Come and make a set of personalised cards and wrapping paper using lino cutting techniques. You will, as this progresses, explore making repeat patterns and the use of registration methods. After your image has been drawn onto the lino you will cut out some areas and then ink and print onto a number of surfaces. Cutting the lino safely will be demonstrated followed by inking up the block with printing ink and using a press or burnishing, to transfer the image onto these surfaces. All tools, materials and
equipment will be provided. All you will need is an idea, your imagination and an apron.

What you will learn:
• The process of cutting a block
• Safe use of tools
• Planning a design for a specific application
• Inking and printing onto a range of surfaces
• How the process can be applied to a practical outcome
• Registration technique.

Please bring an apron and rubber gloves to protect clothes and hands.

Your Tutor: Kath Lockhart
Kath is a retired teacher of art at secondary level who now spends most of her time making art, in particular lino prints. Landscape is the usual source of inspiration but, lately, she has been exploring a broader range of themes which include still life and portraiture. She works in reduction lino cut
mainly, a process where colours are printed in layers using one piece of lino. Inspiration comes from a range of sources including weather conditions, seasonal colours and events and atmosphere. Recently, a broader, experimental and practical application of this technique has been in the form of stamp making with lino. What interests her as much as the image she creates is the process used to create it. However, as always, when the paper is about to be lifted, there is the anticipation, and then the moment of  surprise when the image is revealed.

www.greendoorartists.co.uk
@kathlockhartcowgillcumbria

Kath Lockhart is a member of Cumbria Printmakers www.cumbriaprintmakers.co.uk