During a visit to the UEL (University of East London) I discovered screen printing and on my return I began to experiment with the technique in PROMUEVE SOLIDARITAT, a space where young people at risk of social exclusion could learn a trade and have a safe place of free expression in which to develop their creativity.

Throughout the four years of life of this project, I carried out several screen-printing workshops for illustrators and creative people in general. I have given screen-printing workshops for children at the Fira del Llibre de València through APIV (Valencian illustrator’s professional association) and at the Jornadas del Cómic de Valencia, as well as seminars to train secondary school teachers in this technique through (CEFIRE).

I am currently teaching graphic experimentation workshops with manual printing techniques, which I call ESTAMPO CONTIGO, ME SIENTO FELIZ, as the song by Pepa Flores (Marisol) says ;). We experiment with the linocut technique and create stamp collections, ex-libris and pattern designs combining stamps.

In my workshops we pay special attention to the ecological and economical alternatives of stamping techniques, encouraging environmentally friendly creativity. We reuse everything that can be reused and save the leftover rubber to stuff cushions and puppets.

If you are interested in these workshops, please write to me at anetatarmokas@gmail.com with the subject ESTAMPO CONTIGO WORKSHOPS.