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.
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.
Etching Year Taster| 1 evening| Thursday| April 2026
A 2 hour taster session to make a print and find out about our HAUSPRINT Etching Year.
Linocut | 8 Tuesday evenings | 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 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.
Etching Year Taster| 1 afternoon| Sunday| May 2026
A 2 hour taster session to make a print and find out about our HAUSPRINT Etching Year.
Making Plaster Prints| 2 Saturdays| May 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.
Etching Year Taster| 1 morning| Saturday| June 2026
A 2 hour taster session to make a print and find out about our HAUSPRINT Etching Year.
HAUSPRINT Etching Year | 40 weeks | Monday evenings| October 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.
“Revealing the unknown is always the thing I’m interested in”
SooMin Leong’s practice focuses on the transition from one place to another, both through literal journeys and the many stages that go into making her prints. Each is a story informed by the experience and impression of travelling. We interviewed her about her own journey into printmaking.
Artist talk: Sarah Gillett
In this podcast episode released by Fermynwoods Contemporary Art, Sarah Gillett talks about her research on how astronauts dream, the promise of future seances, and the joy of collaboration.
“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.








