Hands-on Workshop
Litho Printing On Clay with INGRID MAYRHOFER
Sunday, February 22, 2026
12 noon – 3:00 PM
Registration is open to everyone.
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$100.00 - Toronto Potters Members
$145.00 - General Public
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WORKSHOP LOCATION:
SASS ART STUDIO
180 Shaw St, Suite LL-1 (LowerLevel), Toronto, ON
What will I learn and create at the workshop?
Learn two printing processes for clay: LITHO IMAGE TRANSFER and REVERSE-LINE IMAGE TRANSFER
Learn to make Litho ink from stains and other materials supplied in the workshop, or you may bring your own dark Mason stain colour (25g) to make ink***
Create two or three LITHO TRANSFERS (Optional: Create a “Reverse-line transfer” from a line drawing of the same or a different image on one of your slabs, or on the cylinder.
LITHO TRANSFER PRINTING WORKSHOP Q & A
What is the Lithography Process?
LITHOGRAPHY Printing* is based on the principle that grease and water repel each other. The lithography process relies on the toner from a photocopier or laser printer which is somewhat greasy. Printing is done directly on soft leather hard clay, transferring an image from a photocopy or laser print.
What do I bring to the Workshop?
Images: Three freshly-printed (day before the workshop) black and white, laser-printed or photocopied images (same or different). This can be a copy of a high-quality photograph, drawing or other artwork. The image size should be 3” x 4” maximum, in high contrast, with grey tones.
One SOFT LEATHER-HARD** straight sided cylinder in white clay. (Keep it on the bat if you want to adjust the form on the wheel after printing).
Two SOFT LEATHER-HARD white clay slabs (up to 5” x 7” each, (may be a 5-inch square tile or cut round) slightly larger than the size of your image.
Pottery tools, latex gloves, dust mask, metal rib, burnishing tools, plastic wrap, sponges, towel, one tiny lidded jar for mixed ink (or a small zip lock bag).
By Valentine’s Day - February 14th, please email all of your chosen workshop images (3 or more, PDF or JPEG) to: imayrhofer@icloud.com
Be sure to put Litho Transfer Workshop-Toronto Potters in the subject line of your email. Ingrid will email back the adjusted images so that you can print them on your laser printer or have them photocopied by Staples before the workshop.
*This printing process for clay differs from the process that utilizes Ink Jet photocopies, such as is required to make water slide decals.
** SOFT LEATHER-HARD means the clay is flexible enough to drape over a hump mold, but not fresh-out-of-the-bag-soft.
***Note: Mixed ink needs to rest 24 hours, and has to be used up within a week.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Ingrid Mayrhofer (BFA, MA, York University) is a visual artist, curator, educator and community arts practitioner. Born and raised in Austria, she has exhibited in Canada, Austria, Korea, Japan, Serbia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Cuba and Chile.
Since her student years at York University (MFA, MA), Ingrid has placed her art production in its social context. In addition to her double studio major in printmaking and photography, she has worked with new media, and also employs printmaking techniques to create narratives for her pottery. Having moved away from overt “political” imagery in the nineties, she initiated a long- term, hands-on, intervention with culture and nature in 2000. Her practice includes numerous community art collaborations and curatorial projects, as well as international artists’ exchanges. Since moving to Hamilton, she has participated in four public art banner projects there, as well as showing her work across Canada and abroad. Her ‘Four Elements Series’ is scheduled for exhibition at the Helson Gallery later this year.
https://IngridMayrhofer.art
*PLEASE NOTE* WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FEES ARE NON REFUNDABLE