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INTRODUCTION TO WOODBLOCK PRINTING

6pm-9pm (2-week course)
£80 / £64 low wage concession

Discover the art of woodblock printing in this two-week course led by printmaker Adele Scantlebury.

In week one participants will bring a simple drawing or image that they want to interpret as a woodblock print and distil their design into light and dark, learning how to use wood carving tools to transfer the design onto a block of wood. Week two will be for printing, and Adele will introduce a selection of papers and inks.

This course is suitable for beginners, as well as those who are familiar with the techniques.

The dates of the workshops are: Thursday 5 February and Thursday 12 February, 6pm-9pm.

All sales are final, we are unable to offer refunds.

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MEET THE FACILITATOR

Adele Scantlebury

My official art education ended in 1987 with a BA Hons in Ceramics from Farnham. I was then fortunate enough to find work in Sussex making traditional finials and floor tiles. We worked on many Heritage projects - including the floor tiles for the Crypt of St Paul’s Cathedral.
It was during this time that I explored working with woodblock printing. I really enjoyed the simplicity of the process; instead of a press, using the back of a wooden spoon and a lot of elbow grease!
Peeling the paper off the block for the first time is always a magic moment as the picture is revealed, a mirror image of the piece of wood I have been carefully chipping away at for days.
I live and work in East Sussex and exhibit my pictures mostly locally, whilst also facilitating and teaching the occasional workshop through Blackbird Arts.
A few years ago, I returned to clay after becoming involved in making the tiles for a friend’s new build house from the clay dug from the foundations. I have since had small, bespoke tiling commissions and run tile making workshops.