Print

In our specialist print workshops, you’ll be supported to experiment and explore a range of processes across printmaking, publications and artists’ books, from initial concept to finished work.

Please note: From September 2027, London College of Communication will be moving to our new building, just across the road from our current site. Technical Resources and facilities are subject to change. Find out more about our new building, opening in September 2027.

Grid of blue cyanotype prints displayed behind a white torso sculpture in a photography studio. — Megan Kyte | MA Design for Art Direction | London College of Communication | UAL

Printmaking

Learn traditional and contemporary printmaking processes, including:

Etching: hard ground, soft ground and aquatint
Linocut and woodcut
Monoprinting
Lithography: stone, zinc plate and photographic processes
Solar plate and drypoint printing
Collagraph
Embossing

This space also provides digital image preparation facilities, which will enable you to combine analogue and digital techniques to create experimental and hybrid outcomes.

Large sheet of detailed line drawings with brightly coloured printed sections beside a translucent sheet held up to the light. — Yuehan Wang | BA (Hons) Illustration and Visual Media | London College of Communication | UAL

Screenprint

Explore screen printing across paper, board, textiles and other surfaces. You’ll develop hand-pulled printing techniques using:

Water-based acrylic inks for paper and board
Specialist textile dyes for printing onto fabric

Person holding a translucent printed sheet in front of an Albion printing press. — Mokshapradha Kumar | MA Illustration and Visual Media | London College of Communication | UAL

Letterpress

Create books, posters, artists’ publications and experimental print projects using historic metal and wood type alongside contemporary materials. Expert technicians will support you to develop skills in:

Typesetting and composition
Inking
Press operation

Large textile artwork combining colourful patterned fabric, printed photographs, stitching and decorative embellishments. — Beatrice Updegraff | MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography (online) | London College of Communication | UAL

Print and Finishing

Take print projects from initial concept to finished production using lithographic, digital and large-format printing across a range of materials. Facilities support the following processes:

CMYK, Pantone and metallic spot colour printing
Spot varnishing and colour matching
Computer-to-plate (CTP) plate making
Cutting, creasing and folding
Binding and specialist bookbinding

Expert technicians will be on hand to give you one-to-one production advice, supported by paper libraries.

Red printed paper components being cut, folded and assembled to make a pop-up book. — Jiarui Li | BA (Hons) Illustration and Visual Media | London College of Communication | UAL

Book Arts

Develop bookmaking skills by creating:

Artists’ books
Portfolios
Presentation boxes
Bespoke publications

Abstract Risograph print in black and fluorescent pink, with overlapping geometric lines and shapes. — Siyu Man | MA Illustration and Visual Media | London College of Communication | UAL

Riso printing

Create artists’ books, zines, posters, prints and publications using dual-colour Riso printers and vibrant rice-bran-oil-based inks. Combining a screen-print aesthetic with digital production, the facilities enable you to experiment with colour, layering and overprinting.

Expert technicians will support you with artwork preparation and colour separation.