Courses & events
Book now for our HAUSPRINT Etching Year and start a new journey in printmaking!
If you’re looking for something shorter, then scroll down to see our taster classes, workshops and short courses in etching, stone lithography, drypoint, monoprint, woodcut and lino. You’ll also find our events, including artist talks and film nights.
Courses & events
Book now for our HAUSPRINT Etching Year and start a new journey in printmaking!
If you’re looking for something shorter, then scroll down to see our taster classes, workshops and short courses in etching, stone lithography, drypoint, monoprint, woodcut and lino. You’ll also find our events, including artist talks and film nights.
Etching: Hard Ground | 3 Tuesday evenings | October 2024
Whether you are looking for a greater understanding of the hard ground technique or are a complete beginner to etching, you will come out of this three evening course with new skills and unique prints.
Etching: Soft Ground | 3 Tuesday evenings | Oct & Nov 2024
For those wanting to explore etching but feel the pressure of drawing, our three evening course investigates texture, pattern and mark-making through soft ground.
Etching: Aquatint | 3 Tuesday evenings | Nov & Dec 2024
Across three evenings, explore the magical properties of aquatint to create prints with a range of tones from light to dark. Whatever your inspiration, from ocean to architecture, nature to grafitti, learn how aquatint can be used for exciting results.
Monotype Study Day: Using water washable inks | 1 Saturday | November 2024
Explore monotype printing at HAUSPRINT. This course is designed to give you a really good understanding of using water washable printing inks to make painterly monotypes.
Carborundum | 4 days | August 2025
Explore carborundum plate making and printing techniques over 4 consecutive days. Working on acrylic plates you will learn how to use carborundum grit and painting mediums to achieve painterly, textural marks, resulting in rich, vibrant prints.
Etching Year | 40 weeks | Mondays | September 2025
This Monday evening class is a unique opportunity to build your etching skills over the course of a year. The HAUSPRINT Etching Year is designed to provide stable building blocks for your printmaking future, whatever your starting point. Over 40 weeks you’ll be guided through a specialist programme delivered over three terms which teaches the principles of etching.
With a lot of help from you – our 2024 Crowdfunder story
In May 2024 we ran a Crowdfunder appeal to raise £10,000 for two new presses and improvements to the studio. We are thrilled to say that we exceeded our target with donations of over £11,500.
Artist talk: Michelle Avison
From her inspirations to struggling to find a place to draw, Michelle takes us through a chronological history of her work, and how she learned to embrace the practice of looking in this video presentation.