Students will learn how to make, ‘cook’ and apply the sugar lift solution, in addition to etching & printing their painterly graphic prints over three days. Discover the painterly marks and gestural potential that working with sugar lift can give you.

Dive into the world of dark field monotypes in this comprehensive two-day workshop! Dark field monoprinting is a printmaking method that focuses on creating images by reductively controlling  the ‘light’ on an inked up plate. Images are made by removing sections of ink by either wiping back or by using a variety of drawing tools to create various marks & textures.

Extend your relief printmaking skills by cutting and reassembling lino blocks in this playful workshop. Utilise old and new blocks, as well as stencils, transform you image with multiple layers and variations. 

Learn how to make and print photopolymer plates, in combination with digital photography, to create Photogravure etchings. 

Through discussion and demonstration we will examine the relationship between the artist’s concepts and the possibilities that the artist book format offers to express your ideas. This is a three day masterclass.

Explore the experimental printmaking technique of Mokulito - a hybrid lithographic process using the surface of wood to create a wide range of gestural and tonal marks. 

Learn how to make and print photopolymer plates, in combination with digital photography, to create Photogravure etchings. 

Learn the skills to make a solander box, also known as a clamshell or drop-spine box.
An excellent workshop for bookbinders, artist book makers and printmakers who require an archival portfolio box.

Learn how to design and create a durable, reusable leather covered notebook. No stitching involved!

Explore and produce stunning zinc plate etchings under the expert guidance of Robert Hails. This workshop is suitable for both beginners and experienced printmakers wanting to explore a new technique or extend their practice.

The focus of this workshop is the time you will spend experimenting with a wide variety of printing techniques, used singly or in combination, to change the appearance of your print. We will work with a single etched plate to produce a variety of different prints over the two days.

This is a three part workshop which includes two online sessions and a full weekend of printing.

This workshop will help you develop a significant body of work with advanced photogravure techniques that focus on larger scale, multi-plate prints.

This three day workshop explores the Collagraph process, plus a suite of drawing and stencilling techniques to produce distinctive printed paintings on paper.

Come and learn this age-old printmaking technique over two days. The appeal of the etched line is mesmerising and universal, from the old masters to today’s most experimental innovative artists, this is the gold standard of printmaking.

Mokulito utilises and adapts the principles of lithography allowing you to print from a wooden surface rather than a stone or aluminium plate. Mokulito enables to blend pure litho marks and sharp woodcut marks on the same piece of plywood using a wide range of drawing materials directly on the surface of the wood.

Explore and learn the use of photopolymer printing plates in combination with digital photography to create Photogravure etchings.

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This workshop will address perceptual drawing from the  human subject. 

A 2 day intensive, hands on workshop introducing you to the fascinating art of aluminium plate lithography.

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Explore and produce stunning zinc plate etchings under the expert guidance of Robert Hails. Give yourself time and space to create over four days at our beautiful bushland studio. This workshop is suitable for both beginners and experienced printmakers wanting to explore a new technique or extend their practice.

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A week-end Zinc Plate workshop is scheduled for 9 & 10 March 2024
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Explore and learn the use of photopolymer printing plates in combination with digital photography to create Photogravure etchings. This is a low-toxic approach without the use of solvents, or acids.
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A week-end Photogravure workshop is coming up 13 & 14 Feb 2024
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Mokulito - The advanced workshop is here!

Join renowned artist BARBIE KJAR for an immersive week-end into the world of advanced Mokulito.

Designed specifically for artists who possess prior experience with Mokulito or have successfully completed a beginners' workshop with Barbie Kjar. This intensive workshop will delve deeper into the intricate techniques of wood lithography, expanding your creative horizons and refining your existing skills.

This is a two-part workshop consisting of one online session and a full weekend.

A special workshop in association with Chris Ingham and August Carpenter’s 2023 joint exhibition at Australian Galleries explores the painterly possibilities of printmaking through combining experimental approaches to aluminium lithography and mono-printing.

Using Lino blocks that can be cut up and re-assembled.

Introduce paper and acetate stencils which allows you to add another layer to your prints. The results can transform an image.

Where painting meets printmaking: the monotype offers the most flexible and creative way to make unique piece prints.  

Explore and learn the use of photopolymer printing plates in combination with digital photography to create Photogravure etchings.

Come and learn this age-old printmaking technique that people continue to fall in love with. The appeal of the etched line is mesmerising, from the old masters to today’s most experimental and innovative artists.  

Mokulito utilises and adapts the principles of lithography allowing you to print from a wooden surface rather than a stone or aluminium plate. Mokulito enables to blend pure litho marks and sharp woodcut marks on the same piece of plywood using a wide range of drawing materials directly on the surface of the wood.

This 2 day masterclass focussing on the artists’ book.
Through discussion and demonstration, we will examine the relationship between the artists concepts and the artists’ book.