The Technical Museum of East Iceland used to house printmaking facilities consisting of several antique printmaking presses and tools which were owned by the artist Dieter Roth. The workshop also included a letterpress and basic tools for bookbinding. In collaboration with the Technical Museum Skaftfell was able to regularly host printmaking courses and workshops for children and adults, and residency artists had the opportunity to use the facilities. Sadly, the entire workshop was destroyed in the landslides of December 2020. A new collaborative print workshop has now been established.
The old workshop included:
RELIEF PRINTING
The printmaking process consists of cutting or etching a printing surface in such a way that all the remains of the original surface is then the design to be printed. Print area width: 48cm maximum
INTAGLIO COPPER PRINT PRESS
A technique in which the image is incised into a surface and the incised line or sunken area holds the ink – the direct opposite to relief printing. Print area width: 30cm maximum
LITHOGRAPHY PRESS:
This is a method of printing based on the principle that oil and water do not mix. Printing is done from a stone using oil based inks. Print area: 35 x 45cm
The Technical Museum also housed a metal workshop for forging with basic tools (except gas welding) and a forge in its original settings from 1907.
