Spend a crisp spring morning playing with punchy color blocks, organic shapes, and minimalist graphic layouts. No drawing skills required!
As the seasons change and spring brings an energetic shift, it is the perfect time to retreat indoors for a fast-paced creative reset.
Join me for a session where we bring the joyful, iconic world of Henri Matisse’s late-career "cut-outs" to the gelli plate.
This bold style strips away all the tiny details to focus entirely on pure form and high-contrast impact. In this relaxed, hands-on workshop, you will learn how to transform your freeform scissor-cuts into colourful, bold, layered prints that look incredibly chic.
What?
• The High-Contrast Roll: How to roll out punchy, uplifting spring tones—vibrant cobalt blue, sun yellow, vivid coral, and crisp white—for solid, clean colour-blocking.
• Scissors-to-Plate Stencils: Learning to cut your own organic shaped Yuppo paper stencils so that you will layer your shapes seamlessly.
• The Graphic Pull: How to use a clever hinged registration system to line up and pull clean, flat, minimalist layers to achieve that iconic, sharp-edged silk-screen aesthetic.
Explore different colour palettes using your stencils to create your own set of unique prints. You can even add in areas of extra pattern or texture for interest within. the shapes.
Gelli printing is fast-paced, highly therapeutic, and deeply satisfying. Because the process is entirely about texture, colour, and pattern rather than precise drawing, it is completely impossible to get it wrong.
You will leave with a collection of your own unique bold, modern graphic prints ready to frame or turn into luxurious greeting cards.
When?
Saturday 20th March 2027 - from 10-1pm
How much?
£40.00 per person which includes all materials you will use on the day and refreshments.
If you'd like to book all 4 of the 'Inspired by' series of sessions, please see our discounted separate listing (1 session each month from Jan 2027 to April).
Where?
Clevedon Craft Centre
Moor Lane
Clevedon
North Somerset
BS21 6TD
The room is upstairs in an old listed building. There are 4 big heaters in the room that keep us cosy but please wear layers of warm, old clothes that you don't mind getting paint on during Winter months. Feel free to bring an apron.
Parking is FREE on site.
Comments from recent course participants:
'Julia's classes are a joy. She is an inspiring experienced teacher. She is very welcoming and great at accommodating different needs,' Jane.
'Julia is a fab teacher. Her enthusiasm is infectious and her knowledge and skills are endless. Thoroughly recommend her workshops,' Ali.
Terms: I reserve the right to cancel the course before the event if there aren't enough people signed up. Full refund or place on alternative course offered in the event of my cancellation.
If you need to cancel, I will aim to offer you a place on another suitable course if reasonable notice is given. Refunds are not given.
Contact me with any questions or if you have any problems with booking.
