The more digitalised the world becomes, the more appealing the use of manual graphic techniques appears. Etching, scratching, squeegeeing, rolling, printing and embossing: The combination of digital and analogue techniques creates new varieties and expressive possibilities in the artistic printing workshops with an experimental approach. Designs are created in the mind, planned on the computer and transferred to printing plates. Whether as etchings, lithographs, screen prints or letterpress prints - the results are serial works and unique pieces, with real colour on real paper. And the best thing is: the artwork remains, even if the power fails.
Using culturally significant printing techniques, students learn to break with their usual style in the various workshops and at the same time broaden their graphic and illustrative horizons. The different approaches, which range from purely manual to digital realisation, pave the way for an individual and concise form of expression. Free experimentation and the artistic approach form a central starting point, which often leads to the most exciting realisations.
