A cyanotype from Anna Atkin’s book “British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions” from 1843
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. Through this technique 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 interesting “impression” of the exposed original, colored in shades of blue, is obtained.
Cyanotype prints in water bath after exposure
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 being made. Day 1 is dedicated to developing the subject, to the application of the liquid and to doing initial exposure tests. On the second day of the workshop you can experimen and print a complete edition It is possible to work up to the format DIN A3.
Saturday 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.: introduction, working out an idea, preparing the paper / material to be exposed, working out the motif, series of exposures, possibilities of correction.
Sunday 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.: further work on the motifs, exposure, signing of test and edition prints.
Material: suitable paper and other materials needed will be provided. You are welcome to experiment with materials you bring along. If you wish to expose digital motifs, they can be printed on location: we have computers, printers and transparent paper up to A4 size. So you can also experiment with font, etc.
3 — 4 participants
190 € (incl. 19 % VAT) p. p.
Binding registration via bank transfer to our account 14 days in advance. Please include subject 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.
All our workshops are family friendly! Parents can bring (small) children after prior arrangement. Let us know.
Participants will be introduced to the art of lettering by Christin Kosbab and Mila Albrecht. The motifs are transferred to lithographic stones and printed in small editions. You will learn how to design letterings and how to print from stone: drawing, preparing, etching and printing. Please bring drawings and texts, if available.
Saturday, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.: Introduction, getting to know different types of lettering and lettering tools, construction of a typeface; preparing the stones and paper, drawing, etching and printing.
Sunday, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.: Finishing the stones, printing, erasing the drawing.
Material: Stones, ink/chalk and printing inks are provided.
You will draw on 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.
Please bring ideas for texts or short phrases to be printed.
5 participants
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.
Glass plate is colored with roller and prepared for monotype.
The graphic technique monotype is often arrogantly dismissed as »kids’ stuff« because its possibilities are misunderstood. It is still practiced by many recognized artists. Nowadays it is extremely rare to see such prints in contemporary exhibitions, but in the Berggruen Collection in the Stüler Building hang some wonderful prints by Paul Klee and among many others H. Matisse, Ch. Rohlfs and H. Janssen worked with this technique.
Through monotypes (often mistakenly called rubbing) only originals / uniques can be produced. It is created by a single impression from a plate on which a thin layer of ink has previously been applied to. This simple approach is very expressive though and makes experimenting worthwhile. Further color layers can be applied on top. Participants will use experimental creativity to learn the »secrets« of black and white, multi-color, stencil and other monotypes. Different effects can be made by playing with tools, color mixes, pressure applied and of course by using different papers. A lot of prints are created in a very short time, for which only a few utensils are needed.
Sunday, 2 – 5 p.m.: Introduction and printing
Material: paper sized A4 to A3 80-120 gr., approx. 40 sheets per participant, as well as other material (paint, thinner, etc.) will be provided.
7 – 10 participants
50 € (incl. 19% VAT) p. p.
Binding registration via bank transfer to our account 14 days in advance. Please include subject for payment: Monotype 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.
Booklets, letterpress ink, lead typesetting and tools.
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.
6 — 8 participants
75 € (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.
Marvel at the different possibilities and methods of colored woodblock printing. Discover the playful and experimental work and dare — everything. From of a lively and interesting chaos, new design variations emerge again and again. The woodblock prints are not created according to a prefabricated pattern, but develop and change during the process of creation. The instructor will show technical and artistic tricks from the experience of his own work. This develops into an exciting small edition or unique prints. You can work figuratively or abstractly. All technical and craft aspects are explained in detail. The workshop is suitable for beginners and advanced students alike.
Materials: Woodcut knife and inks are provided and included in the course fee. Printing plates (A4 and A5) and printing papers are available and will be charged according to consumption. You can also bring additional paper, printing plates or your own tools.
160 € (incl. 19% VAT) p. p.
For registration or further information please contact the instructor directly: Andreas Kramer 0174 1501814, www.andreas-kramer.eu, andreas.kramer(at)posteo.de
Lithography stone with drawing, wet, ready for inking and printing
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.
Saturday, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.: Introduction, preparation of the stones and paper, drawing on the stone, etching, printing, correction possibilities.
Sunday, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.: Finishing the stones, printing, signing, erasing 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. 5 prints on normal paper and 1 print on artistic cotton paper are included in the workshop price. Additional prints will be charged according to consumption. Current prices are listed on our price page.
5 participants
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.
Booklets, letterpress ink, lead typesetting and tools.
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.
6 — 8 participants
75 € (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.
A cyanotype from Anna Atkin’s book “British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions” from 1843
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 interesting »impression« of the exposed original, colored in shades of blue, is obtained.
Cyanotype prints in water bath after exposure
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 being made. Day 1 is dedicated to developing the subject, to the application of the liquid and to doing initial exposure tests. On the second day of the workshop you can experimen and print a complete edition It is possible to work up to the format DIN A3.
