Introduction to Photo Lithography

Learn how to make a photo-plate lithograph which can express subtle tones using photographs and/or drawings.

Using many of the principles of traditional lithography you will see the interplay of oil and water to reveal your original image onto pre-sensitised plates, how to develop, ink up and print your plate to create a small edition of prints.

Course Structure

• Learn how to prepare positives for exposure to the plate
• Experiment with different mark-making
• Expose the plate in the dark room
• Print up your plate

About the Tutor

Robyn Maclennan joined Leicester Print Workshop as part of the technician team at the end of 2021, specialising in etching and photographic techniques. She uses multiple printmaking and photography processes to explore the landscape and our connections to it. Robyn holds an MA in Fine Art and is currently undertaking a PhD at London College of Communication where she is researching how ecoGothic theory can be used to re-examine our relationship with nature and how fear has permeated our perceptions of the non-human world.

She is particularly interested in the links between the darkness found in the ecoGothic and the necessity of darkness to her photography and printmaking practice as well as how understanding the agency of both the natural world and the works she produces can grant us a better understanding of the world around us. She has exhibited across the UK with highlights including the ‘Withheld’ exhibition in London (2022), the Derby Print Open (2023) and being featured in Somewhere in Between’s 2021 zine ‘Hmmm…Photography and Printmaking'.

You can find more of Robyn’s work here: www.robynmaclennan.com