Linocut : A Creative Guide to Making Beautiful Prints

A step-by-step guide on how to create personal and contemporary linocut prints. A linocut is a relief print created by carving a design into a printing block. It is the uncut surface, not the carved away areas, that gives you your image when you roll it with ink, lay paper on top then apply pressure to produce a print. With 18 easy-to-follow projects that can be adapted to suit your own ideas, experienced printmaker Sam Marshall guides you through the whole process – from the drawing to the carving to the inking to the printing – of creating your own beautiful prints and handmade cards whether you are working from your kitchen table or a more advanced studio set-up. By taking inspiration from everyday life, Sam helps you to build your confidence with observational drawing. Featuring step-by-step projects, the book demonstrates a range of skills with low-cost materials to produce simple linocuts, reduction linocuts and colourful multi-block prints. You will also learn more experimental techniques such as combining monoprint, chine collé, jigsaw linocuts and rainbow rolls and pick up handy tips on subjects such as ‘noise’ and editioning your prints. Beautifully illustrated with photographs of Sam’s own drawings and linocuts, and featuring the work of 5 talented printmakers, Linocut is an essential guide to linocut printmaking. Packed with creative and practical advice to guide and encourage you, whether you’re just starting out, returning to the craft or looking to expand your printmaking skills.Author: Marshall, Sam,author
Contributors: Marshall, Sam,author
Binding: paperback
Number Of Pages: 176
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Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language,Englis
Edition: 1
Published/Release Date: 19 Jan 2023
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher/Studio/Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Author/Director/Artist: Sam Marshall
Dimension (cm): 274x216x15 mm
Package Dimension (cm): 17x274x218 mm
Item Weight (g): 726
Package Weight (g): 730