Weald & Downland Courses

On this practical course you will create your own woodcut prints; exploring the materials, techniques, and illustration style of the medieval times and later.
Be inspired by the Museum’s exhibits, and view a selection of historical illustrations, or bring your own ideas to design, carve, and print your own woodblock, echoing the practice of the early printmakers.
Suitable for all abilities, with tuition on design, woodblock cutting and printing techniques.

On this printmaking course you will create your own herbal woodcut, beginning with a visit to one of the museum’s gardens to gain inspiration from the historic plant collection.
Returning to the studio, be further inspired by the herbal illustrations on display, to then design, cut and print your woodcut.
Suitable for all abilities, with tuition on illustration, woodblock cutting and printing techniques.

Create your own woodblock to print onto a selection silks, cottons, linen and 'stuffs' of the era.
Learn how the craft evolved from it's early beginnings in India, Medieval Europe, and through to the Victorian Arts & Crafts Movement in Britain.
Discover the variety of woods, tools, and printing techniques used during the period.

Beginning with the Victorian invention of linoleum and its radical use as an art medium from Edwardian times onwards.
On this practical course you will create your own linocut prints, exploring the materials, techniques, and illustration styles from Edwardian times onwards. Be inspired by the museum exhibits from the Victorian and Edwardian eras, view a selection of historical prints or bring your own ideas to design, carve, and print your own lino block; echoing the practice of the pioneering linocut printmakers, who made the linocut print the new art sensation. Traditional linoleum will be used; made of natural materials including wood flour and linseed oil.
Suitable for all abilities, with tuition on design, lino block cutting and printing techniques

Taking the Museum as inspiration, learn to design an image and transfer it onto a woodblock, using wood cutting tools to carve the image, and practice mark making techniques.
You will then print your own woodblock to produce ten Christmas cards. Afterwards you can take your woodblock away with you so that you can print more at home.
Suitable for all abilities, with tuition on illustration, woodblock cutting and printing techniques.