We started from these questions to design and print a series of experimental posters together with Filip Zagórski e Marta Kwiatek, teachers of the School of Form of Warsaw, with the support of Nina Hausmann (Head of the ABADIR Printing Laboratory) and Giovanna Cacciola (Association Tabaré – Female Sicilian Makers).

In this workshop we learned the basics of silkscreen printing and learned to creatively exploit theimprovisation, sort of jam session typographical group. 

La silk screen printing It is a printing technique that uses a frame with a fabric – originally silk – stretched over it. Some areas of this fabric are opened or blocked to create a stencil; the ink is spread and pushed through a spatula called scrape Thus transferring it to the surface or support to be printed (usually paper or other fabrics). This process is repeated for each color that will, layered, compose the final image.

First of all we have designed the images to be printed and stopped by Serious fap, a laboratory in Catania which has made its equipment available for theengraving of frames, a fundamental process that uses UV rays to imprint shapes and texts on the canvas. The workshop continued in the classrooms and laboratories of ABADIR for two days of experimentation and prototyping.

Coi poster we then set up a small exhibition at the Academy and celebrated the conclusion of the activities on the terrace.

This workshop was made possible thanks to the Erasmus Plus Program which, in addition to giving students the opportunity to spend study periods or internships in Europe, also allows teachers and staff members to carry out Staff Mobilities for Teaching and/or for Training (staff mobility for teaching and/or training purposes) at partner universities and institutes.