10:00 - 16:00

Level: Beginner and up

A fun day playing with a variety of low-tech printing and transfer methods to create simple book forms exploring the theme of leaves, plants & seedheads. We will be using tape for simple transfers, creating line monoprints, and printing with found objects and gel plates to create a lovely little botanical book… a perfect reference piece of techniques or an artists book in its own right.

Lots of demos and individual help – no experience needed.

What to bring:

• Drawing pencil, scissors and/or craft knife

• Matt medium (the gel sort) or PVA glue

• Acrylic paints & mixing palette (an old plate is fine)

• Brushes (whatever you have)

• Leaves with well defined shapes / veins (ferns are great)

• Reference of seedheads / flowers / plants for inspiration

• Paper – lightweight plain paper for printing (the tutor will bring plain white paper and tissue for everyone to use) plus any assorted papers for collage that you might like to use e.g text, patterned paper, tissue paper (you only need small amounts

• Newspaper, old clothes / apron

• We will be doing a small amount of printing from gel plates… the tutor will bring book-size A6 plates for this – if you have a larger plate of your own please feel free to bring it.

• A packed lunch

 Included on the day:

• Any other materials not specified for the students to bring

• Expert tuition

• 1 to 1 guidance

• Detailed demonstrations

• A selection of tea, freshly brewed coffee, biscuits and delicious cakes. If ou have any specific dietary requirements or allergies, please feel free to bring along your own provisions/milk alternatives etc

And of course you take your wonderful creations from the day. If you share any photographs of your day here and/or your finished work, we’d love to see them so please tag us @micklemsfarmcreativeworkshops or use the hashtag #micklemsfarmcreativeworkshops.

Terms - Fee is payable on booking. If, having booked, you can no longer attend, we are unable to offer a refund or transfer you to another workshop. However, you may nominate someone else to attend the workshop or class in your place by notifying us using the contact page on the Micklems Farm website. We reserve the right to cancel a workshop up to 48 hours prior to the workshop date. We will only cancel due to insufficient places sold and you will be refunded the full amount paid.

Number of students: 10