In the Studio Archives - Print Club London
Sign In

Thank you Wei for doing a massive sort out of the tool station for fixing up the beds. you didn’t need to do it but it was very much appreciated. After running the studios for over 15 years times, sometimes it is hard to get around to doing those tasks.

May’s Member of the Month is Wayne!

Thank you for your lightning speed and nonchalant attitude in catching our little friend the mouse. Others would have hesitated or even fled but with cat-like reflexes, you caught it humanely without harm. They haven’t come back but if he does we know who to call!

For going above and beyond making the studio nice before a corporate workshop, you got us out of a pickle and it was very much appreciated. You know what we are talking about.

Join us for a creative day out in our East London studios!

Our Beginner’s screenprinting workshops are perfect for those with little to no experience, all we ask is that you bring without an A4 black and white design saved in one of the following formats: JPEG, PNG, PDF or PSD.

This can be anything! A scanned/photographed illustration or painting, a digital design, a photograph whatever you fancy. You will be taught the whole process from start to finish, how to artwork your designs, different techniques with examples in our studio, preparing your screen and finally printing in the afternoon.

At the end of the day, you will walk away with your own mini edition of screenprints and a smile on your face having spent a fun-filled day in our fabulous studios with our amazing technicians.

Workshops start at 10:30 am and finish around 4:30 pm, (finishing times may vary slightly.)

If you do have any questions, please email workshop@printclublondon.com

£65 per person

Workshops are hosted in our East London studios, 10-28 Millers Avenue, E8 2DS, we are tucked away just off of Arcola Street!

Our nearest stations are Dalston Kingsland, (8-minute walk), and Dalston Junction (12-minute walk). The closest bus stops are Princess May Road and Shacklewell Lane where the following buses stop: 67, 76, 149 and 243.

There is no parking available on-site, however, there are a few car parks nearby within a 15-minute walk of the studios. Alternatively, you may be able to find closer parking using the JustPark and YourParkingSpace apps.

Here at Print Club, we love to support local businesses, here are a few recommendations for grabbing a coffee for your daily caffeine boost, tasty lunch spots to fuel your day or places to go for a well-earned meal after a day printing!

L’atelier Dalston – across the street resides L’atelier, open every day for fresh coffee, juices, sandwiches and delicious pastries.

Cafe Mélo –  open 8 am – 4 pm Cafe Mélo prepares everything onsite, sourcing ingredients from local suppliers. There is something for everyone providing vegan and gluten-free options for their breakfasts, lunches and sweet treats.

Papo’s Bagels – NYC-style bagels produced fresh in their bakery every day, open Wednesday – Sunday, 9 am – 2 pm, make sure you get there before they sell out!

Mangal Ocakbasi – In our opinion the best Turkish food in the east. Directly opposite our studios, we make a weekly pilgrimage for a chicken kebab. Takeaway is always fresh but dine in for the real experience.

Corrochios – Corrochios have taken over the basement space belonging to our lovely neighbours Castle Gibson. If you know Ruby’s cocktail bar, run by CG’s son Tom, this is just next door. Authentic Mexican, so good and the cocktails are delicious!

Rainbow Bakery – Traditional West Indian food, freshly baked everyday, we love their Pati’s! Head to their Instagram to view their daily menu.

Our Beginners Workshop voucher makes for a thoughtful present for the budding creative. It’s a practical, hands-on and, most importantly a fun day of getting messy and creative.

Once a month we host Life Drawing classes in our Print Club London Gallery every month 6pm – 8pm.

Limited spaces available contact info@printclublondon.com to sign up!

 

 

Join us for an informal monthly art crit, a chance to share ideas and bounce off fellow studio members and creative minds. Bring yourself and some artwork to have a look at – you supply the artwork, we provide the beer!

Drink art, talk beer. Or something like that…

First date TBC, contact workshop@printclublondon.com to sign up.

 

Introducing the Print Club Playlist! See what our members are listening to in the studio right now this season. Made by our members, for our members!

Each playlist contains our members current favourite tunes that they have been listening to whilst getting inky in our Hackney studio. Hope you enjoy, we can’t wait to listen with you!

 

 

Run Club with Creative Director Rose Stallard!

Midday every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday

Join our studio Run Club for a 20-25 minute lunchtime jog in the fresh air, everyone welcome! Just let Rose or one of the Print Club team know you would like to join the run

 

We’re excited to announce the launch of our BRAND NEW CMYK Workshop. Over the course of 2 days, you will be taught how to artwork, register and print a four-layer CMYK Screen Print.

