handPRINTStudio is located in the charming village of Stockton-on-the-Forest, on the outskirts of the beautiful, historic city of York, and is equipped with all facilities for the needs of the various workshops, boasting two etching presses, plus ample space for etching, plate construction, inking and printing.

We are committed to the research and development of innovative printmaking practice, and offer an exciting programme of intensive workshops dealing with specialist aspects of creative print processes.

These workshops are aimed at a wide audience, are suitable for both beginners and more experienced printmakers alike, and cover a wide range of methods and processes in an expert, accessible and informal manner.

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After much deliberation, Judy and I have decided that it is time to concentrate on our own work and have made up our minds to retire at the end of 2008. We have been very fortunate in that our work is now selling well in galleries and at art fairs throughout the country and wish to spend more time involved in this area of our practice. We have thoroughly enjoyed teaching the courses at Handprint Studio, and have been much enriched by the wonderful people we have met as a result of our courses, and we would like to thank everyone for their support and friendship over recent years.

Our plan in 2009 is to move down to Newlyn in West Cornwall, where we can paint, make prints and enjoy being part of the vibrant art community of Penwith. Dependent on the size and nature of our studio, we may be able to offer some courses at appropriate points throughout the year, but would no longer be able to offer bed & breakfast accommodation.

If you are intending to follow a course at Handprint Studio in the future, then please book as soon as possible, as 2008 courses are filling rapidly and this will probably be the last year they will be available.

We have done a lot of outreach teaching to printmaking groups over the last couple of years, including Dundee Contemporary Arts, Cork Printmakers in Ireland, Spike Island Printmakers in Bristol and Hot Bed Press in Manchester. In addition, in our studio in York we have given tuition to representatives from printmaking workshops in Leicester, Northumberland, Gloucestershire and Southampton.

From 2009 we would choose to continue this outreach scheme, depending upon distance and logistics, and would welcome enquiries from printmaking organisations.

Following the success of our 5-day workshops in 2006 and 2007, we are delighted to offer three five-day courses in 2008, which may be a mixture of processes (eg. collagraph/carborundum printmaking and non-toxic etching), or a single discipline, according to the needs of the individual. The dates for these courses can be found on our Dates 2008 page.

The course tutor,Peter Wray R.E.,is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, and one of UK's foremost exponents of Collagraph/Carborundum printmaking. He has over 30 years' of successful teaching experience across a wide range of levels, and enjoys an international reputation as an artist- printmaker. He has exhibited widely throughout Britain and abroad, and his work is held in many prestigious private, public and corporate collections.

For students from outside the immediate locality, Bed and Breakfast accommodation is available. For details, please visit our Accommodation page. Frequent Open Access days are available at extremely cheap rates for artists wishing to take advantage of our printmaking facilities. If you are interested in attending one of these, please consult our Open Access page for information.