Hausprint

26/08/2026

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23/08/2026

This year, as part of the course designed to show students as wide a range of prints as possible, students on our HAUSPRINT Etching Year have had the opportunity to go to LOPF at Somerset House, the Wayne Thiebauld exhibition at the Courtauld, visits to the British Museum Prints and Drawing Room and the TATE Print Room and to Pauper's Press.

These visits support learning and create great opportunities to look at art- discussing together what we have all seen.

Our next HAUSPRINT Etching Year course has research trips and new visits in the planning. Want to find out more? Download the course outline from our website, DM or see link in bio

17/08/2026

17/08/2026

It's a wrap! The HAUSPRINT collective, a group of seven brilliant artists have just completed their HAUSPRINT Etching Year 2⁠
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Come and see their final work!⁠
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PV Thursday 3 September 2026, 6.00 - 8.00pm⁠
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Exhibition open Friday 4 - Sunday 6 September 2026, 12.00 - 5.00pm⁠
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Irene Graham⁠e.graham⁠
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Rachel McVeagh⁠
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Jen Ross⁠
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Mike Taylor⁠
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Jane Skuse⁠skuse⁠
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Matt Worrall⁠
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Clare Winter⁠
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15/08/2026

It's a wrap! The HAUSPRINT collective, a group of seven brilliant artists have just completed their HAUSPRINT Etching Year 2

Come and see their final work!

PV Thursday 3 September 2026, 6.00 - 8.00pm

Exhibition open Friday 4 - Sunday 6 September 2026, 12.00 - 5.00pm

art

10/08/2026

Meet the tutor Michelle Avison⁠
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Michelle Avison and Rob White work together delivering the HAUSPRINT Etching Year⁠
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Trained as a painter at the Slade School of Art, Michelle brings that experience into her printmaking. ⁠
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What does this involve in your work?⁠
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"I think about making plates in layers, adjusting, deleting and adding elements to the image. I work in series- and across different plates at the same time. Sometimes I get a bit lost, but in this way I feel that I really find the image. Or it finds me!"⁠
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What do you bring to the Etching Year that is different?⁠
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"Rob and I work brilliantly together, we are different in our approaches, in that I am perhaps more experimental in the way I make plates, and images, but we both have strong technical knowledge and share a passion for teaching, and high expectations of students."⁠
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What is special about the HAUSPRINT Etching Year?⁠
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Rob and I have many years combined experience of making prints, of delivering high-quality teaching and learning, plus Rob has 20 + years professional printing experience. The students quickly come together in a cohesive and supportive group. They have a unique opportunity to work towards and deliver an end of year exhibition- it is a unique combination."⁠
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"I'm also a good organiser- so we make a great team!"

10/08/2026

Meet the tutor Michelle Avison

Michelle Avison and Rob White work together delivering the HAUSPRINT Etching Year

Trained as a painter at the Slade School of Art, Michelle brings that experience into her printmaking.

What does this involve in your work?

"I think about making plates in layers, adjusting, deleting and adding elements to the image. I work in series- and across different plates at the same time. Sometimes I get a bit lost, but in this way I feel that I really find the image. Or it finds me!"

What do you bring to the Etching Year that is different?

"Rob and I work brilliantly together, we are different in our approaches, in that I am perhaps more experimental in the way I make plates, and images, but we both have strong technical knowledge and share a passion for teaching, and high expectations of students."

What is special about the HAUSPRINT Etching Year?

Rob and I have many years combined experience of making prints, of delivering high-quality teaching and learning, plus Rob has 20 + years professional printing experience. The students quickly come together in a cohesive and supportive group. They have a unique opportunity to work towards and deliver an end of year exhibition- it is a unique combination."

"I'm also a good organiser- so we make a great team!"

01/08/2026

Meet the tutor⁠
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Rob White brings a huge wealth of printmaking knowledge to his role of tutor on our HAUSPRINT Etching Year. ⁠We asked Rob some questions about the course.⁠
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Can you briefly outline what a student learns on the Etching Year?⁠
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"The etching year starts by covering basic skills, hard ground, soft ground and aquatint, good printing technique and you're taught to understand how and why things happen. It's a true grounding in the basics of etching. Students will then go on to more advanced techniques such as sugar lift, spit bite and chine collé. Term 3 is about bringing those skills together to create a personal project; each student is encouraged to pursue the techniques that will allow them to make the most interesting work. ⁠
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Michelle and I both have many years working with etching but approach it very differently, which makes for a very rounded etching year."⁠
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What is the best thing about the etching year?⁠
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"I think there are many great things about the etching year. The first being the amount of support the students get from both tutors. I also love the visits to places like the Tate print collection or the visit to the British Museum print room which is always a thrill. The mass of technical knowledge that the tutors have is also something that sets this course apart from other etching courses."⁠

What do you enjoy the most?⁠
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"I really enjoy sharing my knowledge about etching, This has come from working firstly at Thumbprint and then more recently at Paupers Press."⁠
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Can you talk about your experience as a printmaker and what skills you bring to teaching?⁠
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Over the last 20+ years I've worked at the best print studios in London, working on all sorts of etching projects. I've trained many younger printers, teaching them to a very high level of skill. The wide range of different projects I've worked on allows me to bring a set of skills to this course that I believe are very rare, and my willingness to share them makes the course super interesting for any student. From someone with lots of experience to someone who is doing etching for the first time."⁠
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Interested in this course? email [email protected]

26/07/2026

Congratulations to our HAUSPRINT Etching Year - the stand this weekend looks fabulous- professional, varied work- lovely!

If you are in Bristol this weekend, it is a great event- open today until 5pm.

Irene Grahame.graham

Rachel McVeagh


Jen Ross


Jane Skuseskuse

Matt Worrall


Clare Winter