Print a Tote Bag: linocut printing workshop with EJ Sparkles

Print a Tote Bag: linocut printing workshop with EJ Sparkles

Join us for a relaxed, fun and enjoyable afternoon at Conclave in our linocut printing workshop: print your own tote bag with EJ Sparkles in our lovely events space. Create a totally unique gift for yourself or someone else.

In this 3-and-a-half hour workshop, you will create a stamp using the linocut technique and then print onto a tote bag. There will also be a selection of ink colours to choose from.

Printmaker EJ Sparkles will guide you step-by-step through the process. You can draw your own design – bring an idea, or simply use one of the images provided (and there’s a gallery full of inspiration right here ready for you too!) This will be a small group workshop (limited to 10 participants) so you’ll be sure to get all the help and support you need.

At the end of the workshop, you will leave with a unique hand-printed item of your own making and the basic knowledge of the linocut process which can then be continued at home if you so wish (and use those skills to make some other unique Christmas cards and gifts)

We’ll provide you with a new cotton tote bag (your choice of natural cotton, or coloured cotton) and all the materials and inks you will need to create your masterpiece.

  • Refreshments provided
  • Maximum 10 people per class
  • Level: beginner and above
  • Ages: 16+ (we will be using sharp cutting equipment)
  • Cost: £34 standard (or grab an earlybird bargain for just £27 – order before 12th November)
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Saturday 26th November, 2.30-5pm

About your workshop leader:
EJ is a Brighton-based printmaker who creates linocuts by combining organic forms with a bold and vibrant colour palette. She prints her own work at bip-Art Printmaking Workshop in Kemptown, and during term time works as an assistant teacher in a school art department. EJ loves to create, and finds lino cutting and printing a very mindful process which she would love to share with new printmakers, like you!

For more information follow EJ on Instagram:  and Facebook or have a look at her website

Feedback from previous attendees:
“So relaxing and fun! What a lovely and satisfying way to spend a few hours! Thanks E-J!”
Catherine K

Print a Tote Bag: linocut printing workshop with EJ Sparkles

Tickets are £34 standard / £27 early-birds (order online before 11th November)

As this is a hands-on workshop with paint and other mucky things, you might want to wear things you don’t mind getting dirty and painty!

 🙂 Tickets: £27 / £34 🙂

Saturday 26th November 2022:

  • Doors: 2pm
  • Workshop: 2-5.30pm
  • includes a break at approx. 3.30pm, which you are welcome to stay in and work through, or step outside for!

Age Restriction:
16 and over only please

TICKETS:
Early-bird (order by 11th November) £27
Standard (after 11th November) £34
(price includes all materials)
BUY TICKETS ONLINE HERE

Strictly limited to 10 participants.

If you have any enquiries about this workshop, please contact EJ by email: ejsparkles@gmail.com

STICK IT ON! Vintage Collage Skateboard Art Workshop (with Twydall P)

STICK IT ON! Vintage Collage Skateboard Art Workshop (with Twydall P)

Part of Conclave’s special week of events for DECK THE HALLS celebrating the archetypal symbol of urban street and youth culture: THE SKATEBOARD.

Alongside a group show from local artists showing their original (and limited-edition) artworks created on the humble skateboard deck, we are hosting a hands-on VINTAGE COLLAGE creative evening workshop in our basement events space in central Brighton (under the main gallery). This will be a fun, sociable, and hands-on creative event where you can get inspired, get stuck in, and get your hands on the decks…

STICK IT ON! Vintage Collage Skateboard Art Workshop (with Twydall P)

Tuesday 6th December, 18:30-21:30

Our “Creative Deckmaster” for the night is Twydall P, a Brighton-based mixed-media artist, puppeteer and poet. He works mainly with analogue collage where he blends his playful humour with his love of history, science, nature and symbolism to create striking, yet simple, artworks. You can find out more about Twydall here.

He will help you find your inner master collager, whilst giving you practical help, advice, ideas and inspiration to get you leaving the workshop with a fully-fledged, beautiful skate deck. We’ll have oodles and oodles of vintage collage materials (helpfully sorted into categories so you can find what you need, when you need it! Ask for help, or just crack-on with it over a drink or two (yes, there’s a bar!  🍺🥂🍹) Come by yourself, or come with friends – we’ll all enjoy a good natter over the paper snipping 🙂

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This workshop will provide a creative lovely break from all the Christmas eating and drinking – come in enjoy the escape from all the over-the-top Christmas themed stuff! (Although if you do need a Christmas excuse, this will be THE PLACE to make a bespoke present for someone special).

