The aim of the printmaking workshop will be to experiment with the medium of Tetra-Pack etching. Some elements of monotype printmaking will be explored and practiced.

The workshop offers both beginner and experienced printmakers access to printmaking tools and equipment, including a press, and the opportunity to explore the potential of this type of printing. It is a relatively new and versatile print technique that is perfect for experimentation.

Beginners to printmaking will gain competence in essential skills, enabling further development in the future. Those experienced with printmaking will be able to experiment and combine techniques such as multiplate printing.

We will use both water and oil-based inks and clean up with vegetable oil. This is a  non- toxic process.

It is expected that participants will produce a collection of images of enduring quality.

Additional information and materials

There will be a printing press at the course (set at one pressure; please do not bring plates of varying thickness to the workshop, unless you want to hand/monotype on those without the use of a press).

Please bring photocopies of drawings/any images, no larger than A5 to work with. Please bring aprons, gloves, brushes and drawing materials or any other printmaking material, (like your own tools, paints, watercolour, inks brushes printing paper, etc. (no watercolour paper please)) if you wish.

The extra material cost will be $20 p.p. to cover the cost of ink, proofing paper etc. Tiepolo Printmaking paper will be available for purchase from the tutor.

Inge Doesburg has been a practising printmaker for 31 years, and has been teaching printmaking for 26 years. She has given many workshops, taught printmaking in the Fine and Visual Art programme at King’s High school for 16 years and regularly gives printmaking workshops at the Dunedin School of Art, Otago Polytechnic.

Inge has lived in Dunedin since 1989. She graduated from the Dunedin School of Art, Otago Polytechnic, in 1993 with a Diploma in Fine Arts with Honours and a major in printmaking.

At 6 Castle Street, Dunedin, she co-founded in 1995 what became the Inge Doesburg Gallery and Studio and, later in 2019, RDS gallery.

Inge has exhibited throughout New Zealand and is represented in international collections. In recent years, she has moved into mixed media works and painting. She depicts natural landscapes and incorporates elements in her work that reflect exploration of her environment and cultural identity. She has contributed to a number of hand-printed books printed at Otakou Press. Poetry has influenced her and has also been incorporated into her work.

Inge has also travelled to remote areas in New Zealand, such as Stewart Island, Fiordland, and the Chatham Islands, and has explored the unique flora and fauna in places such as Kapiti Island and Ulva Island.