An opportunity to bring children to experience this fun and colourful craft! Children ages 8 and above are invited to come along with an adult to explore printing for textiles together.

This is a lovely introduction to both lino cutting, a printmaking process, and creating your own textiles! Lydia will also bring her gorgeous selection of wood and linocuts to print with.

On this course Lydia will talk through the basic techniques, how the materials work and what you need (including where to get it) to complete the course and carry on linocutting and printing fabric at home. Her mission is to get you printing!

The method is very straight-forward, accessible for all abilities and easy to do at home… as printing goes, it’s pretty un-messy too! You will have the opportunity to explore your own designs and mix your own colours as well as using Lydia’s own blocks.

Everyone will get either 1 napkin and 1 small tote bag or 1 large tea towel or tote to print on to take home.

*There is an additional option to buy a Take Home Linocut Kit which includes 5 linocut tools, 2 pieces of Softcut Lino, an Inking tray, 3 paint sponges and 50ml of fabric paint of your choice from Lydia’s collection*

We suggest bringing your own pack lunches for the day to enjoy in the Gallery.

Artist bio:

Lydia Finney is an artist, printer and maker based on the Suffolk Coast. Moving to a remote village from Brussels 10 years ago, her love of fabrics, a knack for sewing and with her local surroundings abounding with inspiration, Lydia started printing using wooden blocks and her own linocut designs to create items such as cushions, lampshades and zipper-bags under the business name Lovely Lydia.

Living in a beautiful corner of the world betwixt the sea, the river, the forests and the farmlands of Suffolk, her design motifs include hares and seedheads, bees and moths, lobster and crabs. Her style is sometimes naïve, sometimes intricate, evoking the wild things around her and making her designs into items of purpose and use.

Having not been trained in art, yet making a living from it, Lydia emphasises that lack of background should not inhibit anyone from finding ways to express their creativity. She loves to show students how easy it can be to create something stunning! She would always be the first to encourage someone to “give it a go” when it comes to being creative- “No one starts as an expert, it’s fun to try new skills and see your skill and confidence grow.” She especially loves to see the variety of ideas and creations students come up with. “We all take such different approaches to things, I love seeing where the inspiration flows from!”

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Both adult and child must purchase a ticket.

£45 each