In this new class, Emilie will teach the fun and accessible printmaking technique: kitchen lithography.
Lithography is a Fine Arts printmaking technique that usually requires a big limestone block, chemicals and an etching press. But with this DIY version, you can get a taste on the technique at home and create some beautiful prints!
Come along and learn all the materials and processes of kitchen lithography. Make your own prints, and see if you can recreate the process at home with cheap and easy to source materials!
This class welcomes absolute beginners!
What we will cover?
In this hands-on online workshop Emilie will cover:
- The history of the techniques, invented in 2010 by a French
printmaker. - All the materials and the key principles of lithography.
- Process for lithography with kitchen materials
- Through a hands-on approach you will get to design and create your fist kitchen lithography print!
What will I need?
All materials provided! Bring something along to transport your print home safely.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair Accessible venue and bathrooms
- All Gender Bathrooms
- Quiet Spaces
- Early Bird Cheap Tix
- Free Tix for First Nation Attendees
- Auslan Interpreter Upon Request
Who will be teaching?
Emilie (she/her) is an artist and educator based
between Melbourne and Marseille (Fr), working across media with a focus
on community-based practice and education. She graduated from her PhD in
Fine Arts at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2020 and has been an
art resident at Testing Grounds (2020), Making Space (2021) and the
Comic Art Workshop (2021).
Emilie has exhibited her works at FortyFive Downstairs gallery, the
Abbotsford convent, No Vacancy Gallery, Arcade and George Patton
Gallery.
In 2021, Emilie opened Couleur in Collingwood, a printmaking studio focusing on DIY, hand-prints, and experimental printmaking. Since 2023, Couleur Studio
has relocated in South of France. Emilie is also a comic book artist
and her illustration has been published by the Lifted Brow and she
self-published her first graphic novel in 2018 with Tree Paper Comics in
Melbourne.
Important info:
Photo: Creative Commons
Have a question or other ways we can assist with accessibility? Feel free to email Maddy (she/her) at melbourne@lanewaylearning.com.