Intaglio Drypoint & Chine Colle Printmaking

Carousel Print Studio is running an intaglio drypoint and chine collé workshop on Saturday 7 November, from 10:30am to 4pm. It's part of their Printmaking Workshops 2026–2027 collection, so it's one of several sessions they've got lined up over the next year.

Over the course of the day, you'll work through a few different intaglio methods. You start with drypoint, using intaglio tools to scratch designs directly into card plates. From there, you build in collagraph elements to add texture and depth, and then you'll learn chine collé—a process where thin coloured paper is sandwiched between the inked plate and the printing paper. By the end, you'll have a small edition of prints to take home.

The session is led by Joanna Allen, an artist, printmaker and textile designer based in the High Peak. She holds a degree in Printed Textiles and a PGCE in Art & Design from Manchester Metropolitan University, and she's been running collagraph workshops for over 18 years, so she knows her way around a plate.

Carousel Print Studio itself is a not-for-profit registered charity on the ground floor of Exchange Place Studios in Castlegate, run in partnership with Yorkshire Artspace. It's open to everyone from complete beginners to experienced printmakers, so you don't need to have picked up a tool before to join in. The workshop costs £95 for the full day, and all materials and equipment are provided. There are concessions for those in receipt of benefits, and members get 10% off. You'll find the studio at Exchange Place Studios, Exchange Street, Sheffield City Centre, S2 5TR.