About the atelier

Teal Birch Atelier opened on Grove Avenue when printmakers Elke Vermeer and Jonas Peeters consolidated two shared studios into one press room with daylight from the canal side. The name joins a family birch grove in East Flanders with the teal roller Jonas inherited from his first job at a Ghent book arts lab.

We focus on relief printmaking for adults: evening workshops, edition services for visiting artists, and a small retail shelf of current runs. The atmosphere is workshop-quiet — music low, conversation about ink viscosity welcome, phones on silent.

Community partnerships include the municipal library’s broadside series and annual open-studio weekends each October. We do not run children’s birthday groups; all programmes assume adult learners.

The Grove Avenue space includes a drying rack wall, stone sink for cleanup, and a small retail shelf where current editions sit in map folders. Visitors are welcome to handle prints with cotton gloves provided at the desk. Opening hours stay consistent year-round so members can rely on midweek press access.

Elke and Jonas publish a quarterly letter describing new blocks in progress; subscribe by email if you collect relief work or teach printmaking elsewhere in Flanders.