Learn to cut a linoleum block and make multiple prints on paper! Linocut printmaking is a fun and simple way to create your own relief prints. Once you have carved a block, it can be used again and again.
In this class, we will cover the basics: image preparation and transfer methods, sharpening and care of tools, carving methods, paper and ink preparation, color-mixing, rolling out ink with brayers, registration techniques, printing on a portable press and by hand. We will print with non-toxic, water-soluble inks. Linoleum cutters, brayers and other tools will be available to borrow for the class period. We will also view the current exhibition, Gold Dusted: The Artistry of Arion Press at the Museum for inspiration for our prints!
Beginners and experienced printmakers are welcome to join us. Children are welcome with an accompanying adult – just be aware that the cutting tools are sharp!
Artist Corinne Rhodes is the founder of Cherry Press and has been teaching printmaking for over twenty-five years. Corinne has run Cherry Press printmaking workshop (formerly in Rutland, Massachusetts) since 2014. Corinne studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University, the University of New Mexico, and Tamarind Institute of Lithography.
Corinne specializes in the research, development and use of non-toxic printmaking techniques and materials. Corinne has taught screenprinting, woodcut and other print media at Bennington College since 2018.
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