Tetra Pack Printmaking Workshop with Susie Quinn

What to Expect

Susie Quinn leads a full-day Tetra Pack workshop at Custom House Studios on Saturday 10 October, running from 10am to 4pm. Tetra Pack printmaking uses the foil-lined card of an ordinary drinks carton as a printing plate. The card is drawn into, cut and inked, and because the surface is soft it takes a mark easily, which makes it one of the most accessible routes into intaglio-style printing without a specialist plate or a chemical bath.

Quinn also teaches the Gelli plate workshop in the same series, so the day sits within an ongoing printmaking strand at the studios. Custom House Studios on Westport Quay houses seven artist studios, two galleries and a printmaking workshop, and it is one of the better equipped print facilities in the west, so the setting is a working one rather than a classroom. Booking is essential and the fee is not published online, so contact the studios to confirm cost and materials. The autumn exhibition programme means there is usually something in the galleries to see before or after the session, with Mags Duffy’s The Faraway Nearby running to 17 October.

Good to Know

• Saturday 10 October 2026, 10am to 4pm
• Custom House Studios + Gallery, The Quay, Westport
• Tutor: Susie Quinn
• Booking is essential - email info@customhouse.ie or phone 098 28735
• Fee is not published online, so confirm when booking
• Gallery hours at weekends: 1pm to 4.30pm
• Mags Duffy’s exhibition The Faraway Nearby is in the gallery until 17 October

Getting There

Custom House Studios is on The Quay in Westport, about 2km west of the Octagon on the R335 towards Louisburgh. It is a comfortable walk or cycle from the town centre, and the Great Western Greenway ends nearby if you are coming from Newport or Mulranny. By car, Westport is on the N5 from Castlebar and Dublin and the N59 from Newport, Achill and Clifden. Irish Rail runs direct services from Dublin Heuston to Westport via Manulla Junction. Bus Eireann and Local Link serve the town and a local bus runs down to the Quay. Public parking is available along the Quay.