Photopolymer Printing Workshop

Edinburgh Photopolymer WorkshopExplore the unexpected dialogue between two folk printmaking traditions — the woodblock imagery of prints and the bold, narrative visual culture of Scottish broadsheets and Highland folk art.This workshop draws inspiration from both traditions: the symbolic storytelling of woodblock prints and the graphic strength found in Scotland's own history of hand-printed ballads, clan imagery, and decorative folk motifs. Participants will design their own image — drawing freely from either tradition or finding something entirely in between — and transform it into a photopolymer relief printing plate using UV exposure technology.The result is a hand-printed edition you take home: tactile, layered, and made entirely by your own hands.Unlike photographic processes such as cyanotype, this workshop is rooted in relief printmaking — where light is used to build a printable surface, not to capture an image. The process is closer in spirit to the ancient woodblock than to the darkroom.Workshop Process:

• Introduction to woodblock traditions and print culture
• Design development and composition — drawing from symbolic, narrative, or decorative imagery
• UV exposure of photopolymer resin plate
• Washing and developing the printing plate
• Hand-printing your edition

Two traditions, one plate, printed by hand in Edinburgh. ️ A completed artwork Read more details