On March 10th begins a month long (4 meetings) multi-colour linocut technique course. This workshop introduces two widely used methods for creating multi-colour linocut prints: the reduction technique and the multi-plate approach. You will learn how to plan colour separations, carve well, and achieve precise registration across multiple layers.
Sessions begin with the reduction method, in which a single block is carved and printed in stages, before moving on to the multi-plate technique using separate blocks for each colour. By the end of the course, you will have produced an edition of prints using each method.
All materials and tools are provided. Some prior experience with relief printing is helpful but not essential.
The course will be conducted by TYPA’s residency coordinator and printmaker Charlotte Biszewski.
This course will be conducted in both Estonian and English.
Dates: 10.03, 17.03, 31.03, 7.04
Time: 6-8 PM (2h+2h+2h+2h)
Price: 70/50*€
Register yourself to the course on Fienta!
*Discount applies to students up to age of 26, retired persons, persons with disability.
PROGRAMME:
Day 1, 10.03.26 – Introduction to Basic Linocut and the Reduction Linocut Approach
- Introduction to linocut as a relief printing technique.
- Overview of tools: gouges, rollers, inks, paper, and press.
- Understanding positive and negative space and how linocut prints mirror image.
- Introduction to the reduction method: how one block is carved and printed in stages.
Outcome: Participants complete a small one-colour test print and prepare their block for the first stage of a reduction print.
Day 2, 17.03.26 – Reduction Linocut Printing and Multi-Block Preparation
- Making a registration block – to be used throughout the course.
- Printing the first colour layer of their reduction block.
- Carving the second layer.
- Introduction to multi-block linocut: using separate blocks for different colours.
- Preparing additional blocks for multi-block printing.
- Transferring designs across blocks.
Outcome: Participants print at least one or two layers of their reduction print and prepare blocks for a multi-block print.
Day 3, 31.03.26 – Building a layered image using multiple blocks.
- Carving additional blocks.
- Inking and printing multiple colours.
- Understanding colour mixing through layering.
Outcome: Participants print the first layer of their multi-colour print using at least two or three blocks.
Day 4, 7.04.26 – Multi-Block Linocut Finishing
- Final carving adjustments.
- Printing final layers
- Group reflection and discussion of outcomes.
Outcome:
Participants complete a small edition of finished prints and understand the full linocut process.