Linocut Holiday Cards

Learn the art of relief printing in this simple beginner workshop. You'll use battleship gray linoleum as your block and create a one-color design to be printed onto cards. You'll also learn how to embellish the cards with decorative paper and collage to add color and more festive elements.
 
You will learn: 

• How to create an image appropriate for block printing.
• Safe carving techniques. 
• How to ink your block.
• Proper set up of the studio’s etching press.
• How to print using the press.
• How to register/align your cards so your image prints where you want it to.
• Collage and embellishment techniques.
• A brief history of relief printmaking.
• Studio cleanup procedures.

We’ll end with a show-and-tell of everyone’s work. You'll leave with the block you carved and the skills to print additional cards in the future. 

Details

• You're encouraged to bring ideas, sketches, and images of what you’d like to carve onto your block. Blocks are four inches by six inches. 
• Bring a lunch. There's a refrigerator and microwave on the lower level.

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