Linocut Printmaking for Beginners
with
Wayne Singleton

​Dates for 2019 -Please note date change for March
March 9,10 -  May 4,6 -  September 21,22  - December 7,8

2 Day Workshops for beginners; 10am – 4pm each day
$280 / Members $260 plus material costs: $25
BOOKING CODES: March - WSMARCH  May - WSMAY September - WSSEP    December - WS DEC
Maximum number of participants: 8.  BOOK NOW

Enjoy two days with professional artist Wayne Singleton guiding you through each stage as you produce an individual  lino block print or two!
​Early booking is wise. ​

Linoleum Printing

Linoleum printing is a form of relief printing, one of the most accessible and direct of all the printmaking methods. 
Linocuts can be simple and graphic, or as intricately detailed as you want. It's a subtractive process, meaning you cut away, or subtract, the areas you do not want to print. Linocuts can be printed onto almost any type of paper or fabric.
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About the Workshop

Participants images from Introduction to Linocut Printmaking, March 2017.  Courtesy Cathy Laqua.

This workshop is for people who wish to begin their exploration of relief block printing.
Participants will be encouraged/taught:

1. To explore different mark making techniques
2. To use the studio and tools safely and respectfully
3. Sharpen tools
4. To prepare paper for printing
5. To ink a block
6. basic registration of multi-coloured prints
7. Set the various presses correctly and responsible use of them when printing

Workshop Plan
Day 1  AM
 

•   Introduction, outline of studio use expectations, basic demonstration/familiarization with the safe use of tools and equipment, how to sharpen tools, how to cut lino to size
  

 

• Experimental mark making on small pieces of lino running those through the press to broaden understanding of the possibilities offered by the medium and to learn press setting and print registration techniques

 
PM
 

• Continue experimental mark making and waste block cutting and printing
• Discuss techniques for transferring images onto a block.
  
• Begin drawing an image for cutting and printing on day 2.
  

 
Day 2 AM
 

• Questions from yesterday
  
• Artist talk – discuss process for working up images – show examples, transferring them onto blocks, look at examples my lino blocks and prints.
  
• Begin or continue cutting block (s)
  
• Prepare printing paper and registration sheet
  

 
PM
 

• Print
  
• Studio Clean
  

Materials

Materials supplied

• Water based  black printing ink - HYDROSHEEN
• Coloured printing  inks. 
• Lino squares. 
• Butchers paper. 
• Printing paper​

For student loan during the workshop
Wayne's books, some speedball lino-cutting tools, stones and wet’n’dry paper for sharpening tools, brayers and speedball barens, some brushes various sizes,  steel ruler, carbon-paper, pencils,  palettes knives, cutting knives and scalpels, coloured inks for experimental reduction prints

What to bring

1. lunch and snacks both days (there are no shops close by the studio), cold drink if required. All food must be prepared and eaten either in the kitchen or outside.
2. Folder to take home work (can be made out of 2 pieces of stiff board approximately 600 x 800 mm) or simply interleaf prints into an A3 visual diary or similar
3. Cheap Set of lino-cutting tools (tutor will loan some tools)
4. HB pencil, biro
5. A3 Sketching pad, this can be used as a folio for taking work home (interleaved through the pad).
6. Only buy black and coloured tubes of ink if you wish to have them for future use. Tutor will supply some for participant use during the workshop.
7. Small number of band-aids for any pressure soreness from the cutting tools and for (unlikely) cuts.
8. Old shirt or protective apron.
9. Thin disposable latex gloves for inking and cleaning up if participant has any skin allergies

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About the tutor

Wayne Singleton originally trained in industry as a 'stereo cutter' (relief block cutter) before becoming a Graphic Designer and later a Teacher. He has been an exhibiting Print Maker since the early 1980's. He has been selected as a finalist in the Silkcut Print Awards 3 times. He has work in public and private collections both overseas and Australia.
Wayne won the RQAS Diversity in Print Award 2016 for Linoblock Printmaking.      Website: www.waynesingleton.com.au

Process and Inspiration – Wayne Singleton

To better read a person’s work it is helpful to have some insight into how they view their life, where they draw inspiration, and how their work practises have evolved. But, let me begin by saying that all ‘artist’s statements’ should be taken with a pinch of salt. So please read this ‘life on one page’ with a full plate beside you.  READ MORE    

Safety

​Participants are advised to wear closed in shoes, suitable clothing or apron that you do not mind getting ink on. Tie long hair back, wear goggles, masks where appropriate. Follow all instructions given by your tutor during your workshop.

Payment

​To book a place in a workshop, go to the Booking Form Page and follow the prompts to enter in your details, membership status and the workshop you would like to book into.

After submitting, the payment will need to be processed separately. We prefer a direct deposit. Details are on the  Booking Form Page. Reference: Use YOUR SURNAME + the Workshop Code you are enrolling in e.g. SmithALWS10​

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IMPRESS STUDIO & GALLERY is located at Kedron subARTStation No 8,  134 Kedron Park Road, Wooloowin 4130. Access to the building is via the car park of the Kedron Park Hotel on Lutwyche Road.  See map and directions.