Designing black and white linocuts can be a minefield of decisions to make, each one with the potential to trip you up and send you back to the drawing board…
lino print tips
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Using a baren for printmaking is a solid friend to all home printers! When you start out with printmaking it’s unlikely that you will have access to a beautiful bit…
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Lino Printing Paper – Get the low down More and more I’m asked about the lino printing paper I use when printing my linocuts. In this blog I’ll write about the preferred paper…
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Linocut JournalTools & MaterialsUncategorised
Sharpening lino cutting tools – Part 01 Using a Strop
3rd September 2016I’m asked more and more about linocut carving tips, particularly for sharpening lino cutting tools, and this was something that I myself wondered quite a lot about when I started creating…
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Linocut BooksLinocut Journal
Linocut Boy Book – Linocut for artists and designers, by Nick Morley – Review
3rd August 2016Nick Morley, aka LinocutBoy, has recently just published his first Linocut book and Draw Cut Ink Press was lucky enough to receive a copy in the post. Linocut books like…
Sharpening lino cutting tools – Part 02 Using a Whetstone
Using a Whetstone! The second exciting instalment on how to maintain linocut carving tools with nice sharpe cutting edges. Sharpening lino cutting tools is an essential little skill that I think it’s…