Nature & Botanics in Lino Cut ' with Sue Rowland, at Greystoke Craft Garden and Barns near Ullswater and The Lake District

Description

An exciting day and a great introduction to the art of lino cutting with a botanical/wildlife theme, taught by experienced teacher and tutor Sue Rowlands. Sue will give you plenty of ideas to think about for your design if you need inspiration, and once you have designed/selected your image, Sue will show you how to transfer it to the lino block. You will then cut the design to leave a relief surface which can be carefully inked up in various colours to create several prints, using a hand burnishing technique. You will be working on a piece of specialist lino and will be able to take home your original lino cut and prints at the end of the day. Course Structure Introduction to lino cutting techniques. Looking at mark making and texture. Selection of design. Transfer your design to lino. Cutting your lino design. Inking the block with several colours Learning to print by hand burnishing. About the Tutor Sue Rowland is a textile artist and print maker whose work includes detailed illustrative lino prints created alongside layered textile prints embellished with machine embroidery and applique. Sue has recently relocated to Cumbria having been previously based at the Leicester Print Studios where she was well known for her large scale community and schools textile and lino print projects in the East Midlands.

What's included in the price?

Welcome drinks: fresh coffee & home-made biscuits; a lovely 2 course Aga lunch served on individual trays at your desks or outside on the Tea Lawn if it's warm enough. To finish off the day, a freshly made Cream Tea (including Aga-baked scones, cream and jam). We host over 140 different art and craft ‘Quirky Workshops’ each year here in Greystoke and have been operating since 2005. All our tutors are carefully hand selected professional experts and many are considered as national leaders in their field. We look forward to welcoming you to the Lake District and Cumbria. Additional spaces may be available- please ask! :) If you wish to be added to our database, please use the 'Stay in Touch' icon at the top of each webpage on our website (link above). Our days are considered special treats; many come back time and time again and often combine it with a short break to the Lake District. We have been hosting and organising 'Quirky Workshops' since 2005, from what was the original C2C Greystoke Cycle Café situated on the northern fringes of the Lake District. It was with great sadness that the Cycle Café was closed to the public in 2018; we since have become ‘Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns’. All our tutors are carefully hand selected professional experts and many are considered national leaders in their field.

Cancellation policy

Medium - Cancellation and a full refund can be obtained up to 4 weeks before the course starts

Maker

Quirky Workshops at Greystoke Craft Garden and Barns

with Craft Courses since 2013

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Situated in a tranquil location on the fringes of the Lake District in north west England, we have been hosting a Quirky range of workshops since 2005. We are now proud to offer over 140 Arts, Craft and Heritage Skills Workshops each year, led by an incredible and talented range of local and national tutors, all experts in their field. We have two teaching studios, the 'Squirrel Barn' and the newly renovated, spacious and airy 'Swallow Barn', the latter of which, at 60m2 was very popular in the months post Covid, allowing 2m distancing, hand washing and two staircases. We have several garden teaching spaces too. Lunch (included) can be taken outside on the Tea Lawn in warmer months and teas/coffee with Aga home-baking is served at your desk. Our days are considered real treats.