Screen 'Zines (13-17yrs)

Join our resident screenprinting expert Katy through a whirlwind trip of discovery - using your photos and images to produce screenprinted 'zine of your life, loves and laughs. A riotous day for teens to discover screen, colour, and simple book making to create the best book in their library!

Course Structure 

• Introduction and welcome
  
• Looking at materials to produce collages and photocopies
• Freehand session using a variety of tools to make interesting hand drawn marks, pictures or text
• Select images to use to create your 'zines
• Expose all images onto a screen

12 - 12.30 LUNCH

• Printing demo by Katy
• Select ink colours
• Print onto paper - experiment with colour / gradient / position on paper / overlay / stencils
• Collate your printed sheets together with plain sheets and other collage materials into an edition of 3 'zines

Your 'zines can be hand finished at your leisure - sewing, collage, drawing and painting are all options to further decorate your work.

You will need to bring in photos or personal objects to use for making images or you will be free to use materials provided by us to create something unique and personal to you.

About the Tutor

Leicester based artist Katy Goodrich has been a part of Leicester Print Workshop for the last 10 years. Starting as a volunteer she then undertook a 5 year apprenticeship at LPW learning all aspects of print and in 2020 Katy became a technician here in the studio. 

Specialising in screenprinting, Katy uses underwater photographs to create her work mainly using the CMYK colour separation technique.

Leicester Print Workshop 

Leicester Print Workshop is the regional development centre for printmaking. Established by artists in 1986, we are a registered charity, supported by Arts Council England. Our RIBA award-winning building is situated in Leicester City Centre's Cultural Quarter and is home to a large, well equipped open access Printmaking Studio.

We have over 30 years’ experience of teaching people printmaking. Our programme offers the largest number and broadest range of printmaking courses in the region, with courses suitable for beginners as well as experienced printmakers, delivered by practicing artists and nationally renowned tutors. Participants learn in small and friendly groups in our purpose-designed studio.