Workshops for Schools
I really enjoy running printmaking workshops for all children from primary school age upwards. I have an MA in Arts Education, over 12 years experience teaching art, design and textiles in school and I have fully enhanced DBS. I am happy to work with large or smaller groups and I can develop a project to suit your chosen theme or topic. Below are some photos of recent work in schools and some testimonials from teachers. You can click here to read about my recent visit to a school in Munich as a visiting artist.
Please get in touch using my contact form if you would like to discuss me visiting your school.
Creating press prints of Greek Vases at Marlcliffe Primary
Printmaking With Nature workshop with Oughtibridge School Y2 students
Do you think the workshop activity was appropriate for your class?
Absolutely! The range of activities offered complimented our curriculum offer well, and the children were able to explore a range of different printmaking techniques really well. On the afternoon of your visit, we had a walkaround by our SEND Governors. They were thrilled to see that all of the activities were accessible for all children, and that the needs of all children in our class were met.
Could you describe any aspects of the visit you thought were particularly successful and why?
For me, the children were able to better understand the different ways in which marks can be made. By showing children a range of techniques, they began to understand how pressing, cutting, colouring different elements can produce different outcomes.
Are there any students whom you thought were particularly inspired or responded in unexpected ways? If so can you give me a little more detail about this?
There is one little boy in my class who is struggling at the moment with anxiety. He is particularly worried about creative and imaginative activities such as Art so I was concerned that he might not engage well. However he had a fantastic afternoon and looked so proud of himself at the end when his work was commented on as a good example.
What would you say was the impact of my visit on the students who I worked with?
There is definitely an academic benefit to your visit – children understand how to create the prints and will be able to apply this to our Art project in subsequent weeks. Away from this though, the engagement of the children on the afternoon was so high! They loved the activity and were so proud of their artwork at the end.
Do you have any other comments?
This day was funded by our parents association, who call such visits WOW Days. We sent them a short video of the children literally going ‘WOW’ which has gone down really well. They would like to pass on their thanks for your effort on the day.
Adam Butler – Class Teacher (Y2), Maths and PE Coordinator
Oughtibridge Primary School
Below is work from a workshop with Children from Limpsfield Primary School.
Print work was developed from observational drawings of local buildings.
The work was exhibited at Bloc Studios in Sheffield.
Images and testimonials from workshops in Abbey Lane Primary School.
Thank you for a fantastic experience.
Urban Wallpaper Project Huddersfield College for WYPW (West Yorkshire Print Workshop)
The Urban Wallpaper Project had quite an open brief – to reflect the students life and experiences – in some senses as a college teacher this can be a bit worrying, as we are often very tied to tight stricture and content, but we decided to give ourselves fully over to the work with Sam to allow the students to experience this without our interference. There was a period of ‘trying things out’ in inks which generated some layered imagery – but then some grouping decisions were made, very sensitively by Sam, making suggestions on subject nature and colour and with student input – these would influence the collaborative group that would work on each individual wallpaper length.
Whole school activity printing Elephant banners with Marlcliffe School
Looking at Image and Identity with Y5 and Y6 pupils at Pathways E-ACT Academy
