Workshop dates and contents
May 5 - 9, 2008:
One week workshop
"Colour Intaglio - Acrylic Resists and Photopolymer Film"
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May 16 - 23, 2008 (eight days):
"Artist Book and Printmaking Serial"
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Summer classes 2008
July 14 - 18, 2008:
"Colour Intaglio - Acrylic Resists and Photopolymer Film"
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About the workshops
The following workshops take place in our studio.
On request we offer externe workshops in other printmaking studios
or art schools.
All workshops are appropriate for beginners as well as for professional
artists.
One week workshop
"Japanese Woodblock"
The traditional technique of Japanese woodblock
printmaking with water-based inks has much to offer present-day
printmakers. With its excellent cutting technique, the use of water-based
inks and a special tool for hand printing, the baren, it
allows for a wide range of cutting and printing effects. Only natural,
non-toxic materials are used, and very little space (no press) is
required.
In the beginning of this workshop, a historical introduction is
given to the participants with the possibility to see traditional
and contemporary woodblock prints, books and catalogs off Japanese
ukiyo-e-prints and contemporary prints. Later on, the workshop centers
on the creation of a multicolor woodblock print: from the concept
and the cutting of the wood to the printing, combined with detailed
explanations about the different working steps, tools and materials.
At first, the participants learn how to do the colour separation,
to cut the kento registration marks and to transfer their
design onto the block. Handling and maintenance of the Japanese
cutting tools are taught. We inform about the attributes of the
Japanese paper, its production and special meaning for the water-based
woodblock print. Different papers can be compared. Variations of
printing brushes and barens are introduced. The participants
learn how to use these tools while printing by inking the block
with water-based ink and printing paste and rubbing the paper with
the baren. Special printing techniques will be explained.
Every participant prints her/his own edition.
We will give information about suppliers and possibities of western
substitutes for the materials used. Photographs from Japan will
be shown. The participants receive written information.
Mo-Fr 10-17 h
280 € + 25 € material (solid wood, plywood, Japanese papers
and inks among other things)
8 participants
One week workshop
"Colour Intaglio - Acrylic Resists and Photopolymer Film"
The subject of this workshop is to develop and print
colour intaglios of several plates. For doing so, in the first part
of the workshop the participants learn how to use the traditional
techniques of intaglio working with acryl-based materials as hard-
and/or soft ground, lift ground and aquatint (including additional
experimental techniques if desired). Using the acrylic grounds allows
to dispense with harmful organic solvents, asphalt varnish and dust.
In the second part of the workshop, the participants learn how to
use the photosensitive photopolymer film in intaglio. This allows
to transfer stencils (drawings and washes, photographs, print-outs)
onto the (copper) plate with or without using acid. The participants
get accustomed to the various ways of exposure and calibration of
exposure units in order to work independently later on. We give
information on how to build exposure units and about the different
qualities of available films.
It is possible to do several black-and-white prints or about two
multi-plate intaglio prints. In addition to technical aspects, aesthetical
approaches can be discussed.
Beginners will be introduced to basic techniques such as soaking
and tearing paper, adjusting the press, felts, mixing inks, printing.
Independent working in a studio will then be possible.
The participants receive written information.
Mo-Fr 10-17 h
280 € + 25 € material (paper, copper, photopolymer film
and inks among other things)
6 participants
One week workshop
"Photopolymer Film and Solarplates in Intaglio"
The use of light sensitive films and plates makes
it possible to work with any image within the techniques of intaglio,
if wished in combination with traditional techniques. This workshop
teaches how to use materials like the photopolymer film and the
solarplates. The workshop introduces exposure and development of
both materials demonstrating their special advantages, including
two options of using the photopolymer film (with and without etching).
The participants can gain experience in calibrating perfect exposure
times.
We give information of how to build exposure units. Beginners will
be introduced to basic techniques of printing intaglio. Working
independently in a studio will then be possible.
The participants receive written information.
Mo-Fr 10-17 h
290 € plus individual expenses of copper, photopolymer film
and solarplates
6 participants
One week workshop
"Screen Printing"
Screen printing is a printmaking technique basing
on the principle of the stencil. It allows many options of creative
printing, also without photo exposure or big equipment.
This workshop teaches screen printing from the scratch.
After a general introduction, first small-size works are printed
with a simple device, the screen-flag. Afterwards works of bigger
size are printed by tearing and cutting stencils. We work with screenfiller
and a resist technique. We show how to transfer images with uv-exposure
and introduce several techniques of monotype screenprinting.
If wished by the participants, t-shirts can be printed on.
The participants learn how to cook a self-made screen printing base
for mixing water-based inks. We give information for building up
your own (simple) studio.
The participants receive written information.
Mo-Fr 10-17 h
280 € + 25 € material (paper and inks among other things)
6 participants
Workshop of eight days
"Creating an Artist Book or a Printmaking Serial"
This workshop centers on the creation of a simple
artist book or a printmaking serial in form of a portfolio. The
art form of the artist book or the series allows to develop a theme
over several pages or sheets in content and form as well. Technically,
the participants have the chance to learn or deepen the use of
a
certain printmaking technique and to practize it while realizing
a personal project.
The workshop starts with an introduction of
the
multifarious history of the artist book and a presentation of the
available printmaking techniques. Basing on a first design, the
participants conceive an individual book or a series while getting
supervision to find the perfectly suiting printmaking technique.
Available
techniques are techniques of intaglio like etching, aquatint and
soft ground by the use of acrylic grounds
and Japanese woodblock printing with water-based inks.
Short texts
can be printed in intaglio by the use of photographic transfer
with the photopolymer film or in relief
printing by setting hot type by the use a simple setting device.
All
working steps are explained and attended. Within the seven days,
the used techniques can be thoroughly explored.
In the end of the
workshop the created prints are brought into the form of a book
or a portfolio. Options are here
the leporello, the Japanese technique of bookbinding or forms of
portfolios.
The participants receive written information. Experience within
printmaking techniques is not necessary but a first design is required.
Fr 18-21 h; Sa/So 12-17h; Mo-Fr 9-17 h
380 € plus individual expenses of wood, copper, photopolymer
film and paper
6 participants
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