If you’re just getting into printmaking or recently moved to the Netherlands and wondering where to get your hands on everything you need, this post is for you.
Category: Screen printing
Meet the printmaker: Michael van Kekem on process and creative block
Michael van Kekem is a Rotterdam-based illustrative designer, printmaker. He creates playful, sharp and colourful editorial illustrations, brand identities, handmade products, screen printed poster design and typography, as well as running workshops.
Meet the printmaker: Pauline Greuell on printing patterns and finding time for creativity
Working from her garden studio, Pauline Greuell creates patterned fabrics that she transforms into a range of pouches, cushions and bags using both screen printing and stencil printing techniques.
Meet the printmaker: Joris Diks on screen printing and self-motivation
Meet Joris Diks: Utrecht-based illustrator and printmaker, and founder of Handprinted Stuff. Joris will be speaking at our debut event coming up on 25 September 2019.
Review: Bobbinhood’s Ultimate Easy Screen Printing Book
Utrecht Print Exchange reviews Bobbinhood's lovely big book all about how to screen print. (Spoiler alert - we really like it).
Get in line: How to perfectly register a multicoloured screen print
You've done all the long-winded design and screen preparation. How do you make sure your hard work doesn't go to waste with some (more than charmingly) wonky prints?
Experiment with printmaking at Creative Life 2019
Utrecht Print Exchange will be at this year's Creative Life Event in Utrecht in the form of longfeltwant and mariemaakt.
What is screen printing?
Screen printing, also known as serigraphy or silkscreen printing, is an ancient technique used to produce imagery (‘seriagraphs’). It was invented in China around two thousand years ago.