I’m a printmaker in a small Berlin studio. Most pieces go out at cost. Patronage keeps the press running between commissions: paper, plates, the lease, and time to stay slow.
“People come because they want the studio to keep going. That’s the whole transaction.”
The Workshop tier opens the working files for each piece — linocuts, colour tests, failures — plus a quiet channel for sketches and questions. Studio Day is one long afternoon in person, once a year.
Pause, change tier, or leave anytime.
I almost binned the first proof of the new edition. Then I noticed where it had registered just slightly off — and what that did to the bottom-left quadrant. A small note on letting the press teach you.
Here are the colour separations I used for the February edition, along with the ink-mix notes for each pull. The fourth blue was the hardest — it kept reading as grey under the studio light, so I…
Three short books, a long essay, and a podcast that I send to anyone who asks why I still print by hand. Recommendations only — no affiliate links, no ads.