Print-making and publishing
At the workshops for print-making and publishing, students may use both traditional and experimental equipment. The workshops have facilities and equipment for intaglio, relief printing, lithography, silkscreen printing, CNC, book printing, publishing and photo-based printing processes.
Publishing
In the publishing workshop, students can receive guidance in regard to printing, binding and layout. The workshop has equipment and printing presses for lead-type and woodblock printing, as well as materials and tools for printing and finalising artist’s books and minor publications. There is equipment for heat printing/ gilding, cutting, stapling and making book covers, in addition to various materials on sale and hand tools that can be borrowed in order to work in the workshop.
The publishing workshop has two Risographs that enable students to print A2- and A3-sized posters and pamphlets with the colours yellow, orange, red, pink, green, blue and black.
Workshop manager
Brynhild Seim
Tel. +47 90 25 03 82
brynseim@khio.no
Opening hours
- The workshop manager is present weekdays during daytime - shared responsibility for Printshop and Publishing
- Studenter med introduksjonskurs har tilgang i Students who have taken an introductory course have access during the school’s opening hours.
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Introductory course
- One-day course (registration via the programme coordinator)
Silkscreen
Silkscreen printing is a catch-all term for a graphic technique covering two variants: textile printing and planographic printing.
Silkscreen printing/serigraphy is a technique that employs a frame (wood or aluminium) with a synthetic cloth. The cloth serves as the substrate for a photo emulsion that reacts with UV light. What separates this technique from other graphic techniques is its widespread use in industrial mass production.
Textile printing refers to printing done on t-shirts, hoodies and training gear – i.e., most clothing that does not have seams or zippers and that withstands 185°C, which is the temperature that colour hardens at.
Planographic printing is an umbrella term for printing that takes places on a vacuum table. You can for example print stickers, posters and skateboard designs, and use materials such as wood, steel/aluminium, PVC, rock, glass and Plexiglas.
Workshop manager
Jan Skomakerstuen
+4 997 84 848
janskoma@khio.no
Opening hours
- The workshop manager is present Monday and Tuesday (plus Wednesday in odd-numbered weeks) at 09:00–15:45.
- Students who have taken a safety course have access during the school’s opening hours.
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Introductory course
- Four-day safety course (registration via the programme coordinator)
- Students with previous experience from silkscreen printing may be given accesses by contacting the workshop manager Jan Skomakerstuen (janskoma@khio.no)
Litography/relief printing
The lithography workshop offers hand presses, a large-scale lithographic press and a mechanical lithographic press, as well as a large selection of lithographic stones, a room to polish the stones, and design workspaces.
The machinery also includes a large-scale printer, a stencil plotter, a CNC cutter and a paper-cutting machine. The facilities also contain a dedicated room for paper treatment and an archive.
Workshop managers
Erik Solheim
+47 917 70 082
eriksolh@khio.no
Scott O'Rourke
+47 414 89 661
scotrour@khio.no
Opening hours
A workshop manager or course teacher is present Monday to Wednesday at 09:00–15:45.- Students who have taken an introductory course have access during the school’s opening hours every day at 06:00–24:00.
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Introductory course
- Please contact the workshop manger.
Intaglio
The intaglio and relief printing workshop includes dedicated workspaces where students can develop their ideas in an inspiring environment that combines centuries of traditions with modern innovations. We have three large-scale intaglio presses, two standalone relief printing presses, an aquatint room and an etching room where students can work with zinc, steel, aluminium and copper.
The instructors offer training in all types of intaglio and relief printing, such as hard and soft substrate, aquatint, mezzotint, viscosity printing, drypoint, photoengraving, photopolymer, woodcut, linocut, collagraphy and monotyping.
Workshop manager
Scott O'Rourke
+47 414 89 661
scotrour@khio.no
Opening hours
- The workshop manager is present Monday, Tuesday and every other Wednesday at 09:00–16:00.
- Students who have taken an introductory course have access during the school’s opening hours every day at 06:00–24:00.
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Introductory course
The introductory course is for students who are not attending the print-making programme. Print-making and drawing students receive a separate introduction during their studies.