Hectograph is a very simple and cheap stencil reproduction technique. Developed in 1874, hectograph copier was the most useful where a large number of copies were not required. It is possible to get up to 50 legible reproductions of the original and it the past it was mostly used for printing circular letters or meetings notices. Imi Harangozó, Hungarian illustrator and ancient printing techniques geek will introduce you into how to use hectograph as an artist. Come and discover this beautiful, yet commonly unknown printing technique for your art!
Imi Harangozó is an illustrator, risograph printer master, member of Drukker printmaker community and one of organizers of Ukmukfukk artzine fest in Budapest. In the Czech Republic, his work has been already shown once at the exhibition of socially oriented illustration and comics organized by Fůd magazine in Kasárna Karlín, Prague, in 2021.
Masterclass, age group: 15+, held in English, duration: 3 h
