First Print from the rolling pin!
Vanessa Lubach studied illustration at Brighton, graduated in 1990 and has been illustrating, printm...
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Linocut can create a host of visually striking and memorable images that will leave an impression. Here's a deep dive into everything you need to know about this relief printing technique.
Lino printing with a Sizzix machine. Tips and inspiration for using a Sizzix machine to print with linoleum.
Some details from the carving of the key block for the "DAISY BOUQUET" woodcut. Big blooms burst from branching stems, each blossom fringed with white-tinted petals (the 2nd block prints this petal color). Flower centers are tipped with a varying patternwork of star-snapped pollens. A still-life composition, printed from 2 woodblocks in dark & light, the "DAISY BOUQUET" is a pretty & classic print. The "DAISY BOUQUET" print has now been proofed and is currently in production here at our shop! Stay tuned for printing photos & see the print here!
I get asked all the time about what types of carving tools I use to create my fine art printmaking editions. The ones I use depend on what type of lino I am using (soft or hard) and is largely a pe…
Recently, via Flightless Boyds blog, I was delighted to discover English wallpaper designer Marthe Armitage. Wow! I am smitten, completely inspired by this wonderful designer who still, in her 70s, prints her own wallpaper from lino cuts. I especially love her botanical designs (of course!). See all her work here. She does do some designs as fabric too. Seriously, how cool is she?! Her wallpaper design and printing began after art school when she married and had a family. The house they moved to needed work, cracks in the wall needed covering - so she printed her own wallpaper (as you do). This was during the Second World War mind you. Marthe was featured in the November 2009 issue of Gardens Illustrated (the current issue here in oz) where these pictures come from. I rushed out and bought it yesterday (not that I need an excuse, it is my very favourite mag, I have about a hundred back issues I can't bring myself to throw out!) Marthe still prints on a press that she's used for 40 years (photo above) but before that used to stand on the blocks :-) She also thinks there should be more shows about sewing and making things. She thinks "it's terrible that people aren't taught these things any more." But I especially love this quote from Marthe: "Pattern has an abstract quality - it hits you in a way you don't quite understand, I can't tell you why it moves me but it does. It's like music, in a way".
Emily Howard is the head, hands, and heart behind The Diggingest Girl. As a relief printmaker, Emily creates original limited edition fine art prints and other block-printed crafts from hand…
Learn how to print even, consistent lino block prints at home with these inexpensive and easy methods. Learn beginner printmaking tips and trips to start printing like an art pro!
The author shares his bleak premonition of an intolerable world, void of essentials and enveloped in shadow and silence
In this post I'll share my collagraph, or collograph as it also can be spelled, printmaking process with you. I'm fascinated by the unpredictability of collagraph printing…
Chris Wormell created a series of illustrations for John Dewar and Sons Scotch Whiskey for their fun series of videos, "Speaking Scotribbean."
This step-by-step block printing lesson teaches how to do linocut and foam printing with your students complete with block printing supplies and videos.
In this post I'll share my collagraph, or collograph as it also can be spelled, printmaking process with you. I'm fascinated by the unpredictability of collagraph printing…
