Lemon Etch Litho

About this event

A 2-day Workshop Intensive!Class Meets Saturday-Sunday, December 5-6, 10:30am-3:30pm

It’s time for LITHO! Lemon Etch Litho introduces the basic principles of lithography using aluminum foil, gum Arabic, and lemon juice. Using simple materials, you can produce small, beautifully tonal lithographs with or without a press.

Lithography is often considered a complex and challenging medium, requiring a wide range of materials and equipment. This method shifts that concept around, using easily accessible materials. Prints can be printed by hand or using a press. We will create images from start to finish, including processing and printing a small set of prints onto thin Asian-style papers.

On Day 1 we will work through the process together step by step, from materials, set up, processing, printing and clean up. Day 2 will be more open work time to practice this method. At the end of this workshop, students should be able to create Litho prints almost anywhere!

Level: All levels—Beginners and experienced printmakers alike are welcome!

Registration closes November 21, 2026. Material fees are included with your registration to cover the supplies provided in class. Students will need to gather/purchase additional materials for class (see the materials list below). This list will also be provided with the registration confirmation email.

Sample images by Carolyn Muskat

WORKSHOP SUPPLIES:

Registration includes a $20 materials fee to cover consumable materials provided in class, including 1 sheet of Rives Lightweight paper, aluminium foil, lemon juice, ink, and access to lithography crayons, plexi plates, and other studio tools and supplies. Students will need to supply additional materials of their own, including:

3-4 sheets of Asian-style, thin papers for printing—like kitikata, mulberry, kozo, etc. or even additional sheets of Rives lightweight (one sheet is provided with registration), or equivalent, will work.

(optional) Personal apron (we’ll have extras on hand) and/or wear clothes that can get inky.

(optional) Any simple sketches or design ideas you might like to work with. These should be small (~5×7” ish) and fairly quick/easy to start.

(optional) Notebook or sketchbook to take notes in

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR:

Carolyn Muskat’s artwork has been in local, national, and international exhibitions, including the solo exhibitions Carolyn Muskat: Moving Forward, Looking Back at the Nesto Gallery, Milton, MA and Here and Now: Prints by Carolyn Muskat at the Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX. Carolyn has been invited to represent the US at international arts festivals including in Nepal, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. She has taught printmaking workshops around the US, as well as in Vietnam, Sweden, and South Africa, and presented a paper in Hanoi in 2024 on the integration of the arts in cultural programs. Her work is in the Boston Public Library, the Hanoi Museum of Fine Arts, the DaNang Museum of Fine Arts, and many other collections. Carolyn owns and operates Muskat Studios, a professional printmaking studio in Somerville, MA where she creates her own work and collaborates with artists to produce original fine art prints. As Master Printer she has worked with more than 50 artists to produce over 400 prints in the past 30+ years. She has been an adjunct instructor at MassArt for over 20 years and previously taught at several Boston-area colleges and universities. She is the creator and producer of Iron Print, a multi-college print event soon to be in its 12th year at MassArt. Learn more about Carolyn’s work at www.carolynmuskat.com and www.muskatstudios.com.