Founded in 2005, Progetto Ecate aims to promote the understanding of printmaking and to pursue excellence in its practice. It achieves this by providing, maintaining and staffing a print studio, where on-going courses and events are offered. The international Summer programme has a broad selection of intensive classes for beginners and experienced artists. We hope our weekend or one week courses will not only tempt you to come and get creative but to consider extending your stay so you can sample the delights of the surrounding area. During autumn, winter and spring, the activity is mainly focused on long-term courses during the evenings as well as weekend workshops, suitable for creative breaks. During these months it is possible to arrange one-to-one tuition and taylor made courses for small groups of friends or couples. If you don't know which class to choose or if you are unsure on what printmaking is about, please explore this website and Ecate's notes about fine art prints.

Introduction to relief printing, gypsography and woodcut; wood engraving; ukiyo-e: the traditional Japanese woodblock printing; linocut; experimental relief printing and colour relief printing.

Introduction to intaglio printmaking: drypoint, mezzotint, roulettes, etching, aquatint, vernis mou; colour multi-plate etching; viscosity colour method; sugarlift, open bite, paint-etch and experimental techniques; botanical prints; ex libris.

Introduction to stone lithography, transfer techniques on stone, colour lithography.

Collagraph, carborundum and monotype.

Digital photography and photoshop for printmaking; Introduction to photo-polymers; photo-etch, solar plate, photogravure; transfer; lazertran.

Discover the artist's book; non-adhesive binding techniques; book restoration, calligraphy.


:: SUMMER INTERNATIONAL PRINTMAKING CLASSES 2009 ::

Please download the pdf brochure here*. Places are limited, try to book as soon as you can to avoid disappointment.


:: WHAT'S ON - APRIL/SEPTEMBER 2009 ::

13-17 Ukiyo-e: Japanese woodblock relief printing
18-19 Solar-plate onto water-washable photopolymer plates
20-24 A course of printmaking
27-01 Viscosity Method

04-08 Exploring relief printing
25-29 Introduction to the intaglio printmaking
30-31 Etch and glow: introduction to the colour multi-plate printing

01-05 Ukiyo-e: Japanese woodblock relief printing
06-07 Photo-Etching
08-13 Hortus Conclustus: making botanical prints
27-28 Solar-plate onto water-washable photopolymer plates

04-05 Discover the artist’s book
06-10 Viscosity Method
11-12 Etch and glow: introduction to the colour multi-plate printing
13-17 A course of printmaking
20-24 Exploring relief printing
27-31 Stone lithography

01-02 Rich textures: collagraph and carborundum prints
17-21 Introduction to the intaglio printmaking
22-23 Photo-Etching
24-28 Ukiyo-e: Japanese woodblock relief printing
29-04 Progetto Port-folio

07-11 A course of printmaking
12-13 Etch and glow: introduction to the colour multi-plate printing
14-18 Stone lithography
19-20 Solar-plate onto water-washable photopolymer plates
21-25 Viscosity Method
26-27 Vivid colours: monotype and collagraph prints