Discover how to create something special from an everyday material. In this workshop, you will design and print a series of unique cards using hand-carved potato stamps. It is a simple, creative technique that shows you don’t need much to achieve a beautiful result. You will learn how to carve shapes into potatoes, how to use them as stamps, and how to create your own designs using colour, pattern, and composition. We work with potatoes, acrylic paint, and paper, with a strong focus on creative reuse and sustainable materials.

This workshop is suitable for all ages and levels. At the end, you will go home with a set of hand-printed cards and inspiration to continue working creatively and sustainably with simple materials at home.

Lisa Dröes is an illustrator and typographer. She studied Illustration at HKU and then specialised in typography at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. Alongside her work as an illustrator and graphic designer, she focuses on hand-printing small editions of cards. From her studio in the NDSM-loods in Amsterdam, she works on projects where typography, print techniques, and visual research come together. Using a 140-year-old printing press, she brings contemporary designs to life in an artisanal way. Her practice is characterised by a constant curiosity about materials. She experiments with what can be printed and how everyday or recycled materials can be used in the making process.