Couleur Studio is a unique printmaking studio run by artist & educator Emilie Walsh.
Emilie’s home-studio is in Aix-en-Provence, France
and her Australian studio is Brunswick East, Melboune.
Couleur French Studio specialises in relief-printmaking, DIY and experimental printmaking techniques as well as printing in colour.
The studio is equiped with a traditional etching press, two woodzilla presses, an inking station and a large workshop table than can accomodate up to 6 participants.
We believe printmaking is for everyone and Couleur is an inclusive and safe space for all to create.
Couleur Australian studio is in a shared-studios in Brunswick East, Idle Times Studios. The wonderful studio community is located in a warehouse reconversion in Brunswick East.
It’s the urban version of Couleur French Studio! The classes are run from Idle Time studios workshop room in a light-filled colourful room. The space accomodates up to 10 people and is equipped with a large workshop table, a work bench for inking and printing and a A4 woodzilla press.
French Studio
(Aix-en-Provence)
Australian Studio
(Brunswick East - Idle Times Studios)
Emilie initially founded Couleur studio in 2021 in Melbourne, before moving back to her home town in South of France, Aix-en-Provence, in 2023.
And since 2025, Emilie is back in Melbourne, and run her printmaking practice from Brunswick East, in the beautiful shared-studio Idle Time.
Emilie now shares her time between Melbourne and Aix-en-Provence. Check the studio Instagram to see where the currents workshops are being held.
Welcome to Couleur !
At Couleur, all classes are run in small group, to offer you more one-on-one time during the classes to help you with your project. All your materials for the class are provided and colour-coded, to help you learn the printmaking workflow easier. Complete beginner are more than welcome! You don’t need to know how to draw to do some printmaking!
At Couleur, we have two woodzilla presses (a small A5 portable one and a large A2 one), as well as a traditional etching press. For experienced artists, you can also rent the press, studio access and technical support by the hour to make your own editions.
Couleur was stared by Emilie Walsh in 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. Emilie is a French & Irish artist and educator from Aix-en-Provence, with a passion for print and art education. She graduated from her PhD in Fine Arts at the University of Melbourne (VCA) in 2020 and started Couleur in Collingwood, Melbourne. After relocating home in 2023 after 10 years in Melbourne , she is now running Couleur in Aix-en-Provence, next to a well-established pottery workshop, L’Atelier des Potiers. When she’s in Melbourne, she runs her printmaking practice from Idle Time Studios, in Brunswick East.
