Atelier
A private working printroom set quietly down our garden path, directed by David Borrington MA RCA alongside Louisa Borrington. Calibrated for unhurried immersion away from institutional classrooms, Dekkle operates strictly in micro-cohorts of three to four practitioners using 19th-century cast-iron presses, stone lithography, and darkroom-adjacent plate chemistry. Programmes centre on our Master Class Fellowship an advanced two-year residency for practicing artists alongside an annual progressive Junior Atelier (Years 7–11) for young scholars, complete with an on-site garden studio lounge for parents to work and relax.
Open Access
An extension of your own studio practice, continuing the unbroken European tradition of the private working atelier. Set quietly in our garden printroom away from institutional rotas, Dekkle keeps that historic print alchemy alive today through unhurried bench space and continuous press time, strictly limited to five independent artists. Work self-directed across our 1890 Albion relief press, historic Aubert rolling press, and Bavarian limestone beds, supported by darkroom adjacent photo intaglio facilities, traditional rosin aquatint booths, and foundational workshop chemistry on hand.
Atelier Bureau
A collaborative printroom where artists and photographers work directly alongside the master printer to create original plates at the bench. From hand drawn matrices on Bavarian limestone and copper plates, to translating digital artwork, darkroom film positives, and lens based imagery into the physical, analog world, we develop hand bitten copper gravure, fine photopolymer intaglio, and relief plates side by side. Every edition is pulled by hand on our 19th century presses, dedicated to the living craft of ink formulation, dampened cotton rag, and the printer's embossed stamp.
