Workshop refund policy
CSV workshop has No-refund policy unless the space is filled up with another person from the waiting list. If a workshop is cancelled, a full refund will be issued to all enrolled students. For cancelled workshops, students might be asked whether they want the full refund or the same value of a credit, which they can then use towards the purchase of a workshop in the future.
If you missed a workshop which is sold out, please contact the workshop coordinator or Social media liaison to join the waiting list. We will contact you when there is a cancellation.
Card Making - for Royal Children’s Hospital
Keen to use your skills to help others? Come and join CSV members in writing Christmas/greeting cards to be sold in the charities gift shop of the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. This will raise money for the hospital. Free event, come for as long as you can. BYO inks and tools, lunch and snacks. Cards and envelopes (and tea and coffee) will be supplied
Gentle Fraktur
Join Sally Diserio in another offering to our Beginner calligraphers, as we explore the Fraktur Hand. Fraktur is a distinctive style of Blackletter characterized by angular shapes and elaborate embellishments. Its name comes from the Latin fractura (meaning broken) because of its non-continuous strokes.
This class will provide a natural transition from Sally’s earlier Gothic Blackletter class however we begin with the usual introduction to calligraphic practices such as pen angles and basic shapes, so all skill levels are welcome.
We will then work to produce both a lower and upper case alphabet with a view to creating a finished piece.
Not just Black and White - Colour Linocut prints with multiple plates with Tamara McKimmie
The registration closing date is 12th June 2026.
Please check the venue address if you are not familiar with it. We will send you the parking lot code a day before the workshop.
Colour Linocut Prints with Multiple Plates
Tamara McKimmie presents a two day workshop creating coloured linocut prints. Starting with an initial design idea-photos, sketches, collage - we will simplify and separate it into colours, transferring the images to 2 or 3 lino blocks to create colour layers. After carving each plate, we will use Ternes Burton™ Pins and tabs and a simple registration board to ensure correct positioning of each colour layer, and proof and print a small edition by hand and/or small press.
The workshop will include design, image transfer, lino carving tools and technique, colour and colour mixing, registration and printing.
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· coloured pencils
· usual stationery items - pencils, eraser, marker, scissors, ruler etc
· washi tape or masking tape
· double-sided tape
· scalpel or cutter
· sketching paper
· tracing paper (2 or 3 sheets of A4 size)
· lino carving tools and sharpening/strop kit if you have them - I will have some spares for you to borrow. Please let Gyounghee(leegyounghee316@gmail.com) know if you need to borrow.
· roller/brayer if you have one
· baren or dessert spoon for hand printing
· palette knife if you have
· nonslip drawer liner
· rag/kitchen towel for clean up
Additional Cost for materials supplied - $25 (Payable to the tutor on the spot)
· Lino blocks
· Japanese printmaking paper
· Caligo safe wash relief inks – different colours to share
· MDF - for registration board
· sundries (sandpaper, proofing paper, ink for colouring lino block/ heavy duty carpet tape/grey board strips etc)
· Use of Ternes Burton pins and tabs.
Ternes Burton™ Pins and tabs will be available for use and purchase at the workshop. These printing gadgets will make your registration perfect every time. You will be able to use Tamara’s for two days, if you would like to purchase them, we will be able to sell them. You will need two pins and numerous tabs depending on how many prints you will make.
You already know what they are and need to order before the class, please let Tamara know (tmckimmie@gmail.com
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Australia’s Blooms and More
This is a rare chance to tackle italic hand for real beginners. Italic hand is such an important script in calligraphy since it shows how a broad nib behaviors.
It is going to be tough, but the fruit to hard working will be very sweet. If you really want to taste broad nib calligraphy, just grab this opportunity!
Bister with a bit of Bling with Julie Chambers
Learn about this versatile medium and it’s unique properties. Discover ways of maximising the effects of Bister inks, and add a little bling along the way. You will be guided through a series of experiments and trials towards a final piece of work, all of which will be gathered into a simple book, a memento of your two fun days.
A pack containing sample sizes of Bister powders, gold leaf, book cover papers and more will be provided at a small cost to those who don’t have their own.
All levels welcome.
Italic - Beginner’s class with Gyounghee Lee
This is a rare chance to tackle italic hand for real beginners. Italic hand is such an important script in calligraphy since it shows how a broad nib behaviors.
It is going to be tough, but the fruit to hard working will be very sweet. If you really want to taste broad nib calligraphy, just grab this opportunity!