In the screen printing workshop Cut & Play, you’ll explore shape, color, and layering by cutting forms from paper and using tape to create your own playful design. From this design, you’ll make a silkscreen print directly onto your own shirt or sweater.

You’ll head home with a series of experimental prints you created yourself, plus a goodie bag.

Screen printing is a graphic stencil technique suitable for printing on a wide variety of materials such as textiles, paper, cardboard, glass, wood, and plastics. A handmade stencil or light-sensitive emulsion is applied to a mesh screen. Ink is then pressed through the stencil with a squeegee onto the chosen surface.

Michael van Kekem works as an illustrative designer and printmaker. Within the fields of illustration, graphic design, and printmaking, he creates editorial illustrations, prints, visual identities, zines, and a range of other products. He regularly gives printmaking workshops (screen printing, etching, and linocut) at events, for companies, and for private individuals of all ages. Michael also frequently exhibits his personal work.

Practical information

• Workshop language: Dutch
• Optional: bring your own shirt or sweater