Jigsaw Lino Printing - West Bridgford Methodist Church - Adult Learning

About this course

Jigsaw Lino Printing is an ideal introductory process for both beginners and experienced printmakers to working with colour. It builds on the simple relief printing process that works through developing and using graphic contrast and mark making skills and is the perfect technique for creating good quality, hand-made prints.

During the course you will be introduced to the techniques needed to make both monotone and colour jigsaw Lino print exploring pattern, shape and mark making. You will create an initial design, cut your Lino, make your ’jigsaw’ and then print it, using different colours or tones. You will learn and explore the process through looking at and discussing other printmakers' work and by demonstrations, personal experimentation and individual tuition on how to design, cut and print your image onto paper and fabric.

By the end of the course everyone will have produced professional printed images to sell or give as gifts. What will learners achieve by the end of the course? You will be able to: Design, cut and print an effective monotone and colour jigsaw lino print. Use simple reduction lino techniques in combination with the jigsaw process. Discuss the range of different approaches and techniques used by practicing printmakers. Use printmaking equipment and the press safely. Have confidence in your own creative skills and ability to produce finished work. Use art and design language confidently to describe your own work.

What you will need to bring to the course:

Apron or big shirt

B and 2B Pencil, rubber A4 cartridge paper pad Daler Rowney (red and yellow cover) or similar A4 tracing pape2/3 x A5 Easy Cut Lino (blue and originally from specialist crafts)Pack of disposable Gloves- vinyl or nitrile

Suggested reading:

1). Linocut: A Creative guide to making beautiful prints. Sam Marshall.

2) Still Water and Wild waves. Angela Harding. Library catalogue.

3) Exploring printmaking : a practical guide to printmaking techniques / Gill Thompson. Library catalogue

Booking your place and fee information

If you receive certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our funding page for further information.

Residency in England

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must be living in England permanently and live outside of the devolved areas listed below or live within the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) devolved area (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire).

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 

• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

• Greater London

• Greater Manchester

• Liverpool City Region

• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland

• Tees Valley

• West of England

• West Midlands

• West Yorkshire

Residency Eligibility – other criteria

If you are living in the UK on a visa we will require evidence of this in order to be funded for the course, you can upload this evidence when you apply for the course. (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

Some exceptions may apply for example

• Your visa expiry date must be beyond the end of your course

• Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office

• You are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014

Any learner who is not funded full cost fees would apply to these courses.