PIY | Print it Yourself | Seminars & Workshops

About

PIY - Print it Yourself - is a series of screen printing Seminars and Workshops.
PIY Seminars & Workshops last for four weeks and the aim is to spread the art of screen printing in the fullest and most practical way.
The program of PIY Seminars & Workshops include learning the basic theory of silkscreen, design workshops and print workshops on T-Shirts and paper. Participants are asked to print their own designs on the surfaces of their choice.

Seminars & Workshops

From theory, to design and printing

Theory & Speeches

In Theory sections, the participants learn the basic theory of silkscreen and to see applications in daily life and production.

Design Workshops

At PIY we show for the first time design techniques for screen printing applications.

Printing Workshops

At PIY the participants can print their designs on textile and paper with the help of instructors.

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See PIY Seminars & Workshops of previous years

PIY 2020

Seminars & Workshops

PIY 2019

Seminars & Workshops

PIY 2018

Seminars & Workshops

PIY 2017

Seminars & Workshops

PIY 2016

Seminars & Workshops

PIY 2015

Seminars & Workshops

Schedule

March 2023

Saturday 4 March 2023

Theory & Speeches

10.00 - 10.30 Registration & Coffee
10.30 - 11.00 PIY Team: Welcome & Getting to know
11.00 - 12.00 Speeches
12.00 - 12.30 Break & Open Table
12.30 - 16.00 Speeches

Sunday 5 March 2023

Theory & Hands on

10.00 - 10.30 Attendance & Coffee
10.30 - 11.30 Speeches
11.30 - 12.00 Break
12.00 - 13.00 Speeches
13.00 - 14.00 Break
14.00 - 16.00 Speeches

Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 March 2023

Design Workshop

10.00 - 10.30 Attendance & Coffee
10.30 - 12.30 Group A: One-to-One Design Workshop
12.30 - 16.00 Group B: One-to-One Design Workshop

*** Participants under the supervision of an instructor process the project in a PC or in hand until the production of the film. Each participant chooses one of two days (Saturday or Sunday) and will have about 4-6 hours to process the design. Day selection is made by signing up.

Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 March 2023

Printing Workshop (Textile & Paper)

10.00 - 10.30 Attendance and Coffee
10.30 - 12.00 Screen developing & exposure
12.00 - 20.00 Printing

Saturday 25 & Sunday 26 March 2023

Printing Workshop (Textile & Paper)

10.00 - 10.30 Attendance and Coffee
10.30 - 12.00 Screen developing & exposure
12.00 - 20.00 Printing

*** The participants choose one of the four days of the printing workshops. Each participant prints his own designs on paper and paper at one of the positions of hand-held silk screen printing machines, which is reserved exclusively for them on the day they choose. The choice of the print day must be declared by each participant in the registration when purchasing the ticket and will be followed by a priority order. The attendance in the remaining three days is free.

Guest Speakers

During the seminars the following speakers will talk about screen printing :

Speaker 1

To be announced

Speaker 2

To be announced

Speaker 3

To be announced

Photo Gallery

Moments from past seminars

All Theory & Speeches Design Workshops Printing Workshops Exhibition

Theory & Speeches

Day 1st

Theory & Hands on

Day 2nd

Design Workshop

Day 3rd & 4th

Printing Workshop

Day 5th

Printing Workshop

Day 6th

Printing Workshop

Day 7th

Printing Workshop

Day 8th

Exhibition

Participant's Exhibition & Party

Tickets

BOOK YOUR TICKET

Ticket Price: 250 Euro

The tickets include:

10 T-Shirts/per person
50 sheets of paper/person of different quality and color
Screen printing inks and consumables
Screens and Film positives
Screen printing accessories
Printing apron for each participant
PIY Goodies with promo material of the speakers and supporters
Snacks, refreshments and coffee in all days of seminars & workshops
Certificate of completion
VAT 24%

* All participants are allowed to bring their own T-Shirts, papers and materials except of the given supplies as above.
** The T-Shirts, papers, aprons and all Goodies remain with each participant at the end of each day of the Workshops.
*** No prior knowledge of screen printing is required.

Team

Antonis Daktilidis

Curator & Host

Having come to the world of screen printing in young age, he has specialised in materials and techniques that are needed in a modern professional or amateur silkscreen world. Driven by innovation of materials, specialisation of knowledge, quality and professionalism offers widely his knowledge of screen printing and its applications.

Fuzz Ink

Instructor / Printing Workshops

Fuzz Ink.
Screen printing shop.
We print and make dirty. Very dirty.
Self taught, inhibited, supposedly perfectionists and ignorant.
Workaholics, amateur and porters.
Our mission: to print on any surface of the planet.

Tind - Manolis Angelakis

Instructor / Printing Workshops

Manolis Angelakis, a.k.a. Tind, lives and works in Athens. Prints on a variety of materials with contemporary and older methods and specialising in screen printing. Although he has graphic design background, excellent knowledge in serigraphy arising from work next to his father at a very young age. Today, they work together and learn specialised aspects of screen printing to one another.

Kostas Gotza Zisimopoulos

Instructor / Design & Printing Workshops

Gotza studied graphic design and did a master's degree in visual communication. He loved the silk-screen as a fan of psychedelic posters of the 60s, Pop Art Aesthetics and gig posters of the 90s. Among other things, he considers the DIY aspect of silkscreen to be particularly charming. At PIY he will share his silk-screen experiences so far.

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