Day 1 will kick off at the Print Club Gallery (next door to the Print Club Studio) in Dalston. You will be taught the building blocks of how to artwork your design ready for CMYK printing, learning step by step how to achieve halftone separations. Once all the artwork has been created and prepared for screen printing, you will be taught how to coat, expose and wash out your screens ready for screen printing your very first layer.

Day 2 is all about the printing…  You will spend the day printing the three remaining layers to complete your CMYK Screen Print. After all the printing is done, and you’ve had a chance to admire your newly taught printing prowess, you will be shown how to blast out your screen!

To see our availability, click here. 

Last week we held our second Guest Workshop with the amazing Alice Gabb! We would like to say a huge thank you to Alice and everyone who came down to Alice’s Workshop, all the quotes produced looked amazing!

Here are a few snaps from the workshop!

Alice Gabb Workshop

Alice Gabb Workshop

Alice Gabb Workshop

Alice Gabb Workshop

Our aim with our new workshop series is to give more of an insight into not only the inner workings of our East London studio but, also a closer look at how well-known working artists/illustrators create their work! Throughout the next few months we’ll be collaborating with artists to run 2-day workshops which they will show you their trade secrets and Our talented printers will guide you through producing work as a screen print.

Stay tuned for more of our Guest Workshops!

logo-

As you know we held our very first Guest Workshop the other day with the always lovely Poppy’s Papercuts! We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who came down to Poppy’s Workshop! Your Papercuts and Screenprints look AMAZING!

Here are a few snaps from the workshop!

Our aim with our new workshop series is to give more of an insight into not only the inner workings of our East London studio but, also a closer look at how well-known working artists/illustrators create their work! Throughout the next few months we’ll be collaborating with artists to run 2-day workshops which they will show you their trade secrets and Our talented printers will guide you through producing work as a screen print.

Kicking off our next Guest Workshop is the lovely Alice Gabb, who will be teaching you the art of Brush Lettering! You’ll be able to work alongside an Alice and learn all of the tricks of the trade!

You can book your space now!

 

Want to learn a new skill? Want to learn new two skills at once? Well now you can with our Guest Workshops and kicking off our second Guest Workshop is Alice Gabb, who will be teaching the art of Brush Lettering! You’ll be able to work alongside an Alice and learn all of the tricks of the trade!

Alice Gabb Workshop

Join Alice Gabb who will be teaching you how to create some beautiful brush lettering and then work with one of Print Club London’s tutor to guide you through all aspects of screen print design and teach you how to turn your brush lettering into a screenprint

Day One kicks off in the Print Club Gallery (next door to the Print Club studio) in Dalston. You will be working alongside Alice Gabb who will be teaching you the art of brush lettering

You will go straight into some practice excersisies then moving onto letter forms and by the end of the workshop you will be able to write your name or your favourite quote.

Day Two is all about the printing… Our very skilled screen print tutor will now take over from Alice and lead you through how to turn your brush lettering design into a limited edition screen print! You’ll learn the tricks of the trade of how to produce your design as 6 screen prints and once you’ve had a chance to admire your newly taught printing prowess, you will be shown how to blast out your screen!

You can book your space now!

Our aim with our new workshop series is to give more of an insight into not only the inner workings of our East London studio but, also a closer look at how well-known working artists/illustrators create their work! Throughout the next few months we’ll be collaborating with artists to run 2-day workshops which they will show you their trade secrets and Our talented printers will guide you through producing work as a screen print.

Have you ever wanted to work alongside well-known artists to produce work? As you all know we’ve recently worked with Poppy Chancellor aka as Poppy’s Papercuts and in May we are introducing ‘Guest Workshops’ where you’ll be able to work alongside an artist and learn the tips of the trade from them! To kick things off Poppy is teaching the very first workshop…


Our aim with our new workshop series is to give more of an insight into not only the inner workings of our East London studio but, also a closer look at how well-known working artists/illustrators create their work! Throughout the next few months we’ll be collaborating with artists to run 2-day workshops which they will show you their trade secrets and Our talented printers will guide you through producing work as a screen print.


Join Poppy Chancellor who will be showing you how to produce your very own paper cut designs and then work with one of Print Club London’s tutor to guide you through all aspects of screen print design and teach you how to create a single layer screen print of your papercut.

