Double Elephant operate an active outreach programme across the South West region taking printmaking out to over 2500 people every year.

We deliver workshops out in the community using our portable presses and mobile print workshop. This enables us to take printmaking into family centres and early years groups, primary and secondary schools, galleries, museums, festivals, art groups, prisons, hospitals, day centres and a variety of community organisations. 

printing at Spacex and Beaford Arts Centre

We also run longterm projects and have worked in the mental health sector for over 10 years. Double Elephant has a Print on Prescription scheme to enable service users to access affordable printmaking on a regular basis. To find out more or to make a referral please contact Emma Molony, Outreach Co-ordinator

Printmaking and Arts & Health

Printmaking is a medium that particularly lends itself to building confidence in art making. There is safety in the process as through designing, making, inking and printing the artist can choose to distance themselves from the end result and allow for unexpected outcomes and effects.

Printmaking also bridges the gap between art and craft making which provides several benefits that unstructured art does not:

• clear parameters and boundaries
• comfortable safety in repetition – using a process that others have done before (throughout history)
• focussing on the process – allowing the participant to engage without having to expose motivation/ ideas/ personal pathology
• production of multiples – therefore ability to experiment and repeat with subtle differences gradually developing a print

If you would like us to run a print workshop we are always happy to bring our mobile workshop to you. Prices vary depending on the processes and numbers of participants - ranging from £75 - £350. Please get in touch with Emma to discuss your individual requirements.