WORKSHOPS
KPS runs workshops throughout the year, for all abilities, from complete beginners to seasoned printmakers. Browse through all the courses offered below, and if something catches your eye, you can book your place directly online. If none of the dates match your schedule, KPS can also run private classes for small groups or individuals, and tailor the course to your needs. Just get in touch! Please note, all workshops are taught in English.
ONE AFTERNOON BEGINNERS SCREEN PRINTING
This is an introductory screen printing course suitable for beginners. You will design your own image and produce a 2 layer screen print working with hand made stencils using paper cut outs, ink or UV resistant marker pens. These will be exposed onto a screen using UV light. You will learn how to coat a screen, prepare your colours and register your prints and will take home an edition of 8, 2-colour prints.
Limited to 4 participants
Cost: 65 Euros (including VAT) All materials included
Time:1pm- 5pm
Date: Saturday 23rd November
Saturday 7th December
CMYK stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black) – an old-school printing term, that refers to the key plate which brings the most detail to the image. These are the colours you find inside your printer cartridges, and they make up all the imagery you see in magazines composed of halftone dots. Come and unlock the secrets of halftone printing with this weekend course.
This workshop is ideal for photographers or anyone interested in producing photographs using an alternative process. A week before the start of the course you will email a high-resolution photograph up to A3 size so that your films are ready when you arrive. During the workshop, you will learn how to split an image into four channels (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) using Photoshop and convert these to halftone dots ready for printing. You will also learn how to coat and expose a screen, and over the course of the weekend, you will build up your four-channel layers using a registration technique into a single print. You will take home an edition of 8 prints.
Limited to 4 participants.
Cost: €170 (including VAT) Includes all materials and the production of the four-colour separation films.
Time: Saturday 11 am – 4 pm, Sunday 11 am – 4 pm. (We will take a break for lunch around 1:30 pm for 45 minutes).
Dates: No dates currently scheduled, please send an email if you are interested in this workshop
TWO DAY WEEKEND CMYK PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTING
WEEKLY EVENING SCREEN PRINTING COURSE
This weekly evening course (4 sessions) is suitable for absolute beginners and of intermediate level. It will give you a good grounding in screen printing and give you the opportunity to really explore ideas. You will learn how to design and produce a 4 or 5 colour registered screen print and be introduced to photographic halftone printing at the end of the course.
Session 1 – You will be introduced to the technique of screen printing and shown various examples of work. You will learn about layers and prepare a 4 layer stencil analogue style (with cut out paper / hand painted/drawn).
Session 2 – You will learn how to coat and expose your screen, learn about colour mixing and how to print the first layer of your edition. You will make an edition of 8.
Session 3 – You will continue to print the other layers of your edition and finish your print.
Session 4 – You will be introduced to the technique of halftone photographic printing. This could become part of your previous print or a fresh piece of work.
Limited to 4 participants
Cost: 170 Euros (including VAT) All materials included.
Time: 7pm - 10pm
Dates: Wednesday evenings:
Dates announced in new year
ONE AFTERNOON MONOPRINTING
This workshop is suitable for all levels. It may be of particular interest to illustrators and painters who want to express themselves directly onto the screen, with instant, spontaneous mark making without the need for separate layers and stencils. The word mono refers to the print being a ‘one off’ and unrepeatable unlike the other types of screen print. It is a unique process, no stencil is required, so we won't be working with the UV exposure unit. Paint is applied directly onto the screen and then pulled through with a medium and a squeegee onto the paper. The result is really beautiful as it picks up on the texture and expression of the brush strokes but reproduces this in a totally smooth and flat way which you could never achieve by painting directly onto paper. It is also possible to block out parts of the screen and bring in a stencil element if you wish! You will take away several pieces of work, the number depending on the pace at which you work.
Limited to 5 participants
Cost: 55 Euros (including VAT) All materials included.
Time: 2pm - 5pm
Date: Saturday 30th November
PRIVATE CLASSES
If you would like to book a class for a group or as an individual, please get in touch.
kypseliprintstudio@gmail.com