Adults 16+

Mokulito - Weekend Course

On 5-6 April or 13-14 September, learn how to print using the mokulito technique, also know as wood lithography - a unique form of printmaking.

Developed in Japan in the 1970s, the process uses plywood as the printing surface and draws on the principles of lithography, specifically the antipathy between grease and water. Greasy materials, such as tusche, crayons, and autographic inks, are used to draw and paint imagery on the sanded plywood matrix and which is then processed.

Mokulito has the benefit that additional reductive marks can be cut into the surface as with relief printing, so that when printed the drawn and cut marks sit together with the ghostly impressions of the wood grain to create a beautiful, contrasted image.    

This course is suitable for beginners as well as experienced practitioners.

Susannah Emily

Susannah graduated with a MFA (Illustration) from Edinburgh College of Art. Prior to her Masters she studied Pharmacology. This unique combination of art and science led to a keen interest in printmaking, where the alchemy of the process is a fundamental part of the final composigion. Printmaking is now an integral part of her practice, with a particular focus on Mokulito, lithography, and monotype.

She particularly enjoys Mokulito as because of the grain of the wood becomes a tangible component of the final prints, and is a unique way of combining woodgrain, drawn and painted marks, and reductive marks all in one image.

Now based a little north of Dundee, she is a member at Dundee Contemporary Arts. Susannah is a freelance tutor, teaching in Dundee, Edinburgh, and up in the Highlands.

Booking over a month in advance? Use our Early Bird discount for 15% off!    

This course entitles you to a FREE 3-month Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.

This course is part of Castle Mills: Then & Now, a heritage project supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, made possible by money raised by National Lottery players.    

• Weekend Courses
• £220.00
• 5 April 2025-13 September 2025
• Print Studio
• Adult 16+