David Krut Print Workshop at Arts on Main has launched into 2012 full speed ahead with printing and editioning the latest series of linocuts by William Kentridge. Many of the prints will become part of an upcoming exhibition in Australia this year. With almost 60 linocut prints to create, the DKW team and Kentridge’s assistants [...]

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This collaborative print, History of Art, is based on William Kentridge, Claire Gavronsky and Rose Shakinovsky’s views of the history of art as they sat in Kentridge’s studio one afternoon.  The camera in the centre of the image comes from one that was also in the studio at the time. They sat and discussed who [...]

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DKW Printer Mlungisi Kongisa explains the process of creating watercolour monotypes before he is joined by artist David Koloane. When creating watercolour monotypes, the artist paints onto a Perspex plate, which has been buffed with a water-soluble substance. This allows the pigment to be released from the plate onto a dampened sheet of paper during [...]

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DKW Workshop Manager Jillian Ross and Printer Mlungisi Kongisa guide the viewer through the processes of printmaking as they relate to William Kentridge’s six plate print “Scribble Cat” at DKW Arts on Main. In this film one can see the preparation of the ink, paper and plate, and the final printing of the image. Camera: [...]

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MONOTYPE PROJECT (2010) Monotype Project was established at David Krut Print Workshop (DKW) as a means of exposing artists and to give them an opportunity to collaborate with a professional printmaker, in a dynamic and vibrant environment. The project workshops were launched on the 16th July 2010. DKW is an experimental intaglio printmaking workshop with [...]

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Sam Nhlengethwa recently worked in collaboration with David Krut Print Workshop (DKW) printer Mlungisi Kongisa at the printmaking workshop at Arts on Main. Nhlengethwa worked on a series of prints to become part of his exhibition “Kind of Blue” (named after the legendary jazz album recorded by Miles Davis in 1959, which has since become [...]

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24.07.2010 – Johannesburg based artist, Frederick Clarke, was in the Print Workshop for his first monotype session today. Working alongside him was David Krut Print Workshop (DKW) printer, Mlungisi Kongisa. Jessica Webber also came into the workshop for a short visit in the morning to observe Fred and Mlungisi at work. Fred was preparing the first [...]

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Richard Penn and Maja Maljevic are working in collaboration with the DKW Print Workshop at Arts on Main for the duration of the Monotype programme. Using different tools and with the guidance of DKW Manager Jillian Ross, Richard is creating textured Perspex plates that will reflect the style of his drawings in his monotypes. Maja [...]

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21 January 2011, David Krut Print Workshop, Arts on Main Starting off with a bang: The Workshop has been running several tests within the variables of the printmaking processes especially focussing on the newly built aquatint box. With everything up and running, artist schedules have been set with many new projects lined up for 2011. [...]

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A picture archive documenting the creation, proofing and editioning of the thirty Nose etchings, at David Krut Print Workshop by printers Jillian Ross, Niall Bingham, and Mlungisi Kongisa. ____________________________________________________________________________ INTELLIGENCE OF THE HAND The print is a collaboration between artist and printer. Each printer or print workshop under the direction of a master printer has [...]

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