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Weekend workshop
Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th February 2020
10am – 4pm

Join artist Scarlette Averley for this immersive weekend course exploring linocut printing. Learners will be guided through the reduction linocut method, and colour blend inking techniques.

Reduction linocut involves cutting away the surface of one lino block in stages and printing each stage, layer by layer, on top of the last, creating a multi-coloured, tonal print. Intricate detail can be achieved as well as bold abstract imagery, and the result can be as stylised and individual as the maker chooses.

Colour blending is an ink rolling method that enables you to print your lino image with blended bands of colour and gradation. You often see this utilised for skylines that blend a dark colour into a light one or vice versa. It’s a great method to be used in conjunction with reduction linocut printing, because this gives you the option to colour blend multiple layers of your print and introduce several colours with each layer!

Over the weekend you will develop a set of finished multi-layer lino prints as well as taking away with you the skills and knowledge to experiment with these highly adaptive techniques. The course will cover each element of these processes, from preparing your lino block, to carving, inking and printing, as well as registration methods and editioning your prints.

Experience level
Suitable for beginners or intermediates,

Your tutor: Scarlette Averley
Scarlette Averley is a Huddersfield-based printmaker who specialises in reduction lino printing and was the winner of our 2013 Flourish Printmaking Award. Scarlette is also a studio holder and Trustee here at WYPW and has been printmaking professionally for 10 years. She has taught a range of workshops in that time, with groups of all ages and abilities. Her practice is centred in ‘place’, exploring locations and buildings of personal significance or local renown. Scarlette tends to use a bright and bold colour palette, which reflects her relationship with and interpretations of her subject. These dense layers of colour are achieved with heavy duty, oil based, inks that leave a sheen or glossy finish on her prints.

What’s included?
All course prices include basic materials such as inks, paper, tools and equipment. Other materials and printmaking papers will be available to buy during the course if you would like to try something a bit different, or take some materials home to try out.