The fine art print atelier is a particular kind of workspace — neither gallery nor factory, but something between the two. It is a place where the production of art and the exercise of craft are indistinguishable from each other, where the knowledge accumulated over decades shapes every technical decision, and where the objects produced outlast the people who made them by … [Read more...] about Studio Visit: Inside a Fine Art Print Atelier
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A Beginner’s Guide to Screen Printing on Fine Art Paper
Screen printing — also called silkscreen or serigraphy — is one of the oldest and most versatile printmaking processes still in wide use. Associated primarily with Andy Warhol's factory output and the golden age of rock poster art, it has also been a serious fine art medium for decades. For artists and printmakers coming to it for the first time, screen printing on fine art … [Read more...] about A Beginner’s Guide to Screen Printing on Fine Art Paper
Cyanotype in 2026: The Analog Revival That Won’t Quit
Cyanotype is one of the oldest photographic processes in existence. Invented by Sir John Herschel in 1842, it produces the characteristic Prussian blue images that generations of blueprints were built on. Anna Atkins used it to create the first photographically illustrated book in 1843. By rights, it should be a historical curiosity. Instead, cyanotype in 2026 is more widely … [Read more...] about Cyanotype in 2026: The Analog Revival That Won’t Quit
Risograph Printing: Why Indie Publishers and Artists Are Obsessed
The Risograph is, technically, an office duplicator — a stencil-based printing machine developed by the Japanese company Riso Kagaku Corporation in the 1980s for high-volume, low-cost document reproduction. It was designed to replace photocopiers in offices and schools. Nobody, when it was released, expected it to become a beloved tool of independent artists, zine makers, and … [Read more...] about Risograph Printing: Why Indie Publishers and Artists Are Obsessed
Letterpress for Photographers: Pairing Typographic Titles With Image Prints
Letterpress printing and photography have a longer shared history than most people realize. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, photographic images were routinely combined with letterpress-printed text in books, portfolios, and exhibition catalogues. The reunion of these two processes in contemporary fine art print practice is not nostalgia — it is a considered choice … [Read more...] about Letterpress for Photographers: Pairing Typographic Titles With Image Prints