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Workshop Silkscreen printing as a movie poster July 16-17, 2025
SILKSCREEN PRINTING has a long tradition – the method was developed in China about 2000 years ago, and has been used in poster and street art to create large editions using relatively simple methods.
In a workshop led by Love Antell and Dave Koenig we will create movie posters, using the silkscreen technique. Based on examples of poster art from Cuba and Atelier Populaire in France, the workshop will guide course participants in creating effective posters within a short and limited production time.
The workshop will go through the basic techniques of silkscreen printing, using paper clichés.
The course will also go through handwritten letters such as
method to alternate with.
LOVE ANTEL is a multimedia artist, illustrator and music artist. He has a master's degree in Graphic Design and Illustration, with a focus on graphic techniques, illustration, and multimedia.
DAVE KOENIG is an exhibition producer at Avesta Art, and is responsible for the graphic workshop. He specializes in silkscreen printing, with many years of experience. He has collaborated with Shepard Fairey, among others.
9-17 both days
Avesta Verket, the graphics workshop.
Presentation: July 17, at 5 p.m
Cost: SEK 1,170 incl. service fee
PLANNING
The participating participants will need to prepare by choosing a film that they want to start from. To the workshop, they should bring a picture or a sketch they have created themselves, which illustrates that film. Based on the picture, the participants will individually create a film poster, using the silkscreen technique with a paper cliché. The workshop will result in an edition of unique prints in the format 42×60 cm.
WEDNESDAY 16 JULY
9.00 – 9.30
Love will give an introductory presentation on her artistic practice, and the content of the workshop. Participants will be introduced to how silkscreen printing has been used as a technique in poster art for film distribution in Cuba, and how the technique was used for poster art in the Atelier Populaire movement in France in the 1960s.
Short break
9.40 –12.00
Review of the workshop, and part 1:
To plan and create paper clichés for silkscreen frames.
The design for the image is separated into a cliché for each color that will be included in the image.
Own work under the supervision of Love and Dave.
LUNCH
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Review of part 2:
Printing the first color.
Joint review of the printing process at the frame tables.
Own work under the supervision of Love and Dave.
Love presents hand lettering as an artistic practice, to alternate with silkscreen prints.
WEDNESDAY 16 JULY
9.00 – 12.00
The course continues with printing the other colors.
Own work under the supervision of Love and Dave.
LUNCH
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Own work under the supervision of Love and Dave.
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Completion of the posters, and cleaning of the workshop.
17.00
Presentation to the group.
