Mayadori

Public sessions · Eastgate Community Centre

Saturday sessions in Northfleet

Small-group lino printing classes in Northfleet, Kent, most Saturday mornings. Everything is provided and no experience is needed. Come on your own, bring a friend, or bring the family.

Enhanced DBS · Insured · Maximum 10 per session · Northfleet, Kent

A lino printing workshop table laid out with carving tools, blocks and prints at Eastgate Community CentreHand carved in Kent, Mayadori

Upcoming dates

Fully booked until 10 December. One session left before Christmas.

10 spots

Carve Your Christmas

Sat 19 December · 10:00 to 12:00

£40

January dates

New Saturday dates open in early December. Leave your email and you'll hear before they go public.

Every session is capped at 10 people, so there's time to help everyone.

The sessions

Carve & Press

Adults and teens 13+ · 2 hours · £32

Carve your own design into lino, then print it onto something you already own: a tired T-shirt, a tote, a jacket that deserves another outing.

You'll make

your own carved stamp and a printed garment

You'll take home

the garment, three paper prints and your block

Included

all tools, blocks, fabric inks, paper, aprons, tea and biscuits

Bring

one cotton or linen item to print on, or buy a tote here for £5

Carve & Press: Family

Ages 6+ with an adult · 2 hours · £35 per adult, one child free

A first printing session to do together. Blade-free foam blocks for younger hands, real lino for the grown-ups, one tote between you.

You'll make

a stamp each and a tote between you

You'll take home

the tote, your blocks and a set of prints

Included

all tools, blocks, inks, paper, aprons and squash

Bring

nothing. Just come.

Slow Carve

Adults · 3 hours · £40

Three quiet hours with your phone in your bag. Carve, print, breathe. You leave with a small edition of prints and a slightly lighter head.

You'll make

one carefully carved block and a small edition

You'll take home

three signed prints and your block

Included

all tools, blocks, ink, cotton paper and tea

Bring

nothing.

Carve Your Christmas

Adults and teens 13+ · October to December · 2 hours · £40

Design your own Christmas stamps, then print a set of cards and wrapping paper to take home and send this year.

You'll make

your own Christmas stamp

You'll take home

eight cards with envelopes and two sheets of wrapping paper

Included

all tools, blocks, inks, card, paper and mince pies

Bring

nothing.

Fresh from the last session

Photos from recent Saturdays at Eastgate Community Centre

A workshop guest holding up her printed tote bag with her hands raised in celebration
Three guests arranging their carved stamps and printed totes on a table covered with lino tools and inks
Guests of all ages browsing the finished prints laid out by the window
A guest showing her cowboy boot print and the carved lino block she made

Give someone two hours of making

Vouchers from £32, valid twelve months, sent as a hand-printed card or by email. They choose the session and the date that suits them.

Buy a voucher

"The workshop was genuinely joyful, I loved the atmosphere inside it with music and mindful practice of making something with your hands. Thank you for explaining everything clearly."

Manav, Carve & Press participant

Before you book

Bringing a group of six or more? It's often better value as a private session.

Plan a group workshop