Concertina Print Project : Gel Print & Lino
Start Date: Wednesday 2/12/2026
Time: 10:00am
Duration: 6 hrs
Price: £140.00
Ability: All Welcome
Tutor: Vicki Rutter
Tickets Available: 6
About this course
with Vicki Rutter
6 hours over two consecutive mornings — 2 × 3-hour sessions
Combine gel printing and lino block printing to transform a ready-made A6 concertina sketchbook into a unique sequence of prints based around a theme of your choice.
This two-part workshop gives you time to experiment with colour, pattern and layering, design and cut your own lino blocks, and explore how individual images can connect and unfold across the length of a concertina.
It’s a particularly good next step if you’ve already enjoyed one of our lino or gel-printing tasters at Colne Road Studios, giving you the opportunity to bring the two processes together in a more developed project. Beginners are also very welcome.
Start with something that interests you.
Choose a favourite subject or theme — plants, birds, insects, garden tools, architecture, everyday objects or something entirely your own. Bring photographs, drawings or other references with you, or simply come along and work from the inspiration and imagery available at the studio.
Morning 1 — Gel Printing, Colour & Layers
Begin by exploring gel printing to create colour, texture, pattern and atmosphere across your concertina.
Working directly onto the pages and experimenting on additional papers, you’ll explore how repeated shapes, transparent layers and changes in colour can link one fold to the next.
Morning 2 — Design, Cut & Lino Print
On the second morning, you’ll design and cut your own lino blocks based on your chosen theme. Vicki will guide you through simplifying an image, transferring it to lino and cutting a strong, printable design.
You’ll then print with your own blocks — alongside any of the studio blocks you’d like to use — building them over and amongst the gel-printed layers created on the first morning.
Think about repetition, rhythm, contrast and the spaces between images, allowing your design to travel across the folds and reveal itself as the concertina opens.
By the end of the second morning, you’ll have turned a simple ready-made concertina into a one-off printed artwork — something to unfold, display, keep or give as a gift.
Tried lino or gel printing with us before? This workshop is designed as a natural follow-on: a chance to revisit those skills, combine the two processes and take an idea further over two relaxed mornings.
All materials for this workshop will be supplied.
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“Taking the time to learn in the inspiring environment of Colne Road Studios was such a treat! The group was welcoming and supportive and Rachel is an extremely talented and generous teacher, sharing her skills and knowledge to give us fresh perspectives and a wealth of useful advice and feedback. I felt my ability and interest in drawing had been revived after many years dormant, learning how to observe as well as how to draw. I would encourage anyone willing to pick up a pencil to have a go, and have already signed up to Rachel’s next course! “CB March 2025
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Limited paid spaces available in surrounding roads with Ring Go cashless Parking
Max stay 4 hours during operational hours
Holly Road Car park, behind Marks & Spencer TW1 4HF
Mon to Sat – 8am to 6.30pm.
This car park is accessible and free to park in outside of these hours. Max stay 4 hours during operational hours – walking to the Studio approx 9mins
At the moment the courses at Colne Road Studios are designed for adults over the age of 18 . The aim is to create a relaxed environment, provide a bit of an escape and switch off from every day responsibilites. We are not able to accommodate children in our classes, nor do we provide children’s classes at this time.
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A refund for the full course value will then be made.
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All of our longer courses are exchangeable up until 28 days prior to the start of the course. After this, you are able to change your booking to a different course for a £20 admin fee. Please note that from 14 days prior to the start of the course, your booking is non-refundable and non-exchangeable.
Our refund policy is strict because it enables us to pay ourselves and our tutors a fair wage, and remain accessible as a studio.
Every time we are asked to to accommodate a refund request, we would be forced to lower our staff wages or increase our prices – both of which we really want to avoid. We hope you understand that this is why there are no exemptions to our refund policies.
What if the course is cancelled by Colne Road Studios ?
Courses with fewer than 3 participants may be cancelled, with 5 days’ notice given to those who had enrolled.
You will be notified by email if this happens, unless you would like us to text you instead, but please let us know.
A refund for the full course value will then be made.
Please bare with us . This might take 5-10 days to come through.