261107|7th + 8th November 2026|Natural Ink and Mokuhanga

Location Leicester Print Workshop Date & Time Saturday 7th + 8th November 2026 10.00am - 4.00pm Tutor Sumiko Eadon The LPW kitchen and education room will become a ink lab! Reflecting on her exhibition at LPW ‘A Colourful Path’, Sumiko will share her research of pigment and ink making, and its application to drawing and printmaking. The group will collectively make avocado ink and lake pigment, then individually make mokuhanga prints. Discover the exciting process of experimental plant-based ink and printmaking and produce sensitive works that reflect the full beauty of the process and materials working in harmony. • Find out about Sumiko’s research via her mini talk. • Learn how to make liquid ink from avocado stones. • Learn how to make lake pigment from avocado stone dye liquid. • Make mokuhanga printing using handmade avocado paste pigment. • See demonstration of making oil-based inks for relief and intaglio printmaking. COURSE STRUCTURE Day 1: Introduction and brief talk about the research Make dye liquid from avocado stones in LPW kitchen Make drawing ink from the dye liquid, experiment with modifier and use it on paper. Lunch Introduction to mokuhanga and demo cutting wood Make mokuhanga block (cutting blocks) Introduction and demo of lake pigment making Clean, tidy and pack up Day 2: Harvest the lake paste pigment Continue cutting woodblocks Intro and demo printing mokuhanga Print the blocks using the handmade avocado paste pigment Lunch Demo of making powder form of pigment and oil-based intaglio/relief inks Try using the oil-based ink (wood type or drypoint - TBC) Cleaning up and tidy up About the Tutor Sumiko Eadon is an artist based in Leicestershire working individually and collaboratively. She studied Fine Art in Loughborough University as a mature student. Since her graduation in 2013, she has developed her portfolio through residencies and has exhibited regionally and beyond. This includes AA2A at the University of Derby, LPW’s ‘Our Big Move’ residency, Surface Gallery graduate residency, Nottingham Castle Open, Flourish Award exhibition, the National Original Print Exhibition, London and a solo exhibition at New Art Exchange, Nottingham. She works as a freelance printmaking tutor and has worked with LPW, West Yorkshire Print Workshop, LU Arts and The New Art Gallery Walsall. Website: 11th13th.wordpress.com Instagram: @umikoseadon Leicester Print Workshop Leicester Print Workshop is the regional development centre for printmaking. Established by artists in 1986, we are a registered charity, supported by Arts Council England. Our RIBA award-winning building is situated in Leicester City Centre's Cultural Quarter and is home to a large, well equipped open access Printmaking Studio. We have over 30 years’ experience of teaching people printmaking. Our programme offers the largest number and broadest range of printmaking courses in the region, with courses suitable for beginners as well as experienced printmakers, delivered by practicing artists and nationally renowned tutors. Participants learn in small and friendly groups in our purpose-designed studio. Bookings Online: You can book online here by credit / debit card or Paypal. Telephone: You can pay by card over the phone during our opening hours (Wednesday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm). Call us on 0116 251 4174. In person: Call in to Leicester Print Workshop during our opening hours (Wednesday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm) to book and pay by card, cash or cheque. Pre-course information: We will send you details of how to find us and what to bring with you when we process your booking. Concessions Full-Print Members of Leicester Print Workshop are entitled to a 10% discount on our inhouse courses. Interested in joining LPW as a member? Click here for more information.