Festive handmade Christmas wrapping paper workshop with printmaker Jess Van Baalen, using lino-cut blocks, stencils and stamps.
Jess Van Baalen is running a Christmas wrapping paper workshop at Market Hall on Saturday 14 November, starting at 10:00. It's a hands-on session where you make your own festive wrap from scratch, and you'll be working with lino-cut blocks, stencils and stamps to get there.
Van Baalen is a printmaker and illustrator based in Plymouth, and she's one of the resident artists at the Guildhall. Her work draws on nature, folklore and storytelling, and she describes her style as bold and textured, coming from the tactile process of lino printing. That's exactly what you'll be doing here: carving and printing your own patterns rather than buying a roll off a shelf. If you've never tried lino printing before, this is a good way into it, and you'll walk away with something you can actually use.
The workshop is held in Market Hall, which sits inside the Grade I listed Devonport Guildhall. It's a creative space that houses artists' studios, print facilities and artist residencies, and it runs a year-round programme of workshops and events. It's also home to the Print in Action festival, so the whole place is set up for this kind of work.
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It's a morning session, so you'll be done well before lunch. The workshop starts at 10:00 on Saturday 14 November at Market Hall, in the Devonport Guildhall.
