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Linocut Christmas Card Workshop 1pm-4pm

Join us and get festive this yule with our linocut Christmas card workshop.  This takes place between 1pm-4pm  on Sunday 3rd December at a cost of £30.

sign showing some christmas cards to illustrate the workshop

Learn the art of linocut and have a go at making reductive linocut Christmas cards. In this session you will learn how to create 2-3 colour linocut prints using the reduction method and produce 6 Christmas cards to take home (or leave with us to drive and pick up the following Sunday).

We will start the session by learning about how this form of printing works.  To start the creative juices flowing we will create simple styrofoam prints you can reproduce at home even with young children.  Once warmed up we will look at the different tools and then how to perform different basic cuts on a test piece of easy cut lino.

someone linocutting

When comfortable using the lino gouger you will design a 2-3 colour festive design/ or any holiday you follow and learn how to create your reduction print using high quality block printing oil based ink.   Once the session ends you will have 6 finished cards.

All materials and equipment provided. Plus mince pies and mulled apple juice

 

Booking link to follow

Linocut Christmas Card Workshop Fareham

Join us at SPACE on Sunday 20th November for the first in our series of Christmas art workshops.  This 2 and-and-a-half-hour-long festive workshop will provide you with the skills to create your own Linocut cards for use this Christmas.  In this beginners’ workshop, we will begin with looking at the equipment you need to undertake linocut, and then using a small piece of practice softcut lino you will learn and practice simple carving techniques so that when you come to making your printing plate you will feel confident with your tools.

Once you have learnt how to use the tools you will then start to sketch out your design.  Here you will have the option to either create a single colour print (well two colour really owing to the card) (which is the easier of the two options) or a two (three) colour print using a reduction technique.   Once completed you will transfer your image to the softcut to begin your carve and produce 5 Christmas Cards.

Due to the time of year we will have Christmas music and mince pies.

We have a limited number of aprons so please do bring one if you have one!

We want this workshop to be affordable and so have limited the cost to £27

linocut workshopimage featuring linoprints

 

Cost:  £27

BOOK: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/linocut-christmas-card-workshop-fareham-20th-november-tickets-466740141327

You have the option to purchase your own linocut set to continue creating at home for £20.  This includes:

Linocut tool

Barren (used to transferring the image from the printing block)

Ink Brayer (roller)

Ink tray x 2

Softcut sheets x 2

4 small pots of oil-based ink

Card to print on

BOOK: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/linocut-christmas-card-workshop-fareham-20th-november-tickets-466740141327