Creative Printing - Retford Library - Adult Learning

About this course

This introductory course will help you learn about, and explore using different printing methods and tools, such as gel plates, hand carved blocks from India and stencils.  By the end of the course, you will have learned a variety of ways to produce surface designs on paper and fabrics, which can be used in other projects such as journal or book making, card making or patchwork. 

This course will help you to identify patterns used in printing such as symmetry, rotation, reflection and tessellation.  You will explore different techniques and layering methods to create different designs and look at ways to utilise waste paint.  We will also look at the benefits of creative activities for good mental health and wellbeing. By the end of the course, you will learn a variety of ways to produce surface designs, paper or fabrics which can be used in many other projects such as journal/book making, card making or patchwork.   

Resources required:

• Apron or a big shirt  
• Gelli Plate & Brayer - if you have these, otherwise a set will be provided for you to use on the course 
• Wet wipes 
• Printing Media - Fabric or Cartridge paper or Copier Paper 

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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• By phone: 01623 677 200
• By email: learning@inspireculture.org.uk

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