The MGLC Print Studio is organised as a production centre offering artists an opportunity to print in a variety of printmaking techniques. Artists may make their prints themselves or can be assisted by master printmakers.
Behind the scenes
Participation
As a production centre, MGLC offers various ways of participation.
For the production of original art prints, the board of experts annually selects projects to be financed and produced in the MGLC Print Studio. Artists may apply personally by the end of the calendar year; if required, MGLC may publish a call for submissions or make a direct invitation to a certain artist to engage in the production of a project.
In case of co-productions, MGLC takes care of technical and spatial requirements, and the projects are selected on the basis of artists’ proposals. In both cases, production or co-production, MGLC receives two copies of the graphic print for its permanent collection.
The Print Studio can also be rented and is available free of charge to students and teachers of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design (ALUO) in Ljubljana for educational purposes.
Using the MGLC Print Studio
The Print Studio enables artists, graphic art lovers and other interested individuals and groups to produce graphic sheets in the following three techniques: silkscreen, lithography and intaglio printing. If you book an appointment in advance, you can use our technical equipment and materials, or you can bring your own paints, paper and other necessities. If you are not skilled in the use of technical equipment and procedures, our printer Jakob Puh can help and advise you in your project. You can also learn the techniques at our annual graphic art course.
Technical Equipment in the Studio
Lithography
- 1 hand press (maximum paper dimension 100 x 70 cm)
- lithographic stones of various dimensions
- lithographic paints and rollers
- acids and gum Arabic
- paper and drawing material
Intaglio and relief printing
- 3 hand presses with roll widths of 40 cm, 70 cm and 100 cm
- 1 hot plate
- printing rollers and paint
- separate etching room
- paper
Silkscreen
- 1 table for manual silkscreen printing (max dimension of the print 90 x 70 cm, paper dimension 102 x 72 cm)
- 4 portable tables for manual silkscreen printing (max dimension of the print 40 x 60 cm)
- 1 semi-automatic printing machine (maximum paper dimension 102 x 72 cm, maximum print dimension 90 x 60 cm)
- paints, paper, emulsions, screens of various dimensions and mesh sizes
From the print studio
Archives
In the first years of operation, the production of the Print Studio was mostly focused on printing new works in the techniques of silkscreen, etching, aquatint and lithography, especially by established artists of the Ljubljana School of Graphic Arts. To a lesser extent, the Studio reprinted works by Slovenian modernists from original plates. The operation of the Print Studio emphasises the role of MGLC, which, by publishing graphic art works, significantly influenced the formation of the characteristics of contemporary art production in Slovenia.
Here is a list of artists who have printed in the Studio (from 2006 to the present).
