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The Courses
Courses are organised several times a year both at weekends and on weekdays. They are suitable for artists with or without previous experience of printmaking . Typically, participants are art students, art teachers, college lecturers, serious amateurs and professional artists in other media. As the number of places on the courses is kept to a maximum of four, each participant is encouraged to explore the medium in the way which is most appropriate to his or her own interests and experience, ranging from an introduction to the main technical processes, including preparation of stones, principal drawing and painting techniques and materials and printing skills, to more specialised subjects such as colour and transfer lithography. Other course formats and dates are negotiable, e.g. one-to-one, one day introduction for small groups.
Dates for 2005
Monday 21st--Thursday 24th March
Friday 29th April--Monday 2nd May
Monday 1st--Thursday 4th August
Monday 5th--Thursday 8th September
Saturday 1st--Sunday 2nd & Saturday 8th--Sunday 9th October
If you are interested but cannot make the published dates, please contact us anyway as we will try to organise a supplementary course if there are enough participants.
The Tutor
Simon Burder studied stone lithography at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, and has since taught the subject for many years. Exhibitions include the Bradford Print Biennale, the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers & Engravers, the National Print Exhibition, winning the Birgit Skiold Prize, the Cleveland Drawing Biennale and the Morandi Museum, Bologna. Commissions include a stone lithograph for the British Library.
The Studio
The studio is a professional artist-printmaker's workshop, fully equipped with two direct presses for stone lithography. It is in part of a converted stable building on the former estate of the Earl of Derby, now an attractive public park. There is a café conveniently next door and accommodation can be arranged at a local B&B.
How to get there
By road, Oaks Park is off the A2022 (Croydon Lane) between Purley and Banstead. By train, 30 minutes from Victoria Station to Carshalton Beeches from where you can be met by car (5 minute drive).
Link to Map
Times
10 am - 5 pm daily.
The Cost
£180 per four-day course. The fee includes all essential materials. Fine printing papers can be purchased at the studio at cost prices. One-to-one and group rates are available.
GALLERY OF PRINTS
A selection of images mainly produced on the courses.
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