Lino Printing - Christmas Cards, Gifts and Images - High Pavement Learning Centre, Sutton-in-Ashfield - 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 and chine colle. 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 give as gifts.

Please bring with you to the course:-

• Apron or big shirt

• B and 2B Pencil, rubber A4 cartridge paper pad Daler Rowney (red and yellow cover) or similar Packs of plain cards

• A4 sugar paper. (Amazon) or scrapbooks

• A4 tracing paper

• Small amount of Tissue Paper

• 2 x A5 Easy Cut Lino (blue and originally from specialist crafts)

• Pack of disposable Gloves- vinyl or nitrile

• A drink, notepad and pen

Suggested reading for the course:

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