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This summer I ran a workshop last week that I’ve been looking forward to for a while, a full day of linocut collage at The Art Stables in Finchley. It was one of the most enjoyable teaching days I’ve had this year, and I’ve been mulling over why ever since. The Aims On paper, the brief was straightforward enough. I wanted participants to leave with: • A better feel for the directionality of the carved line. How the marks you cut can lead the eye, describe form, or simply add energy to a print...

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 areas you want to...

A linocut jigsaw print is a unique type of printmaking where an image is carved onto a linoleum block, and the block is then cut into separate pieces that fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. This technique allows you to create an image that can be assembled and disassembled, adding an interactive and tactile element to the artwork. Jigsaw Linocut print and carved linoleum, 'Rendlesham Forest', 2023 C Staunton How to Make a Linocut Jigsaw Print: A Step-by-Step Guide If you’ve been linocut...