Day 1 kicks off in the Print Club Gallery (next door to the Print Club studio) in Dalston. You will be working alongside Poppy Chancellor (Poppy’s Papercuts) she will be showing you have to translate your idea into a paper-cut, you’ll create two paper-cuts with Poppy.

With the small class size, there will be lots of time for Poppy to discuss with you the best way to achieve an amazing papercut. We will supply the paper, cutting mats and knives to work with in the session.

Day 2 is all about the printing… You will pick your favourite paper-cut which you created from day one. Our very skilled screen print tutor will now take over from Poppy and lead you through how to turn your one-off paper cut into a limited edition screen print! You’ll learn the tricks of the trade from start to finish – Going through digital artworking, coating up a screen, exposing your screen, printing and all the bits in between. After you’ve produce 6 screen prints of your design and you’ve had a chance to admire your newly taught printing prowess, you will be shown how to blast out your screen!

You can book your space now!

World Favourite Colour

Big thanks to GF Smith for adding a pop of colour to this weeks workshop by providing us with a range of wonderful coloured paper. We asked our workshop attendees to choose their favourite Colour Plan Paper in aid to help with the project World Favourite Colour.

 World Favourite Colour is a project which is asking the forgotten question of ‘What is your favourite colour?’. Head over to their website by clicking here and choose your own favourite colour and help them decide what is the worlds favourite colour.

Worlds Favourite Colour Workshops Print Club London

Colours were chosen because they make them happy, add some fun to the print or to contrast with the colour being printed on top. All of the work produced looked GREAT! Massive well done to everyone who took part!

Worlds Favourite Colour Workshops Print Club London

Worlds Favourite Colour Workshops Print Club London

Huge thanks to GF Smith for the amazing colour plan colours!

If you fancy a hand at screen printing, click here to see our workshop availability.

come

19th JANUARY 11am -1pm
COME DOWN AND CHECK OUT THE DESKSPACE & STUDIOS. JOIN US!

Ever fancied popping down to nosey around our studios? Speak to some members and get a taste of what its like here. Well now you can! And to make it that little bit juicier we will be hosting a brunch of smoked salmon bagels and grapefruit gin cocktails courtesy of Blue Bottle Gin!

If you want to join us on 19th January then please RSVP Sian@printclublondon.com

Xmas Card workshops


We feel it’s finally time to start thinking about… CHRISTMAS!

Join us with the inky festive fun print your own Xmas cards or hold your very own Xmas party with us! Add something personal to the presents you give, by attending our Xmas card workshop!

IMG_7347

IMG_7375

IMG_7365

Our first X-mas card workshop was a SUCCESS! Come and get inky with us and print your own cards, book on our website now! #printclublondon #xmas #printmaking #joinus #screenprint


You can book yourself into a Xmas card workshop here

logo-

workshops

We have been doing our twice weekly beginners workshops for a while now with rave reviews. We get a wide variety of attendees that keep us on our toes. Our technicians have so much fun getting to see your designs and demonstrating how to turn them in to your very own limited screen prints.

The day starts with a nice cup of tea as you get to know the group, then an interesting talk about the history of print screening. Followed by a look at some examples of our artists work.


workshop1


So a quick simplification of the process & what you get to have a go at:

1. How to make your design in to a stencil

2.Coat then expose your screen with that stencil

3. Mask up your screen & set up printing bed

4. Align your design and print!


workshop3

workshop32


We cover everything from the importance of setting up your registrations and testing on scrap for the first few squeegee pulls to the cost of different inks. You get to experience a window in to the world of a Print Club artist and find out some of our great membership benefits including Big Bertha, the very professional exposing unit its saves time and speeds up the prep process.

It’s a really fun way of learning how to screen print but also a must have workshop if you are thinking of becoming a Print Club member. It’s open to all with dates available to book now.


workshop20


come

logo-

Photograph & Blog content by Gabby Taylor

Archie Proudfoot is a sign painter and gold leaf artist residing in his East London studio and of course, Print Club London wanted a piece of the action.
Like a deer caught in headlights, Archie’s studio filled with his one off, original glass artwork grabbed our attention immediately.
With a few open edition gicless available of his work, Print Club London will be the first studio and gallery to work alongside the artist to produce limited edition, screen prints from the collection.
The new screen print ‘OH’ has been published and printed by Print Club London and is available exclusively from our ONLINE GALLERY!!
The perfect print for any budding interior designer, first time art buyer, type fan, print fan… you get the idea!!
The print is available framed or unframed and can be shipped directly to your home address, or collected from our studio.
If you would like to come and see the print in person before you buy, we would be more than happy to show you. Simply call us before hand on 0207 2549028 or email kiera@printclublondon.com for any further information.

