Hello and welcome to Marmalade, a new arts and creative space in the mediaeval, market town of Soham, Ely, run by Oyster Community Press CIC, a not-for-profit, community arts organisation. At marmalade we believe that sharing our passion for printmaking and passing on our skills to other people, will help ‘preserve’ this wonderful, traditional art form, and ‘spread’ the word about it far and wide. We offer printmaking workshops for adults, that will introduce you to the main printmaking techniques and are suitable for both experienced artists who want to explore printmaking, and newcomers who want to have a go at something different.
Half-day linocutting workshops at marmalade are relaxed, sociable and busy.
In this introductory session you will learn about the Relief printmaking method of linocutting and how to use our printmaking equipment so that you can create your own black and white and coloured linocut prints to take home. The session is suitable for beginners, people with no arts experience or those with rusty skills as we take you step-by-step through every process, to ensure you can work with confidence and at your own pace. We have reference books in the studio, but you are welcome to bring in your own images to work from as well. All materials are provided, along with tea, coffee and homemade cakes or biscuits, to keep your creativity going. Young people over 16 years old are very welcome if they bring an adult with them.
Please note, that although our inks are washable and we have aprons in the studio, we don’t recommend wearing your best clothes when you visit us, as printmaking can be a bit messy!
Here’s what Pauline, one of our printmaking students has said about printmaking with us
“I just wanted to say thank you for the wonderful printmaking course. It has been fantastic to learn the beginnings of a new process and I know that I would love to learn more. The venue, the people and the teaching all made for a really special experience for me.”
Getting to marmalade
If you are coming by car, we have two free local car parks nearby and on-street parking is also available. For anyone wishing to use public transport to visit us, we are on the 112 bus route between Newmarket and Ely run by Stephenson’s buses, with stops close to the studio. We are five minutes’ walk from Soham train station which has good connections from Ely, Cambridge and London.
Facilities
- Disabled Accessibility
- mostly flat terrain
- Outside Seating
- wheelchair accessible
- WIFI
Accessibility Facilities
- Wheelchair accessible
