Indian Block Printing - Arnold Library - Community Learning

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 look at the history of Indian Print Blocking and how Printing and Block making is done today.   

Over the course you will gain an insight of the history of block printing in India and how the industry is surviving today.  We will analyse patterns and look at the look at 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. We will review a selection of artists and their use of patterns; we will also discuss how patterns are found in nature. 

We will look at Colour Theory – looking at the colour wheel and see how colours can blend and complement each other, building an understanding of how colours can change a design mood. 

From discussion over the course individuals will gain understanding of the pros and cons of difference paints on the market. 

You will need:

• Fabric 
• Paint  
• Paper/card to print on to 

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:

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
• Greater London
• Greater Manchester
• Liverpool City Region
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
• Tees Valley
• West of England
• West Midlands
• West Yorkshire

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• By phone: 01623 677 200
• By email: learning@inspireculture.org.uk

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