Stamp & Print: A Set of Decorations, Bringing the Outside In

Use foliage, paint, gel printing plates and botanical stamps to create a set of beautiful hanging decorations.

Explore the world of simple nature-based printing in this hands-on half day workshop. Let the plant’s shapes, textures and your preferred colours inspire your creativity.

Absolutely no experience necessary – just an interest in printmaking and an apron!

You will:

• Learn how to select suitable botanicals and work with ‘stay open’ inks.
• Create unique plant prints, using a gelli plate, over layered with stamped impressions.
• Take home your very own set of 5 wooden-based decorations, ready to hang or gift!

About the tutor:

Tutor Su France is a rural-based printmaker and earth pigment textile artist whose work connects with the arable farm landscape around her. Drawing inspiration from fields, ceramic traditions and kintsugi philosophy, she creates thoughtful pieces that celebrate imperfection in life and nature.

Working with locally sourced earth pigments, Su develops rich, muted palettes that capture the essence of place and evoke a sense of tranquillity. Her own process combines printmaking with delicate hand-stitching, using vintage threads to trace agricultural patterns and reference human interactions with the land. Find out more about Su’s practice at https://www.sufrancedesigns.com/

Further information:

All materials are provided. Please wear old clothes or bring an apron as printing can get messy!

Participants must be aged 14+. Under 18s must be accompanied by a paying adult at all times.

This half-day workshop will start at 10:30am and end at 2:30pm. Our café will be open or you are welcome to bring your own refreshments.

If the course/workshop you’d like to book is sold out, we do operate a waiting list – simply contact our box office team on 0116 252 2455 / arts-centre@le.ac.uk and ask to be added to the waiting list. We’ll then contact you if a place becomes available, with absolutely no obligation to accept it if you’ve made other plans!

Please ensure that you agree to our updated Terms & Conditions before booking as courses/workshops are non-refundable in some circumstances.

We aim to make all our sessions as accessible as possible and carers/PAs are very welcome – just remember to book their free place when you book your session. If you’d like to talk to us in advance of booking or attending your sessions to discuss your access needs, our Box Office team is here to help! Email arts-centre@le.ac.uk, pop in or call 0116 252 2455, open 7 days a week.

We have four blue badge parking spaces outside Attenborough Arts Centre, plus double yellow line roadside parking very close to the building for blue badge holders for up to three hours if our parking spaces are occupied.

Free parking for all customers is available after 5pm on weekdays and all day at weekends in the University of Leicester car park next door to Attenborough Arts Centre on Lancaster Road.

The closest public car park for parking at all other times is Victoria Park, 5-10 minutes walk from us.