Create Cloudscapes with Reduction Lino Printmaking
Workshop with Steve Manning
Friday 21 March 2025, 10.30am - 4.30pm
£75
Venue: MAKE Southwest
Suitable for: Adults
Level: All Abilities
Join MAKE Southwest Maker Member and printmaker Steve Manning for a one day reduction linocut course with a focus on clouds and skyscapes!
This workshop will offer participants the opportunity to explore the challenging technique of reduction lino printing through the creation of cloudscapes and skyscapes.
Participants will use pre-prepared templates to guide them through the reduction print process.
At the end of the course participants will understand how:
to use lino gouge
to use a printmaking press
to cut a design from a lino block
the reduction print process works
to overlay inks
to effectively roll ink onto a block
to register an image to paper using Ternes Burton registration method
to apply the image to paper using a press and/or hand burnishing
This course is open to all abilities and no previous experience of printmaking is necessary.
All equipment and materials will be provided.
Participants must be aged 16 years + to attend this course.
About Steve
I am an Exeter based printmaker inspired by the big skies, wetlands and moors of the South West. My work endeavours to represent these ephemeral landscapes using a medium usually associated with bold blocks of colour. I use reduction printing, mono print techniques and various methods of ink thinning to achieve a lightness of touch often described as ‘painterly’.
The creation of my prints is a painstaking exercise using a medium not entirely suited to rendering the fleeting nature of my chosen subject matter!
I should be a water colourist but I love the combination of craft and fine art printmaking offers.
On the Day
All tools and materials will be provided.
Tea, coffee and biscuits are included and will be available on the day. There will be a short lunch break during the workshop and participants are welcome to bring a packed lunch. Our Café is also open should you wish to purchase other refreshments during the workshop - all participants receive a 10% discount voucher for food and drink purchased on the day.
On arrival, please make your way to the side gate of the Riverside Mill, through the courtyard and up the stone stairs on the side of the building. Please let us know if you require the lift.
Please be aware that you cannot use the Co-op car park for all day parking. The Methodist Church car park and Station Road car park usually have plenty of spaces. Click here for more information on our location and car parking for the day.
View MAKE Southwest's Cancellation Policy, HERE.