The creative intervention aimed to target specific points within Dewsbury Town Centre and its periphery to gain information from the public about their thoughts, hopes and aspirations for Dewsbury as part of the regeneration project Stage one was a guerrilla-style intervention named Invisible action. I kept a distance from the chairs, observing and taking photographic …
Bespoke one day workshop exploring a variety of screenprinting techniques – paper stencil, photo emulsion process, and `hand painting’ onto a silkscreen. The group attending the session wished to produce their designs onto textiles and to create a banner for their communal workspace. Paper stencil This playful method allows for immediate results and a fun …
Illustrating for zines is a fantastic way of storytelling through words and pictures. This zine is produced on an A3 piece of paper which is divided into eight sections. These eight sections join together in a sequence to tell a story and they can contain words or pictures or both, it is up to you! …
This session showcases the artwork created by a mother and daughter team, they desired to create new artwork for their new home and booked a day session at the West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Mirfield. Paper stencils are a diverse, quick method to create shapes, these paper pieces are laid onto the paper and trapped between …
Printmaking is a wonderful process to achieve a diverse range of artwork in a condensed amount of time. Below are two examples that highlight the wide-ranging possibilities achieved during a session onsite at the West Yorkshire Print Workshop in Mirfield. Moorend Academy, Huddersfield Moorend Academy students attended an educational workshop to assist with their GCSE …
Carving lino in the production of printing blocks is an enjoyable, tactile part of the printmaking process and there are a variety of density of lino available, from ‘easy cut’ and hessian backed. It is a wonderful surface to work with, responsive to scoring and mark-making, guiding the carving tools through the surface requires dexterity …
Screen printing is a wonderful, diverse printing process that empowers you to realise your own bespoke designs onto pre-bought items or lengths of cloth material. I specialised in surface pattern design for the Fashion and Furnishings industries and I am delighted to be a core tutor at the West Yorkshire Print Workshop in Mirfield …
These workshops were funded by Kirklees Councils Young People Service, delivered at Creative Arts Hub, Diva, and West Yorkshire Print Workshop during the school holidays to children aged 8 to 12 years old. Each animation was created and produced during a one-day session. The morning session explores the materials and computer software, this immediately shows …
This fun process utilises a lint roller and foam to create the desired shape for the printing process. It is quick and easy to do and is a wonderful, hands-on way to experience printmaking for people of all ages and abilites. The examples shown are from the Marks and Spencer’s family drop-in festive workshop held …
Using paper to create stencils for screen printing is a simple and effective process to achieve amazing results. The examples shown are from two separate sessions delivered at The Hepworth gallery in Wakefield. Session one printing with primary printing inks and session two printing with process coloured inks. The first stage of the process is …