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- Bishops Waltham
- 2 Days
...The Workshop is suitable for both beginners and more experienced. Ciara Healy is coming to Badger Press to run this 2-day bookmaking course...
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- Bishops Waltham
- 2 Days
...provided but there will be an additional cost for hardwood end-grain blocks which will be available at the studio. Resingrave blocks also will be in stock...
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- Bishops Waltham
- 2 Days
...Ciara Healy ) is returning to Badger Press to run another 2-day bookmaking course introducing a number of different creative bookmaking techniques and approaches...
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- Bishops Waltham
- 2 Days
...Working with line and tone - explore the process of etching through drawing from still life. Etching lends itself to the use of strong line and tone and by drawing...
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- Bishops Waltham
- 2 Days
...combining photo-sensitive emulsion with hand-drawn techniques. Students will be asked to bring photographic images with them as a source of inspiration for their...
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History
The Badger Press is an open-access printmaking studio, established by Michael Griffiths in 1982 and is currently run by a group of artists and printmakers who run the Badger Press as a social enterprise company.
Description
The spacious and well equipped studio has facilities for artists to produce prints in many media, including etchings, relief prints, solar plates and screen prints.
Printmaking services and activities offered include: Practical courses and workshops, Studio Hire for experienced printmakers Sales of printmaking materialsStaff development for educational institutions and arts consultancy services.
Recently the Badger Press has been in the forefront of research in the UK into photopolymer (solar plate) printmaking. Specialist courses are offered in the new, non-toxic medium and the Badger Press supplies plates.
The studio has easy access and ample parking. It is located a few minutes walk from the centre of the historic market town, Bishops Waltham, near Winchester in Hampshire.
