Indian Block Printing - Newark Buttermarket - Adult Learning

Newark Buttermarket, Newark

Date	16 - 30 September 2023
Sessions	Saturdays: 10am - 12pm
No. sessions	3
Venue	Newark Buttermarket, Newark View venue details View on Google Maps
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 15
Cost	FREE - £12

About this course

This course is for anyone that loves pattern building and colour. Over the course you will gain the confidence to create prints with traditional carved blocks from Indian. We will look at the history of Indian Print Blocking and how Printing and Block making is done today.

Learners are required to provide their own substance to print onto this can be paper, or thin card or fabric such as tote bags or pillowcases.

Within the course, you will gain an insight to the history of block printing in India and how the industry is surviving today. We will analyse patterns and look at the Pattern Theory – how it is an underlying structure in culture and the environment around us. We will recreate patterns by repeating units; symmetry, rotation, reflection, tiling of shapes. Also looking at layering of designs over each other and reviewing a selection of artists and use of pattern; we also discuss how patterns are found in nature. We will look at Colour Theory – looking at a colour wheel and see how colours can blend and complement each other. We will also build up an understanding of how colours can change a design mood. From discussion over the course, individuals will gain an understanding of the pros and cons of different paints on the market and investigate methods of using waste paint.

Resources to bring to course

Fabric – this can be anything such as old bed linen, tote bags or T-shirts
Paper, Card to print on to
If you have paints – Fabric paint if working on fabric which you want to wash, or any ready mix paints such as craft acrylic's

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course please visit our webpage for further information https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas: