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When & Where

Quick Facts

  • Availability Yes
  • Tutor Liz K Miller
  • Course Code W24PTGF02B
  • Suitable For 19 year olds and up are permitted on this course

What you will learn

This course will offers an opportunity to experiment with relief printing. You will create a small edition of multi coloured prints using reduction technique with step by step guidance. Advanced or returning students can pursue a personal relief printmaking project or development assisted by the tutor.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Understand how to use different relief carving tools and use them safely
  • Explore different mark making to suggest shapes, lines, shadow, and tones
  • Understand how to use registration to create multiple coloured prints
  • Ink and print the carved lino using relief printing technique

Class format and activities

Teaching is both in groups and on an individual, one-to-one basis, with technical and critical advice depending on your needs. The tutor will give demonstrations, presentations and lead group discussions. All students record and assess progress via a Learning Statement.

Entry requirements

No previous experience of printmaking is necessary, but an interest in, or experience of drawing or design is useful. Or you may have some previous experience and wish to renew and develop your knowledge of one or more printmaking techniques.

What you need to know before you enrol

Health & Safety information will be given at the start of the course and subsequent lessons where necessary. You will be asked to sign a form declaring that you agree to follow procedures as advised. Some chemicals used may be harmful in pregnancy, and some may cause irritation in very rare cases. Please let the tutor know if you are pregnant or have any sensitivities and they will advise you as to necessary precautions.. Note: at present there is no wheelchair access to the print studio, and the studios are on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the building. If you have any mobility issues please contact the department prior to enrolling.

What you need

Please bring: pencils, a permanent marker pen, paintbrushes and a sketchbook or notebook. Please bring your own protective clothing, apron, rubber gloves etc. The course fee includes most studio consumables (ink, cleaning materials, solvents etc) but you will have to pay for paper, etching plates/ lino blocks etc. These are available to buy in the department at cost price. Further requirements will be discussed at the first and subsequent classes.

What you can do next

Continue on future Linocut course W24PTGF02C or Woodcut courses , or you can enrol on any of the subsequent Beginners courses, Mixed Levels or All Levels courses on any day. There are also various short courses, which generally focus on single techniques. Please talk to your tutor for more advice on what to do next.