Workshops
Hand-carved stamps, cards & tags
Ever stuck for the perfect greeting card? Now you can carve your own stamps, then put them to use to create handmade cards and gift tags or jazz up plain wrapping paper! You’ll create one or two stamps of your own design, take away a stack of cards and gift tags, and leave with the skills to make more at home.
All materials provided, including rubber carving compound, wood to mount your stamps for easy use, plenty of paper for cards and gift tags, an instruction sheet to take away plus use of all specialist tools, glues and pigment inks during the workshop. (We’ll also have supplies available in our shop after class.)
No experience necessary; we’ll help you shape your designs, reverse and prepare images, cut and clean the rubber, plus teach you to use ink in innovative ways.
- Level: All
- Course length: One 3-hour session
Materials needed
Please bring the following supplies to class in order to complete your project:
Images or drawings that you might like to work with in class. We’ll help you transform your ideas into something suitable for stamping!
- Session 1: Thursday 12 August, 6:30pm—9:30pm
- Teacher: Louise Best
- Fee: £41.00
- Location: Venue 2
- Availability: 1 places left
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- Session 1: Thursday 26 August, 6:30pm—9:30pm
- Teacher: Louise Best
- Fee: £41.00
- Location: Venue 2
- Availability: 5 places left
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- Session 1: Tuesday 7 September, 6:30pm—9:30pm
- Teacher: Louise Best
- Fee: £41.00
- Location: Venue 2
- Availability: 5 places left
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- Session 1: Thursday 14 October, 6:30pm—9:30pm
- Teacher: Louise Best
- Fee: £41.00
- Location: Venue 2
- Availability: 8 places left
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- Session 1: Thursday 28 October, 6:30pm—9:30pm
- Teacher: Louise Best
- Fee: £41.00
- Location: Venue 2
- Availability: 10 places left
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Additional information
Louise Best is a practising book artist who uses many forms of printmaking in her work. Her original creations are exhibited worldwide and are collected by museums, libraries and galleries including the Tate. Louise studied Print Media at The London Institute and as well as running a busy studio, she teaches workshops in printmaking, bookbinding and graphic design. “I’m inspired by words and lettering, domesticity, birds, old envelopes, insects, books, plants and the circus,” she says. To provide balance, Louise practises yoga, swims, and also loves drinking Mojito cocktails.
