Growing from the roots
About the studio
Taller Radal is an artist-run space of Marta Di Bitetti who has lived in Bariloche since 1989. The studio and artist residence facilities are on the same property as her house and arose as a project to give rise to her extensive activity in the artistic and educational filds. Her interest has always been linked to the development of printmaking and experimental printing techniques and the dissemination of techniques through teaching and sharing with other artists. Her studio has housed different proposals and projects and is conceived as a space for teaching and growth for artists of various disciplines.
Silkscreen workshop with "Colectivo Tormenta", Jan 2013.
One of the first experiences carried out took place in the summer of 2013 when Tormenta artist collective from La Plata gave their screen printing workshops. At that time, the printmaking studio space was not yet finished and there was minimal equipment to work with.
Then, in 2017, the chalcographic press was incorporated and the first printing experiences with a press began.
In 2021, the printmaker Kimey Catalano moved to Bariloche and approached the workshop with the proposal to carry out metal engraving with non-toxic etching salts based on his teaching experience in the Printmaking Department at Rosario National University, Faculty of Humanities and Art. From this moment on, the studio gained new momentum with the approach to sustainable procedures.
Etching with salin mordents workshop with Kimey Catalano, March 2022.
In October 2022, FOG, the Graphic Trades Fair, took place in the city of Bariloche, at the Biblioteca Sarmiento, with the participation of printmakers, photographers, designers, illustrators, editors, from various parts of the country. and and the region.
For that opportunity, the printmaking artist Laura Pires visited us and stayed at the studio residence.
Printmaker Laura Pires during her residency in October 2022.
In 2024 we started a series of short residencies in which different artists based in Buenos Aires, Berlin, Batesville, Arkansas and El Bolsón participated.
These experiences are focused on three modalities:
→ Training
→ Improvement
→ Creation
Some of the testimonies of artists in residence who carried out this experience:
"Days of artistic residency at Taller Radal reconnecting with printmaking to continue investigating and deepening my work, working with aquatint and etching hand in hand with less toxic engraving. Everything happened surrounded by incredible landscapes that fed and enriched the work process. All in happiness and gratitude." @guadalupebujan
Guadalupe Bujan from Buenos Aires polishing an iron plate.
Guadalupe Bujan in Taller Radal.
The artist Guadalupe Bujan and her first state proof.
Final Talk with the artist Guadaulpe Bujan sharing her experience.
Such an amazing and inspiring experience at Taller Radal in Villa los Coihues just outside of Bariloche, Argentina. Carly Dahl and I thoroughly enjoyed the supportive atmosphere and inspiring locale. Thanks Marta Di Bitetti and Kimey Catalano for assisting us so greatly in our etching and printing process. I highly recommend the experience to my artist friends. Such a great place to live and work on art.
Dustyn Bork
@
dustyn_bork_art
Carly doing an aquatint on zinc plate.
Carly printing her plate.
Carly printing her etching and aquatint with chine collé.
Dustyn, Carly and Kimey working on less toxic intaglio.
Dustyn working on one of his zinc plate projects.
Dustyn and our printing assistant Kimey.
Dustyn and our printing assistant Kimey working with the etching press.
Kimey performing a print test for an Dustyn's intaglio on tretapack.
Fulfilling wishes, dreams, and years in the best place surrounded by greats like Marta Di Bitetti and Kimey Catalano. What more could you ask for! Forever thankful.
Ivana Aruz
@iviaruz
Ivana Aruz carrying out an artist proof of her etching on zinc plate.
In May 2024, Pablo Delfini visited us with whom we organized a series of activities to promote less toxic printmaking and we held short workshops to experiment with different techniques: lemon gum lithography on aluminum plate, tetrapack intaglio, water-based monotypes and gelatin matrices. For five days we worked, shared experiences and talked about our vision of art and graphics in the middle of an intense snowfall.
Marta Di Bitetti and Pablo Delfini at Lake Gutierrez near Taller Radal.
Pablo Delfini introducing his book "Less toxic printmaking" at Inefable Cafe.
Pablo Delfini explaning how to polish aluminium plates with sand.
Fat elements to draw on aluminum plate.
Preparation of gum arabic with lemon for lithography on the plate.
Pablo Delfini preparing the plate to print.
Printing a lemon gum lithography plate.
Lemon gum lithography.
Pablo Delfini explaining how to make an intaglio on tetrapack sheet.
Cutting the tetrapack plate to make an intaglio.
Tetrapack plate inking.
Tetrapack intaglio.
Filling the molds to make gelatin matrices.
Molds for gelatin matrices.
Water monotype workshop for families.
Painting with watercolors in the water monotype workshop.
Printing water montypes.
Marta Di Bitetti and Pablo Delfini exchange their aprons at the end of the meeting.