 

 

My time as Print Club London’s ‘Printern’ has come to an end (sob) – BUT you will be glad to know I have only good things to say about my opportunity here and I literally have no clue where I would be now if I hadn’t been offered and taken part in this incredible experience.
The possibilities at Print Club are endless and it has been and still is a fantastic team and family to be a part of.

 

Leaving Art School is an odd experience simply because I felt I had to make a choice whether or not I wanted and felt I could commit to dedicating my hours daily to making work and putting myself out there at a time when people have little interest in you and your ideas. So applying for this position at Print Club and getting it was the best way I can imagine of easing into the terrifying transition between art school and the real world.

I now work in the studio as a technician from 10 until 5pm every Tuesday and this is something I really love. I am fully responsible for the studios and members during this time and i’m learning something new every week. Print Club has its long term members, which again emphasises the warmth of the people that surround it. I have certain members that always are in on Tuesdays and I enjoy so much having a cuppa and a chat and seeing how their work progresses too.

 

Hopefully I will be here for a while and I feel very lucky to have been here at all. I have four prints available from the Print Club London gallery and my collection of limited edition screen prints will continue to grow. Keep your eyes on my artist profile or sign up to the Print Club London’s newsletter for all the latest news and print releases.

Print Club loves it when we get people into the studio who then blog, tweet and generally share their experience with us and you lovely lot! 

Here’s one from a Tom Love who attended our Beginners Workshop earlier this month.

TOM LOVE

Print Club London

My first taste of screenprinting

Yesterday I headed up to Dalston for a one day screenprinting workshop for beginners at the famous Print Club London.

The day kicked off at 11am where 12 of us signed in and handed over our artwork to our tutors for the day, Oli & Elliot. Here I ran into my first problem – I thought it was a 2 colour screenprinting course but it was only a single colour course. This meant the artwork I had would look very different to what I had intended but at the end of the day I was there to learn the process of screenprinting rather than come out with a really great finished piece.

What I’ve decided to do is print the zoo stamp in 2 colours on my own and the 3 competition winners will get the 1 colour edition I printed at Print Club London as well as the 2 colour edition when I’ve printed it.

A lot of the day was taken up by explaining different ways you can screenprint as well as showing us some really great examples of professional work.

What I learnt is that 80% of screenprinting is prep work, and can get pretty messy – hence the lack of pictures of me actually MAKING the screen (sorry).

Eventually though, after learning to emulsion, wash, dry and expose the design onto the screenscreen you end up with this…

Now comes the really fun bit – PRINTING!
After clamping in the screen and making sure it’s positioned firmly in place you have to go through a few more technicalities such as – registering your screen to the paper. You do this so you know every time you put the screen down and print, you’re printing in the same place on each sheet of paper.

Now it’s time to get inky and enjoy yourself!

 

Printclubber Rosie Emerson is one of our fine artists who creates very unique screenprinted pieces using finishes in charcoal, gold dust or very fine sawdust. Our technician, Ben Rider, taught her how to produce cyanotypesand she’s really expressed her personal style with the technique. She had a solo show earlier this year at Hang-Up gallery for her cyanotypes portrait series Sirens and it was an absolute success!

Rosie and Ben broke a World Record on Sunday! She created the world’s largest cyanotype at 46.81 square metres as part of Hackney WickED Arts Festival with the help of our technician. The image took just three minutes to expose in the sun after Rosie arranged an array of models and props on a light-sensitive canvas.

 

Really, how awesome is this??

Here are some static pics of the achievement so you can see all details ;)

Cyanotype World Record

Cyanotype World Record

Cyanotype World Record

Cyanotype World Record

Cyanotype World Record

Cyanotype World Record

Cyanotype World Record

Cyanotype World Record

Cyanotype World Record

Cyanotype World Record

Woohoo!!!
Huge congrats to all people involved!

Our Deluxe Workshops are in full swing and achieving some fantastic results! Run over 2 days, students learn everything from the artworking stage through to the final print. Call the office to book yours today and learn how to become a screenprint master!