Relief Printing on Linoleum

Relief Printing on Linoleum with Lulu Wootton

While all art forms foster experimentation, printmaking can be particularly spontaneous and surprising. This is a course for home studios artists who may have encountered questions and difficulties, intermediate printmakers, and the absolute beginners. All who are interested in learning more about the art form of carving and printing images.

The day will be a condensed presentation of relief printing in black and white from soup to nuts. Allowing for many questions and tips for everything needed to create beautiful prints at home in a small space with good materials.

Introduction to the materials, tools, inks, methods of carving and registration, and clean-up.

Saturday, Full day:

9am – 12pm: Intro to the tools and materials needed for carving. The morning project will be a completed carved Linoleum block that can be printed in the afternoon.

12: 30 pm – 3:30 pm: intro to paper, inking, registration, non- press printing and presentation of your print. As well as clean-up methods.