Reduction printing is my favourite technique in the whole of linocut, hands down. It’s also, I think, the one that trips people up the most when they’re first getting their head around it. So let’s start right at the beginning. What Is a Reduction Print? A reduction print is a linocut technique where multiple layers of colour are all cut and printed from a single block, with lino being carved away between each printing stage. You print your first colour, then carve away the a