Linocut Printmaking Workshop

Linocut printmaking workshop

The Robert Cripps Gallery is delighted to present a linocut workshop, in which participants will design and create their own lino blocks, and then print them. The workshop is linked to the Robert Cripps Gallery's new exhibition, Throes of the Modernist Dream: Prints by Rachel Whiteread, Grayson Perry and Sarah Morris from the Paragon Press.

The event will start in the Robert Cripps Gallery for a brief viewing of the exhibition for inspiration, and then we will proceed to the Buckingham Room to design, carve, and print our linocuts.

Please arrive to the Robert Cripps Gallery in the New Library. Attendees are welcome to stop by the College's main Porter's Lodge on Magdalene St for directions.

Please bring:

An apron/messy clothes, as we will be using inks.

Optional items to bring:

Any inspiration images or themes you might like to work from.

We will be printing on paper, however attendees are welcome to bring other items they would like to print on (a tote bag, for example.)

We welcome participants of all skill levels! When registering, please let us know your experience with lino cutting:

Beginner: New to lino cutting or have only done it a few times.

Intermediate: Has some experience and confidence in the basics.

Advanced: Regularly practices lino cutting, possibly exhibits or sells prints

All attendees should take the upmost caution when using sharp implements to carve their lino block.

This event is open to attendees 18+. University students and members of the public are welcome; the event is free of charge.

Throes of the Modernist Dream: Prints by Rachel Whiteread, Grayson Perry and Sarah Morris from the Paragon Press

4 July – 30 August 2025

The Robert Cripps Gallery, Magdalene College

The Paragon Press was founded by Charles Booth-Clibborn in 1986 to encourage upcoming British and Britain-based artists to explore printmaking. Paragon places artists, typically with backgrounds in painting, sculpture, photography or video, with independent printmaking studios across the UK and Europe to experiment with techniques such as etching, lithography, and screen printing. The collaboration leads to the creation of a distinct, print-based project. Since its beginning, Paragon has published over 120 projects, ranging from single images to extended series, and has collaborated with some of the most significant artists of our time, such as Georg Baselitz, Richard Long and Antony Gormley, to the more recent generation of the ‘Young British Artists’ such as Jake and Dinos Chapman, Damien Hirst, Gary Hume and Marc Quinn.

This exhibition introduces a selection of prints by three renowned contemporary artists and published by Paragon Press: Rachel Whiteread, Sir Grayson Perry and Sarah Morris. The works are connected through their portrayal of modernity and the consequences of the modernist dream. Whiteread’s Demolished commemorates the cycles of urban development and decay, while Perry’s The American Dream drags us into the crises of the global present. Morris’ brightly geometric Department of Power and Water speaks to our synthetic, complex, mechanical world. A small group of sculptures by Whiteread and ephemera from Perry will also be displayed.

https://www.magd.cam.ac.uk/the-robert-cripps-gallery

Exhibition Opening Times

4 July – 30 August 2025

Open: Monday to Friday 2pm – 4pm; Saturday 2pm – 6pm
Closed: Sunday

To access the exhibition, please call in via the Porter’s Lodge on Magdalene Street.

Cover Image

Sarah Morris: Bye Bye Brazil, Academia Militar, digital inkjet print. 2014.
© Sarah Morris and Paragon | Contemporary Editions Ltd.

Poster Image

Grayson Perry: Sponsored by You, colour etching, 2019.
© Grayson Perry and Paragon | Contemporary Editions Ltd

Info: The workshop will begin with a brief viewing of the linked exhibition, Throes of the Modernist Dream, in the Robert Cripps Gallery.

Info: We will then proceed to the Buckingham Room to begin making our linocuts. If you arrive past 5:15pm please stop at the main Porters' Lodge for directions to the Buckingham Room.

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