We invite you to escape the frosty weather and step into the cozy rooms of TYPA to do some workshops We are starting our Workshop Bites event series again in February. Come and try out some of TYPA’s regular workshops without ordering them!
PS. A non-regular workshop – photogravure – is also scheduled!
Winter Workshop Bites schedule:
Multiple coloured handmade paper workshop
Saturday, 7th February 13.00-15.00
Paper could be easily made from recycled paper, plants and fabrics by yourself. Discover how paper is made and get tips on how to make it at home in this two-hour workshop where we will be making multiple different coloured sheets of paper and decorating them with pieces of paper, glitter and tid-bits.
Workshop price is 18/12€*
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Cyanotype on glass with Tania Bakum
Saturday, 14th February 13.00-15.00
TYPA’s current residency artist Tania Bakum will intoduce a historical photography technique – cyanotype, which was used to make the very first photographycal illustrations in the 19th century. We will be using a light sensitive solution and some objects, negatives and drawings to make a blue print on glass. In her practice, Tania uses glass for cyanotypes instead of the regular paper. Applying cyanotype on glass is quite different from the traditional paper-based process, as it involves the use of gelatin. Yet the results are so striking that exploring this method is well worth the effort. The workshop encourages experimentation and embraces unpredictability as part of the process. Prior experience with analog photography is helpful but not required.
Workshop price is 20/16€*
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As a celebraton of Friendship Day and Valentine’s Day, everyone is very welcome to make cyanotype prints of their friends and loved ones! For this, please send the photos to merilin@typa.ee after buying a ticket for the workshop.
Tania Bakum is a multidisciplinary Ukrainian artist originally from Pereiaslav. In her practice, she combines photography, performance, and textiles. She experiments with materials, bringing together traditional and innovative techniques. Her work often incorporates processes of destruction and material transformation.
In her artistic practice, Tania explores themes of intergenerational trauma, feminism, social taboos, and addresses the war in Ukraine. She has participated in exhibitions and residencies in Ukraine and abroad and is a recipient of the Cultural Scholarship of the City of Gdańsk.
Photogravure workshop with Nelly Toussaint
Saturday, 21st February 13.00-15.00
Photogravure is a photomechanical process used to reproduce images, involving transferring a photograph onto a metal (copper) or photopolymer plate through exposure and acid etching, in order to create a printing form. During this workshop, we will cover all the steps involved in creating a photogravure, from start to finish, including printing.
Each participant will work on their own plate and print their own base image. Your base image must be black and white, and can have shades of grey. It can be a photograph, a hand-drawn image, such as lines or a more complex drawing, or a computer-generated image or text. Participants are asked to create their own base image before the workshop, scan it, and send the file (.jpg) to TYPA (merilin@typa.ee).
Workshop price is 24/20€*
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Nelly Toussaint is a French artist born in 1986 who lives and works in Finland since 2017. After graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Photography from Paris 8 University in 2010, she obtained a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from La Villa Arson in 2014. She then spent two years studying printmaking at the Helsinki Fine Arts Academy, graduating with an MFA in 2025. Her work is present in numerous private and public collections such as Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Finland and the BNF in France. Her artworks have been exhibited in several countries, including: France, Belgium, Monaco, Germany, Finland, and Estonia.
Nelly Toussaint questions the representation of women in Western art history and its use as a tool of domination, by re-drawing intaglio prints from art museums’ collections, embroidering feminist slogans with her own hair and drawing self-portraits. By blending personal experiences, Western art history and feminist critique, Toussaint is changing the narrative dominated by oppressive patriarchal representations, in order to liberate women’s bodies and stories.
Marbling workshop
Saturday, 28th February 13.00-15.00
Marbling is a creative yet simple technique. A tub is filled with a special thickened liquid so marbling inks that are dropped on it will stay afloat. Sticks and combs can be used to alter the inks and make patterns. When a paper is put on the surface of the liquid, the inks will adhere to it and voila!
Workshop price is 25/20€*
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The price for all four workshops is 65€/50€*
*Discount applies to students up to age of 26, retired persons, persons with disability.