Workshop update 26.07.21
We have decided to take a well-earned break from workshop activities from the end of August. This means that we will be pausing all of our courses from the end of August. This is in order to give us a period of time to take a break, reflect, and take stock.
We'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in and support of Red Hot Press over the past 17 years. We have enjoyed passing on our knowledge and passion for Printmaking.
But, before we hang up our aprons to pause our activities we do have two more courses to offer.
These are Carborundum and Drypoint Weekend 14th - 15th August and Photo Transfer Weekend 21st - 22nd August. There are spaces available on both of these courses.
Welcome to Red Hot Press
We exist to promote and develop an appreciation and understanding of Fine Art Printmaking. Our aim is to encourage the use of printmaking as a vehicle for exploration, artistic expression, communication and creativity, while promoting an appreciation and understanding of printmaking to the wider public.
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Supervised Practice Sessions.
Supervised Practice sessions are for people who can't get to use the workshop during weekdays or prefer to come in on a Saturday. It is ideal for people who have been on a course with us and would like to continue with a printmaking technique they have learnt and need some technical help. This is not a taught course but there is some technical help available. We are running Supervised Practice sessions in March and April and September through to December. Supervised Practice runs from 10am - 2pm and costs £40. Numbers are limited on these days, so you will need to book in advance follow this link to download a Booking Form.
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About Red Hot Press
The workshop
Founded in 2004, Red Hot Press is a print facility that caters for relief and intaglio printmaking techniques. All are welcome from interested beginners to accomplished printmakers to learn and use printmaking as a creative process. We are situated close to the centre of Southampton and provide free parking around the workshop for course participants.
Equipment
- Two Art Equipment Etching Presses bed size 48' x 24'(122cm x 61cm)
- Two Galley Presses for relief printing bed size 23' x 17' (58.5cm x 43cm)
- A portable relief press bed size 30cm x 21cm
- A portable rollaco etching press
- Screen printing equipment and exposure unit
- Adana Letterpress presses
- A wide selection of wooden and metal type
Processes
- Intaglio Printing techniques including non-toxic etching and Solarplate etching
- Relief Printing techniques including wood cutting and Lino cutting
- Book binding
- Letter Press printing for type and imagery
Workshop Directors
Sarah Mander
‘As professional Artist/Printmakers, Katherine and I wanted to setup a well equipped studio for people to learn about and improve upon their printmaking skills and so we established Red Hot Press in 2004’...
Katherine Anteney
‘We offer a full programme of courses for beginners, advanced level courses for more experienced printmakers and hire of the workshop facility to experienced printmakers’...
Workshop Tutors
Linda Bennett
After 30 years working in the NHS I have been able to begin using my creativity. Having discovered Red Hot Press, I have loved everything about the printmaking process, meeting other creative people, and being part of the workshop.
Kate Dicker
Artist/ printmaker who exhibits regularly at the Bankside Gallery, London where she is a fellow of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers.
This last academic year she has been artist in residence at Southampton Solent University, developing her work through screenprinting.
Jo Price
I had my first taste of printmaking on an etching workshop whilst studying Fine Art at university and was immediately smitten. A member of Red Hot Press since 2004, I specialise in intaglio techniques and run Cowprint, the in-house artists’ group which brings together workshop members for the exchange of ideas, support and collaboration. My work has been exhibited internationally and is held in collections both in the UK and abroad.
Kate Watkins
I have been producing prints for many years and am particularly drawn to the versatility of etching, often combining it with other printing methods. I am inspired by coastal landscapes from the south coast which has been an ongoing theme since studying for an MA in Fine Art Printmaking at Winchester School of Art. I exhibit regularly alongside teaching art and photography.