Lino Printed Christmas cards, wrapping paper and gifts - West Bridgford Methodist Church - Adult Learning

Lino Printing is an ideal process for both beginners and experienced printmakers. It is a simple relief printing process that works through developing and using graphic contrast and mark making skills and is the perfect technique for creating hand-made, professional quality cards and gifts.

During the course you will be introduced to the basic techniques needed to make a traditional monotone, contrast print and simple ways to add colour, including collage, chine colle and watercolour.

You will learn and explore the process by looking at and discussing other printmakers' work and by demonstrations, personal experimentation and individual tuition on how to design, cut and print your lino blocks onto paper, cards and fabric.

By the end of the course everyone will have produced good quality hand-printed cards, images and fabric decorations to sell or give as gifts.

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Design, cut and print an effective black and white (monotone) linoprint.

• Use simple collage, chine colle and watercolour techniques to add colour to your prints.

• Discuss the range of different approaches and techniques used by printmakers and use to inform your own work.

• Use printmaking equipment and the press safely.

• Have confidence in your own creative skills and ability.

• Produce effective handprinted cards, gifts, and images.

You will need:

• Apron or big shirt

• B and 2B Pencil, rubber (WH Smiths Amazon)

• A4 cartridge paper pad Daler Rowney (red and yellow cover) or similar (The Range, Hobbycraft, Amazon)

• Packs of plain cards (The Range, Boyes, Hobbycraft)

• A4 sugar paper. (Amazon) or scrapbooks (Hobbycraft, The Range)

• A4 tracing paper (The Range, Amazon)

• Small amount of Tissue Paper (The Range, Hobbycraft, Amazon)

• 2 x A5 Easy Cut Lino (blue and originally from specialist crafts) (sold by different suppliers online)

• Pack of disposable Gloves- vinyl or nitrile (B&M Bargains, DIY stores, Amazon).

Suggested reading:

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

2) Still Water and Wild waves. Angela Harding.

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

Funding and Fees

If you receive certain benefits, you may be able to take the course for free.
If money is stopping you from enrolling, please visit our funding page to see what help is available.

Living in England

To book and join one of our courses, you must live in England permanently and either:

• Live inside the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) area (Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire)

or

• Live outside the devolved areas listed below

You cannot enrol if you live in these devolved areas:

• Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)

• Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

• North East Combined Authority

• South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

• Tees Valley Combined Authority

• West Midlands Combined Authority

• West of England Combined Authority

• West Yorkshire Combined Authority

• Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority

• York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

• Hull and East Yorkshire

• Greater Lincolnshire

• Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority

• Cornwall Council

• Lancashire Combined County Authority

• Buckinghamshire Council

Residency Requirements (Additional Information)

If you live in the UK on a visa, we’ll need evidence of your visa to confirm funding. You can upload this when applying, and you’ll need to complete a short questionnaire.

Some exceptions include:

• Your visa must last until after your course ends.

• Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for at least 6 months while their claim is being processed.

• You are supported by your local authority under Section 23C or 23CA of the Children Act 1989, or under the Care Act 2014.

Anyone who does not meet the funding criteria would need to pay full course fees.