Albrecht Dürer's House
Topics - Workshop
- Graphic arts in the workshop.
The Living Workshop
Those who want to find out more about the artistic techniques of Dürer's time, may get an insight into the production process of Dürer's works in the fully reconstructed and equipped workshop from Dürer's time which is situated on the second floor. Here, visitors will learn interesting things about various tricks used in the production and preparation of pigments, about graphic arts, the form cutter, and the copperplate engraver.
Here, experts regularly present demonstrations of Dürer's techniques. His workshop was large enough to accommodate several pupils, apprentices and journeymen. The natural history specimens and rare objects in the cupboard are a testimony to Dürer's scientific curiosity, and give an idea what Dürer's "cabinet of marvels" might have looked like.
- Artist Sofia Fränkl is inking the plate.
Artist, Sofia Fränkl, allows you an insight into the creation of a copperplate engraving - from the design right through to the finished work. With a steady hand she wields the burin, line by line creating the overall image on the copperplate. Inking the plate and printing it are further steps in the creation of a copperplate engraving.
- Printing demonstration with the relief printing press.
The Printer's Workshop from Dürer's Time
Opposite the workshop, next to a second, more sparsely furnished kitchen - where presumably pigments and glues were prepared - there is a small cabinet.This is where prints are being made!
Several times a day, the large relief-printing press is shown in action. It was especially constructed for the printing of woodcuts. In 1971, "Dürer Year", it was reconstructed on the basis of a Dürer drawing.
Visitors may lend a hand in the printing process and may even take home one of the fresh prints with Dürer motifs back.
