Just make it.

In this one-day workshop, learn how to create beautiful prints using authentic vintage presses with various mark-making techniques and materials. Then in the afternoon, dive into the digital world and learn how to scan, process, and use these printed marks and textures in design software such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects. Capturing the charm of physical print in your digital work is a great way to tie together your online presence with your physical artwork. Join me and digital expert and ‘texture nerd’ Tim Saunders of Bracken Design for a brilliant interdisciplinary workshop merging new and old technologies. Dates: the first or second Friday of each month. 2023: Oct 13, Nov 3, and Dec 1. Cost: £90 including materials. Venue: Ocean Studios, 10:00-16:00.

Book a morning or afternoon printing session using the recently restored 19th-century Albion press at Ocean Studios. Discover the age-old craft of composing type and using beautiful vintage wood fonts to print a poster, short phrase, or lines of your favourite poem. Sessions are held on the first and second Thursdays of each month between 10:00-12:00 and 13:30-15:30 and are suitable for absolute beginners or those with some experience in print-making techniques. The price of £35 includes basic materials such as inks, paper, tools, and equipment. Cost: £35, materials included.

Give power to your words by setting them in traditional letterpress. Join me for a one or two-day workshops at the Kiss and Bite Press to introduce you to the craft of setting type by hand, mixing ink, and letterpress printing on a beautiful vintage printing press in the print room right next door to the Ocean Studio Gallery and cafe. The workshop caters for beginners as well as those with design experience. You could typeset and print lines from a favourite poem, make a unique greetings card, print a lyric, or speak your mind with a political poster. Maximum of two attendees to ensure you enjoy a fulfilling creative day. £55 for a one-day session (£90 for two days) including materials, 11am-4pm, on most Fridays and Saturdays.