Interested in our workshops?
If no dates are listed, or if you are otherwise interested in one of our courses (lithography, etching, linocut, or cyanotype), please contact us using the form at the bottom of this page. As soon as we have enough people on the list, we will suggest dates for you.
Course descriptions:
Aquatint • Etching • Intaglio
The great engraver Albrecht Dürer already produced some masterpieces of etching. With the development of a suitable copper base, the line etching technique was perfected. No less a figure than Rembrandt, the “magician of etching”, brought this discipline to perfection. New techniques developed, such as aquatint etching, which reached its peak with Goya. To this day, these processes of the great masters have lost none of their fascination. Once you have conquered the high art of the various techniques of etching, you will remain addicted to them.
The participants are introduced to the techniques of etching/intaglio/engraving and have the opportunity to create multiple designs with different techniques such as aquatint, line etching, drypoint, scraping or vernis mou. You will walk home with several prints and/or a small edition! You may also bring your older plates to edit or reprint. Experimental work is also possible. Two presses up to a size of 80 × 100 cm are available for printing. The practical work is accompanied by warm tea and information on the history of etching. Please bring drawings or similar, if available.
Day 1 13.00–18.00 – Introduction, preparation of zinc plates and paper, work on and etching of plates, test prints, possibilities of correction
Day 2 13.00–18.00 – Further work on the plates, printing, signing of test and print edition
Material: Zinc / copper / acrylic plates and paper can be purchased as needed. Consumables (paint, thinner, gaze etc.) are included in the workshop price; apron and tools are provided. Current prices are listed on our price page.
4 – 6 participants
about 200 € (incl. 19 % VAT) p.p.
Please make a binding registration by bank transfer at least 14 days in advance to an account with the purpose of payment: Aquatint Workshop Month Year
Registration: Please email (plus bank transfer) to info@druckgraphik-atelier.de.
Cancellation is possible free of charge up to two weeks before the workshop starts, after that 50% of the workshop price will be charged. Cancellation less than two days before the workshop starts will result in 100% of the workshop price being charged.
All our workshops are family friendly! Parents can bring (small) children after prior arrangement. Let us know.
Lithography • printing from stone
Participants will be introduced to the technique of lithography. They will learn how to print from stones, from preparation to drawing, etching and printing. The practical work is accompanied with information on the history of lithography and offset printing as well as artistic and technical considerations. Please bring drawings or similar, if available.
Day 1, 13.00–18.00 Introduction, Preparing the stones and paper, Drawing on the stone, Getting the stones ready to print, Printing, Possibilities of correction
Day 2, 12.30–19.00 Getting the stones ready to print, printing, deleting the drawing
Material: Stones, ink/chalk and printing inks are provided.
Two stones can be drawn. We guarantee the printing of at least one stone. Five prints on normal paper and one print on artistic cotton paper for each stone are included in the workshop price. Additional prints will be charged according to consumption. Current prices are listed on our price page.
5 participants
about 230 € (incl. 19% VAT) p. p.
Binding registration via bank transfer to our account 14 days in advance. Please include subject for payment: Litho-Workshop Month Year
Registration: Please email (plus bank transfer) to info@druckgraphik-atelier.de.
Cancellation is possible free of charge up to two weeks before the workshop starts, after that 50% of the workshop price will be charged. Cancellation less than two days before the workshop starts will result in 100% of the workshop price being charged.
All our workshops are family friendly! Parents can bring (small) children after prior arrangement. Let us know.
Linocut • Letterpress • Bookbinding
The participants realize simple motifs in linocut, or typeset a few lines in letterpress. Printing is done on the covers of small booklets that are bound at the end of the workshop. Personal and individual sketchbooks are created in a relatively short time.
Saturday 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.: introduction, transferring the motif to the linoleum plate; or setting letterpress, folding the cover paper, printing the covers, folding the paper for the inner part, introduction to the bookbinding technique, binding the folded sheets (spreads).
Material: Linoleum plates can be purchased on site. Paper for binding two booklets of 16 pages each (4 spreads) is included in the workshop price. Additional paper can be purchased on site. You may also bring your own paper. Consumables (paint, thinner, etc.) are included in the workshop price. Tools are provided. Current prices are listed on our price page.
4 — 6 participants
about 100 € (incl. 19% VAT) p.p.
Binding registration via bank transfer to our account 14 days in advance. Please include subject for payment: Letterpress Bookbinding Workshop Month Year
Registration: Please email (plus bank transfer) to info@druckgraphik-atelier.de.
Cancellation is possible free of charge up to two weeks before the workshop starts, after that 50% of the workshop price will be charged. Cancellation less than two days before the workshop starts will result in 100% of the workshop price being charged.
All our workshops are family friendly! Parents can bring (small) children after prior arrangement. Let us know.
Cyanotype • analog photographic process
One of the world’s first female photographers – Anna Atkins – published the first book exclusively illustrated by photographs as early as 1843/44. For this purpose, she used a delightful technique of analog photography: the cyanotype. With the help of these, photo negatives as well as objects, materials or stencils can be exposed to UV light and captured on paper. In a relatively short time, an »impression« of the exposed original, colored in shades of blue is obtained.
Participants will be introduced to the technique of cyanotype. In the workshop, a light-sensitive liquid is first applied to a flat material. During this process, an important design decision is already made. Therefore, Day 1 is dedicated to working out the subject, applying the liquid and initial exposure tests. On the second day of the workshop, an edition can be printed and worked with various experiments. It is possible to work up to the format Din A3.
Day 1, 13.00–18.00 – Introduction, development of an idea, preparation of the paper / material to be exposed, development of the motif, exposure bracketing, possibilities of correction
Day 2, 1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. – Further work on the motifs, exposure, signing of test and edition prints
Material: suitable paper and the other materials needed will be provided. You are welcome to experiment with materials you bring along. If you wish to expose digital motifs, computers, printers and foils up to A3 size are available to create the negative. This way you can also experiment with font etc.
3 – 4 participants
about 200 € (incl. 19 % VAT) p. P.
Binding registration by bank transfer to account no later than 14 days before with reason for payment: Cyanotype Workshop Month Year
Registration: Please email (plus bank transfer) to info@druckgraphik-atelier.de.
Cancellation is possible free of charge up to two weeks before the workshop starts, after that 50% of the workshop price will be charged. Cancellation less than two days before the workshop starts will result in 100% of the workshop price being charged.