Experimental Printmaking on Handmade Paper

Abstract

Paper is a material that has inspired me time and again. To this day, its versatile properties have fascinated me, presenting itself at times delicate, transparent or smooth, at other times opaque, stabile or vulnerable. During a semester as a visiting student at the paper workshop of the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, I honed my skills which I had previously acquired at the graphic workshops of the Dresden University of Fine Arts. I learnt the art of paper reliefs and editions – an experience that first inspired my graphic work, and which in the long run has manifested itself in my current work, the relief-like folding of large-scale papers and the unique pieces in series. The essay reflects on experimental printmaking on handmade paper as an artistic source of expression. It explores the possibilities for creating graphic editions reviewing selected prints in various techniques on handmade paper.