Studio blog: February 2023 round up video

It was sad to finish this six week lino printing course this afternoon, as I’ve really enjoyed teaching all the participants at a wellbeing centre in Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert. Today we had fun lino printing on fabric, which uses different printing inks and also I like to use a different method of inking…

Due to bad weather and the proximity of the Christmas holidays, there was a smaller class than usual at my six week lino printing class for beginners for a wellbeing centre in Witton Gilbert today. However, as you can see from the photos above, there were some wonderful lino prints made on this afternoon’s class!…

Today I taught a wonderfully festive workshop at The Lodge in Blackhill and Consett Park, where everyone learned how to make lino printed Christmas crackers. I first taught everyone the basics of lino printing, how to use the tools and materials and also how to print. We then moved on to carving out the holly…

Today was week 2 of a six week lino printing course for beginners for a community wellbeing project that I am teaching in Durham. Last week we just used a U-blade to create our carvings. This week, we moved on to using both a U-blade and a V-blade to create finer detail. I also showed…