEN you can come and print all you wish in the studio ......PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT
Have you longed to learn more about making books? Learn with Sarah Bryant of the infamous Big Jump Press. http://bigjumppress.wordpress.com/author/bigjumppress/
In this course we will be learning technical skills of bookbinding as well as applying these new skills to book projects. We will begin by focusing on structures that work well for artists, including simple innovative structures, a hard cover book structure, and concertina/accordion books.
We will discuss how to use the unique possibilities that books present, sequence and pacing, the use translucency and layering, and the possibilities inherent in different materials.
We'll talk about the tools and materials necessary for book work as well as tactics for producing editions (identical multiples.)
Students are encouraged to bring ideas for projects that we will begin workshopping mid-way through the course.
This course includes a small materials fee of £12.
Book in at the studio to do this course, it starts the 12 Feb.
This amazing press is for sale ! Contact Amy for details www.amydouglasprints.com