Woodcut

A relief technique whereby the image is initially drawn on a woodblock.
The unpainted areas are then excavated with a knife or a gouge, and the parts not cut away form the design. Ink is rolled onto the block so that only the projected areas of the surface receive the ink, while the cut away area remain clean. In the printing phase, a sheet of paper is placed on the plate and run through the press.

Participants: Sonia Abramovich, Rachella Alcalay, Alisa Arens, Linda Lieff Altabef, Carmela Ben Shitrit, Alice Dias, Dafna Englender, Adi Hefziba Toledano, Milka Benziman, Sara Benninga, Luba Ben-Menachem, Naftaly Mazaky, Gila Miller, Roni Zer, Oded Zaidel, Lili Shoavi, Shlomit Strutti, Les Vogel, Gat Weissenstern, Nadiv Weislib, Wanja Schaub

Course instructor and curator: Wanja Schaub

Bookbinding

The fascination of bookbinding reaches back to the earliest days of human storytelling, when words and images first found their way onto scrolls, parchment, and bound pages. Across centuries, the art of enclosing and protecting texts evolved—through ancient Coptic bindings, ornate medieval volumes, and the refined hardcover books we know today. It is a rich tradition that continues to celebrate the craft of transforming loose pages into a unified, lasting work.

Patricipants: Sonia Abramovich, Maya Asher, Orly Ashkenazy
Carmela Ben Shitrit, Nava Levine-Coren, Melinda Miller, Raquel Sanchez
Yael Serlin, Merav Sarah Shnap, Sally Foreman, Nirit Roessler

Course instructor and curator: Wanja Schaub

Screenprint

A printing process based on the stencil principle and the separation of the image into colors and hues by means of a dense polyester or nylon screen stretched over a frame. An image can be printed on any flat surface, such as paper or fabric. By means of paper cut-outs, wax, glue, or light sensitive emulsion, non-printing areas are blocked out. The screen thus becomes a modular stencil which may be altered and masked again in keeping with the color one wishes to print. Ink is squeegeed through the screen onto paper, and forced through the open areas not masked by the stencils. The final image may be created from a single screen or from multiple screens.

Participants: Yohanan Beeri, Ayala Geldbard-Yaakov, Ella Cohen, Ruth Hanreck Steinitz, Adaya Hosman Lifshits Dori Pinto, Raquel Sanchez, Anat Samuel, Oshra Sharvit and Yoav Raban

Course instructor and curator: Yoav Raban

Etching

An intaglio technique in which the image is created on a metal plate covered with an acid-resistant mixture (asphalt, resin, or wax). The design is drawn through this ground with an etching needle to expose the metal beneath. The plate is then immersed in an acid bath, and the acid bites into the lines exposed by the needle. Different biting times allow for variations in the line’s thickness. Next, the ground is removed. The plate is inked, wiped, covered with a sheet of dampened paper, and run through the press.

Participants: Shimrit Bar, Efrat Burg, Milka Benziman, Yael Halfon, Maya Margit Hajdu,Yael Jarzin, Blue Lavrak, Rachel Ezra, Aviya Fraenkel, Lotem Shabtai ,Klarina Weingort and Ran Segal

Course instructor and curator: Ran Segal