Sydney's Newest Open-Access Print Atelier
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Designed for the Professional Printmaker
Join us in celebrating the art of Printmaking and embark on a creative journey at Sydney's newest Open-Access Print Atelier, set to open its doors in early 2024.
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Large Format Printmaking
Get ready to explore the monumental possibilities with the largest American French Tool press in the southern hemisphere, newly arrived from from the Conrad Machine Company, and designed for professional artists to bring their visions to life.
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Cutting-Edge Techniques
Our studio will focus on cutting-edge techniques facilitated by the large press to enable artists to push the boundaries in printmaking, facilitated by Master Printmaker Jenny Robinson along with the latest tools and variety of formats.
We acknowledge the many different Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and honour their elders past and present. We live and create on the lands of the First Nations peoples of New South Wales. We are privileged to gather on this Country and through this website to share knowledge, culture and art.
What we offer
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The Big Press
Create your vision in large format prints on one of the largest etching presses in the Southern Hemisphere, manufactured and supplied by Conrad Machine Company in the US.
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Workshops
Traditional and experimental workshops to expand your skills, taught by Master Printmaker Jenny Robinson and invited local and International printmakers.
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Project Room
Work on your ongoing projects or new bodies of work in a quiet, dedicated studio setting with access to two Etching presses, work tables, brayers, and general studio equipment.
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Keyholder Program
Designed for artists to pursue ongoing projects or create a new body of work over a dedicated period in the studio with use use of all our facilities.
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Listen to Jenny talking to Ann Shafer, the host of the Platemark podcast: Prints and Printmaking.
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Listen to Jenny on Hello, Print Friend, a podcast dedicated to celebrating and amplifying contemporary printmaking and its culture.
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Check out a recent profile on Jenny produced by More Than Reproduction, a Sydney-based artist-run initiative that promotes emerging female printmakers.
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We are very proud to be sponsored by Awagami Factory, and are grateful to them for providing their beautiful Gampi paper for our workshops.
About Jenny Robinson
Jenny Robinson has been a professional artist and Master Printmaker for the past 40 years, based in London, San Francisco and now Sydney. She has been awarded numerous accolades and prizes, including the prestigious Mario Avati Engraving Prize from the Académie des beaux-arts in Paris in 2019.
Jenny has been conducting printmaking workshops at public and private institutions in Europe and across the USA. Jenny also developed her own non-toxic printmaking technique that forms the main basis of her classes.
Where we are
Our studio is on the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of this land.
Being located in the central Sydney neighbourhood of Darlington is central to our vision, being close the cultural hubs of Chippendale, Redfern and Newtown where many art galleries, studios and Sydney University and University of Technology Sydney (UTS) are located.
The workshop location is well served by public transport, with a short walk to Central and Redfern train stations, the Sydney CBD, and only 20 minutes by car from Sydney Airport.
