Build a Story though Print
3 day course
Saturdays: 8 March, 22 March & 26 April 2025
10am to 4pm
£270 for all 3 days including all materials
3 day course - one Saturday per month for 3 months
25th January, 22nd February, 22nd March, Optional Open Access on 26th April (only open to anyone who has attended this course before)
On this course you will learn to build an Artist’s Book and create a story through print. Explore lino and rubber letter stamping techniques as a way to shape a story which will be printed and folded into a concertina book.
• Day 1: planning, sketching, creating a mock up and intro to lino and colour
• Day 2: printing the lino, start adding text using rubber stamps
• Day 3: complete your book by adding remaining text, fold your concertina & add front & back covers
Course structure
• Explanation of the process and looking at examples
• Learn the art of folding a concertina and create a mock up
• Plan and sketch your idea on your mock up
• Choose which elements of your story will be cut into lino and where text will be added
• Intro to lino cut and colour choices
• Print your lino and add text using rubber letter stamps
• Fold your concertina booklet and add a cover and back cover
Pre-course information
Please arrive with a story on which you can base your work
Experience level
Suitable for beginners and those interested in story telling
Maximum 8 places
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For all courses except CPSC Certificate course
Full payment of the course fee is required when booking a place. A reserved place is not secure until full payment has been received.
If for any reason you are unable to attend, we will refund monies paid minus a £20 admin fee, as long as you cancel your place more than 1 month before the course start date.
For CPSC Certificate course
Payment for Term 1 is required when booking a place. A reserved place is not secure until this payment has been received. Payments for Terms 2 & 3 will be due at the end of the previous term. Payments for Terms 2 & 3 will be due before the first day of each term.
If for any reason prior to the commencement of the course you are unable to attend, we will refund monies paid minus a £20.00 admin fee, as long as you cancel your place more than 1 month before the course start date. Once you start the course on Term 1 you have committed to all 3 terms. Course transfers are at the discretion of Curwen Print Study Centre.
There is an option to book your place for £100 deposit. If you choose this option your place is secured. The balance of term 1 will be due 20 working days before the start of the course. If you cancel more than 20 working days before the course start date, we will refund monies paid minus a £20 admin fee. If your place is not cancelled during this timescale, and the balance is not paid then the deposit is non refundable. All other Terms & Conditions remain the same.
Curwen Print Study Centre reserves the right to cancel courses – a full refund will be made in these circumstances.
