Create Cloudscapes with Reduction Lino Printmaking
Workshop with Steve Manning
Friday 13 September - Saturday 14 September 2024
10.30am - 4.30pm [2 days]
£160
Venue: MAKE Southwest
Suitable for: Adults
Level: All Abilities
Join MAKE Southwest Maker Member and printmaker Steve Manning for a two-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.
On day one participants will begin by using pre prepared templates to guide them through the reduction print process.
On day two participants will move on to create their own skyscape using photographs, sketches or preparatory drawings.
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 for both days - though we encourage participants to bring their own photographs, sketches, drawings etc. for day two.
Participants must be aged 16 years + to attend this course.
About the tutor
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 watercolourist but I love the combination of craft and fine art printmaking offers.
On the Day
Tickets include tuition and all necessary tools and materials for the two days workshop duration. It does not include lunch or accommodation.
Tea, coffee and biscuits are included and will be available on the day. 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.