Graphic Arts Workshop

 

A new Graphic Arts Workshop at  WeeGee House opened January 2008. The name of the studio is IIKKA, meaning shortly "for everybody".

The Graphic Arts Workshop IIKKA is a non-profit part of Espoo Visual Artists. It's a fully-equipped printmaking studio including etching types of intaglio: etching, engraving, drypoint, mezzotint, and aquatint.

Traditional etching requires exposure to toxic chemicals and materials. The regulations get more stringent, and in the foreseeable future this may lead to a formal ban.
The recent development of non-toxic chemical etchings has greatly increased the safety of intaglio. IIKKA will encourage artists to work with less nitric and organic solvents. Workshops on non-toxic etchings will be given regularly.

For further information please contact Seela Petra.
For workshop activities, visit this site.
If willing to participate, please call Seela Petra. Workshop activities are suitable for English speakers as well.

Seela Petra
Tel. +358(0)9 8163 1828

Street address:
WeeGee House, Ahertajantie 5, Tapiola ESPOO
Postal address:
PL 6663, 02070 City of Espoo
Buses:
From Helsinki: 106, 110T, 194, From Espoo: 15, 18, 57

Photographs@Anu Suhonen

The WeeGee House, a cornucopia of museums, exhibitions and events, includes five museums, a modern art gallery, a graphic arts workshop, a media-art centre, a café, a museum shop and an art school.