Saturday 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.: introduction, working out an idea, preparing the paper / material to be exposed, working out the motif, series of exposures, possibilities of correction.
Sunday 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.: further work on the motifs, exposure, signing of test and edition prints.
Material: suitable paper and other materials needed will be provided. You are welcome to experiment with materials you bring along. If you wish to expose digital motifs, they can be printed on location: we have computers, printers and transparent paper up to A4 size. So you can also experiment with font, etc.
3 — 4 participants
190 € (incl. 19 % VAT) p. p.
Binding registration via bank transfer to our account 14 days in advance. Please include subject 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.
All our workshops are family friendly! Parents can bring (small) children after prior arrangement. Let us know.
Inked drypoint etching on acrylic plate just before printing.
The printmaking studio has existed since 2005 and after several relocations found a home at the centrally located location in Bötzowkiez, in the middle of Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin. At the beginning of 2022 there was a smooth change of studio directors, with a few changes concerning the offers and premises. Cyanotype workshops and team / company events are now held on a regular basis.
In our cozy workshop — amid old printing presses, the smell of inks, paper, and letterpress cabinets covered in history — the clock ticks a little slower. Leaving the fast-paced everyday life outside the studio doors, a wide variety of activities, exhibitions and get-togethers take place in the Atelier. Warm tea, small bites and the appropriate music is never missing, adding to the charming and pleasant atmosphere.
The culinary offer can be adapted for company and Christmas events by arrangement. A small kitchen with stove top, refrigerator and dishwasher are available. Appointments are possible during the week and on weekends from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.. The following formats are suitable for a workshop lasting approximately 4 hours:
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. Through this technique 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 interesting »impression« of the exposed original, colored in shades of blue, is obtained.
Participants will be introduced to the technique of cyanotype. During the workshop light-sensitive papers are exposed with various motifs. It is possible to work up to the Din A3 format.
Suitable paper and other materials needed will be provided. You are welcome to experiment with materials you bring along. If you wish to expose digital motifs, they can be printed on location: we have computers, printers and transparent paper up to A4 size. So you can also experiment with font, etc.
Directed by Mila Albrecht and Alberto Gobber
4 hours — individual appointment
720 € all inclusive + 10 € per participant for material and consumables plus 19 % German VAT
Location: Printmaking Studio, Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Str. 3, 10407 Berlin Prenzlauer Berg
Individual motifs (postcard DIN A6 format) are scratched into an acrylic plate with etching needles. The plates are then covered with ink using a special technique. The final print is then created by pressing the paper on the acrylic plate through the etching press.
Small editions are produced, which can also be used as Christmas cards. The individual prints are also a haptic experience due to the typical embossing and texture of the cotton paper.
Directed by Mila Albrecht and Alberto Gobber
4 hours — individual appointment
720 € all inclusive + 10 € per participant for material and consumables plus 19 % German VAT
Location: Printmaking Studio, Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Str. 3, 10407 Berlin Prenzlauer Berg
Rolled out color plates — ready for use in monotypes
Monotype • unique pieces with oil colors
The monotype technique is particularly suitable for producing a large number of prints in a short time, all of which are uniques. After a brief introduction and examples from art history, you will work by rolling, scraping, or drawing directly on the back side of the paper which is placed on top of colored plates; by applying pressure the oil color is transfered to the paper. Fantastic structures and shapes can be created. You will learn about printing techniques as well as tools and machines used in an art print shop.
Directed by Mila Albrecht and Alberto Gobber
3 hours — individual appointment
630 € all inclusive + 10 € per participant for material and consumables plus 19 % German VAT
Location: Printmaking Studio, Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Str. 3, 10407 Berlin Prenzlauer Berg
Letterpress typesetting • printing Christmas and greeting cards
Through manual letterpress typesetting, business cards, individual greeting cards (e.g. Christmas, birthday, anniversary, new year’s) and posters iup to DIN A2 format can be produced in font sizes from 6 pt to 96 pt. Insights on type history, typesetting techniques and typographic design will also shared. A Boston Tiegel press (DIN A5) and a pulling press (max. 49 × 56 cm) are available for printing.
Directed by Mila Albrecht and Alberto Gobber
4 hours — individual appointment
720 € all inclusive + 5 € per participant for material and consumables plus 19 % German VAT
Location: Printmaking Studio, Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Str. 3, 10407 Berlin Prenzlauer Berg
We are happy to respond to your individual ideas and wishes. The workshops can also be held in English, Italian or Spanish. We look forward to hearing from you!
The printmaking studio is wheelchair accessible, located on the ground floor and has a separate entrance with sliding doors and no steps. We can also adapt the workshops to be child-friendly. Let us know!
Get in touch by phone (Mila +49 176 596 300 12 • Alberto +49 176 434 461 64) or by email info@druckgraphik-atelier.de.
