Courses & events
Book now for one of our short courses and start a new journey in printmaking!
We have lots of short courses and taster classes coming up, and if you are looking for something longer you might like to look at our HAUSPRINT Etching Year starting in October 2026.
Special offer from 1- 31 March 2026. Contact Michelle to enrol for any two of our short courses with a 5% discount.
Courses & events
Book now for one of our short courses and start a new journey in printmaking!
We have lots of short courses and taster classes coming up, and if you are looking for something longer you might like to look at our HAUSPRINT Etching Year starting in October 2026.
Special offer from 1- 31 March 2026. Contact Michelle to enrol for any two of our short courses with a 5% discount.
Stone Lithography Day| 1 Sunday| March 2026
This one day course is specially for those who are curious to discover the basics of lithography. You will have a few prints to take home by the end of the day.
Plaster Prints: Casting the Image| 2 Saturdays| April 2026
Explore making 3-dimensional prints by printing your existing etching and drypoint plates into plaster shapes. Please bring existing etching or drypoint plates, or plan to make simple drypoint plates to try out the techniques.
Jigsaw Linocut | 8 Tuesday evenings | April, May & June 2026
The Jigsaw Linocut course will take you on a journey from the basics of linocut through to advanced prints using multiple layers of jigsaw blocks. The course is suitable for beginners or more experienced printmakers.
Monotype with Plants and Stencils | 1 Sunday afternoon | April 2026
Explore monotype printing at HAUSPRINT. A short introduction to using stencils in monotype, including plants, leaves and flowers as stencils, with artist Michelle Avison.
Black & White Aquatint: Scraping Through Darkness| 3 Saturday mornings| May & June 2026
Try out an experimental approach to aquatint, working both from white to black and removing black to achieve grey to white. Experiment with different resists, including crayon, stop-out and marker pens. This class is suitable for new or experienced etchers.
Monotype Study Day: Using water washable inks | 1 Saturday | May 2026
Explore monotype printing at HAUSPRINT. This course is designed to give you a really good understanding of using water washable, less toxic printing inks to make monotypes.
HAUSPRINT Etching Year | 40 weeks | Monday evenings| September 2026
The HAUSPRINT Etching Year is a unique opportunity to build your printmaking skills over the course of a year- it is designed to provide stable building blocks for your printmaking future, whatever your starting point.
“I would quite like a bit of a shout now.”
Artist Sarah Praill discusses the ideas and archeology behind her exhibition “To carry a feeling” at HAUSPRINT.
“I think all visual art is a metaphor”
Following a previous career as a forensic psychiatrist, James Anderson’s colourful carborundum and layered woodcuts convey the emotion of inner worlds. We discuss abstraction, inspiration and the hard work of practice with him.
Artist talk: Helen Breach
In this video presentation, Helen talks about the different ways in which she explores the world around her through drawing, painting and printmaking, including looking at dancers in rehearsal, the natural environment and portraiture.









