Learn to Print : Workshops and Print Club
​Every year Aberystwyth Printmakers aims to run series of workshops and classes covering as many different printmaking techniques as possible. Previous workshops have included: Stone Lithography, Plate Lithography, Etching, Relief Printing, Collagraph and Drypoint. Workshops have been taught by local, national and international practitioners including Paul Croft, Judy Macklin, Gini Wade, Wuon Gean Ho, Marcelle Hanselaar, Andrew Baldwin, Brian Hindmarch and Cathy Boyle to name but just a few.
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Workshops are open to members and non-members and provide an excellent means for learning new skills and techniques and opportunity to become more familiar and confident with studio practice and procedures. Workshops can be booked by contacting the organiser as advertised.
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We also run a Print Club on the 1st Saturday of the month where you can learn a variety of techniques under the supervision of a skilled tutor. For more information and to book you place please visit our shop page.
Upcoming Workshops 2026
Learn to make a variety of book structures, so that you can turn your prints into artist books.
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Dysgwch sut i wneud amrywiaeth o strwythurau llyfrau, fel y gallwch droi eich printiau yn llyfrau artist.
with Flora McLachlan RE RCA
MAWRTH / MARCH 21 – 22 2026 • 10am – 4pm
Join Flora to learn the traditional art of etching copper. You will work on a 15cm square plate, first drawing with a needle into hard ground to make a linear image, and then adding shadowy tones to the plate with aquatint. Together we will ink and wipe our etching plates and you can print your own beautiful edition of etchings.
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​Ymunwch â Flora i ddysgu'r grefft draddodiadol o ysgythru copr, gan dynnu llun ar orchudd caled yn gyntaf i greu delwedd linellol, ac yna ychwanegu tonau cysgodol gydag acwatint. Inciwch a sychwch y platiau ysgythru ac argraffwch eich fersiwn hardd eich hun o ysgythriadau.
with Scarlett Rebecca
EBRILL / APRIL 25 – 26 2026 • 10am – 4pm
Lithography is the perfect process for artists who want to combine drawing with printmaking. Lino lithography is an accessible and low-toxic lithographic process that doesn’t require specialist equipment. Using lino as a print surface means you will be able to include all the fantastic qualities of relief print.
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Mae lithograffeg leino yn broses hygyrch heb fawr gwenwyn nad oes angen offer arbenigol arni. Mae defnyddio leino fel arwyneb argraffu yn golygu y byddwch chi'n gallu cynnwys holl rinweddau gwych print cerfweddol.
with Rosie Lake
MEHEFIN / JUNE 26 – 27 2026 • 10am – 4pm
Experimental mark making using a variety of tools and everyday objects. Using form, composition and a variety of simple sewing techniques the printed fabrics will be used to create a work of textile art.
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Gwnewch farciau arbrofol gan ddefnyddio amrywiaeth o offer a gwrthrychau bob dydd. Gan ddefnyddio ffurf, cyfansoddiad ac amrywiaeth o dechnegau gwnïo syml, bydd y ffabrigau printiedig yn cael eu defnyddio i greu gwaith celf tecstilau.
with Heather Prescott and Jill Shepherd
GORFFENNAF / JULY 18 – 19 2026 • 10am – 4pm
Learn about some of the many ways letterpress can be used creatively in contemporary printmaking.
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Dysgwch am rai o'r nifer o ffyrdd y gellir defnyddio llythrenwasg mewn modd greadigol mewn argraffu cyfoes.
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with Elin Crowley
MEDI / SEPTEMBER 19 2026 • 10am – 4pm
Throughout the day you will learn about the potential of using monoprints on both textiles and different types of paper and come away with a variety of finished artworks.
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Dysgwch am botensial defnyddio printiau mono ar decstilau a mathau o bapur, ac ewch ag amrywiaeth o weithiau celf gorffenedig adref gyda chi.
with Flora McLachlan RE RCA
HYDREF / OCTOBER 24 – 25 2026 • 10am – 4pm
White ground is a wonderfully expressive and painterly method of etching. It can be combined with aquatint to make atmospheric thin washes or vigorous drawn images. It can also be used over a line etching to add tonal variation, or used on its own.
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Mae gorchudd gwyn (white ground) yn ddull mynegiannol a phaentiadol o ysgythru. Gellir ei gyfuno ag acwatint i wneud golchiadau tenau atmosfferig neu ddelweddau wedi'u tynnu'n gryf. Gellir ei ddefnyddio hefyd dros ysgythriad llinell i ychwanegu amrywiad tonaidd, neu ei ddefnyddio ar ei ben ei hun.
with Jenny Fell (Sunday Workshop)
TACHWEDD / NOVEMBER 15 2026 • 10am – 4pm
Using low tech methods of production - cut out or torn paper stencils to assemble your design you will be then able to print it in two or three colours either onto paper or fabric. All products used are solvent-free.
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Gan ddefnyddio dulliau cynhyrchu heb fawr technoleg – stensiliau papur wedi’u torri allan neu eu rhwygo i gydosod eich dyluniad, byddwch wedyn yn gallu ei argraffu mewn dau neu dri lliw naill ai ar bapur neu ffabrig. Mae'r holl gynhyrchion a ddefnyddir yn rhydd o doddydd.
Previous Workshops
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Cardboard Drypoint workshop
with Stuart Evans
Monoprinting from Life Model
with Judy Macklin
Marbling Workshop
with Erin Hughes
Stone Lithography
with Paul Croft
Colour Etching & Aquatint
with Bronwen Sleigh
Mokuhanga Japanese Woodblock Watercolour Printing
with Elspeth Lamb
Experimental Monoprinting
with Ruth Hogg
Aluminium Etching
with Flora McLachlan
Introduction to Drypoint
with Ali Greeley
Screen Printing
with Jenny Fell
Artists’ Books for Printmakers
with Linda Davies
Copper, Soft Ground & Spitbite
with Flora McLachlan RE
Introduction to Stone Litho
with Paul Croft RE
Relief Printing, Monoprint & Collage
with Jenny Fell
Linocut Evening Class
with Molly Brown
Relief printing with Japanese Vinyl
with Wuon Gean-Ho
Softground, spitbite
and creeping bite aquatint
with Flora McLachlan
Collagraph Printing
with Charles Shearer
Introduction to Printmaking
with Judy Macklin
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4 Plate Spit Bite Etching
with Stephen Lawlor
Monotype Transfer Etching
with Flora McLachlan RE