There are no rights or wrongs for this workshop – the only rule is to get involved and give it a go! Whether you’re a sticking pro, or a complete beginner, we’ll get you trying out different techniques, and thinking about how to use different types of source material to create the effects you’re after. Twydall will be helping you along with hints and tips to create a unique skate deck that tells a story (and the gallery upstairs is on hand to provide any extra inspiration you might need).

There will be vintage stuff. Lots of vintage… 
We’ll be focussing on using vintage print materials to create your collage skate deck, but there will also be lots of other materials on hand to ensure you can create the effects you want to achieve with your decks. We’ve shown you some of Twydall’s work here, but the possibilities (and style options!) are endless!

ALL MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT WILL BE PROVIDED (Including a new, full-sized blank skateboard deck for each participant)

You’re welcome to bring your own ideas and source materials (if there’s something in particular you fancy doing) or just come as you are, and we’ll load you up with ideas and options on the night!

As this is a hands-on workshop with glue and other mucky things, you might want to wear things you don’t mind getting dirty!

🙂 Tickets: £27 / £34 🙂

Tuesday 6th December 2022:

  • Doors: 18:15
  • Workshop: 18:30-21:30
  • Venue & Bar closes: 22:30

Age Restriction:
14 and over (under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult)

– FULLY LICENSED ONSITE BAR – 

TICKETS:
Early-bird (order by 11th November) £27
Standard (after 11th November) £34
(price includes all materials)
BUY TICKETS ONLINE HERE

Strictly limited to 15 participants.

Fluoro-Doodle-Decks: Skateboard Art Workshop (with Barrie J Davies)

Fluoro-Doodle-Decks: Skateboard Art Workshop (with Barrie J Davies)

Part of Conclave’s special week of events for DECK THE HALLS celebrating the archetypal symbol of urban street and youth culture: THE SKATEBOARD.

Alongside a group show from local artists showing their original (and limited-edition) artworks created on the humble skateboard deck, we are hosting a hands-on FLUORO DOODLE creative evening workshop in our basement events space in central Brighton (under the main gallery). This will be a fun, sociable, and hands-on creative event where you can get inspired, and get your hands on the decks…

We’ll give you the deck, and get doodling with…

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Wednesday 7th December, 18:30-21:30

Our “Creative Deckmaster” for the night is Barrie J Davies, a Brighton-based urban contemporary pop artist. He makes fun paintings, prints and sculptures that have found their way into private and public collections nationally and worldwide. You can find out more about Barrie here.

He will help you find your inner master doodler, whilst giving you practical help, advice and inspiration to get you leaving the workshop with a fully-fledged, fluoro skate deck. We’ll be cracking open the paints, pens, spray-paints, stencils (and SMILES!) and you’ll be able to try different media and techniques on your own deck. Ask for help, or just crack-on with it over a drink or two (yes, there’s a bar!  🍺🥂🍹)

Fluoro-Doodle-Decks: Skateboard Art Workshop (with Barrie J Davies)

There are no rights or wrongs for this workshop – the only rule is to get involved and give it a go! Whether you’re a master draughtsman, or a complete beginner, we’ll get you trying out different doodle media, from pens and paintbrushes, to spray-paints and stencils. If you like it, TRY IT.  Barrie will be helping you along with hints and tips for how to create punchy, striking POP doodles on your skate deck, and the gallery upstairs is on hand to provide any extra inspiration you might need.

There will be fluoro. Lots of fluoro… 
We’ll be focussing on fluoro and bright, POP colours, but there will also be lots of other materials there to ensure you can create the effects you want to achieve with your deck doodles. BIG AND BLOCKY or small and detailed, we’ll have the tools for the job!

ALL MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT WILL BE PROVIDED (Including a new, full-sized blank skateboard deck for each participant)

You’re welcome to bring your own ideas and source materials (if there’s something in particular you fancy doing) or just come as you are, and we’ll load you up with ideas and options on the night!

As this is a hands-on workshop with paint and other mucky things, you might want to wear things you don’t mind getting dirty and painty!

 🙂 Tickets: £27 / £34 🙂

Wednesday 7th December 2022:

  • Doors: 18:15
  • Workshop: 18:30-21:30
  • Venue & Bar closes: 22:30

Age Restriction:
14 and over (under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult)

– FULLY LICENSED ONSITE BAR – 

TICKETS:
Early-bird (order by 11th November) £27
Standard (after 11th November) £34
(price includes all materials)
BUY TICKETS ONLINE HERE

Strictly limited to 15 participants.