Frisch gepresst - Farbholzschnitte von Karin Flau

In the organizer's words:

Freshly pressed

- a series of window displays by the Cologne Graphikwerkstatt

Color woodcuts by Karin Flau

The woodcut is the oldest printing process. Whether image and text pages in books, posters, playing cards - the material was familiar in its processing and was a suitable starting point for the art of printing.

Karin Flau develops her prints in a combination of reduction cutting and the printing of several color plates. The surfaces are held in place by the final contour plate.

Color variations mean that not every print is the same.

In this way, original planning and spontaneity complement each other to create something unique.

The structure of the wood offers the artist a resistance with which she has to work, but which she finds attractive at the same time.

The naturalness of wood as a printing block cannot be surpassed. Wood as a material connects the artist with nature.
Perhaps this is precisely where the deep joy lies, the approach with all the senses, which has made woodcuts the traditionally most frequently used technique in printmaking.

Since 2012, Karin Flau has concentrated her work at the Kölner Graphikwerkstatt on letterpress printing and in particular on woodcuts.

A selection of her works will be on display from September 13 to October 4 in the shop window of the Kölner Graphikwerkstatt.
Showcase talks can be arranged.

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Location:

Kölner Graphikwerkstatt, Im Sionstal 17, 50678 Cologne
Contact: info@graphikwerkstatt.de / 0221-3100425 / Web: www.graphikwerkstatt.de

Exhibition period:

September 13 - October 4, 2024

Important dates:

Vernissage: September 13 6:30 - 8 p.m., the artist will be present
Special opening hours of the Graphikwerkstatt during the open studios in Cologne:
September 14 5 - 8 p.m.
September 15, 3 - 6 p.m.

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Freshly Pressed
- is a series of window exhibitions at the Cologne Graphikwerkstatt

This gem of printmaking has been located in the heart of Cologne since 1995.
Over the years, life's work in printmaking has been created here, which can now be seen in regular succession in the shop window at Im Sionstal 17.