Our technician Kate Desforges has been spending some dedicated print research days in the studios recently, most recently exploring photo-etching. This time is hugely important to refine particular processes and try out new ones, ensuring that we can continue to offer a wide range of printmaking techniques to our community of printmakers, and importantly, to […]
Linocut is a relief printing technique in which a linoleum block is cut into using a sharp gouge tool. The block is then inked with a roller and impressed onto paper, either by hand by burnishing on the back of the paper, or with a press. The higher (uncarved) areas of the block are the […]
Etching is an intaglio method of printmaking which uses an acid or mordant to make marks in a metal plate surface to create a design to be printed from. A metal plate, (usually copper, zinc or steel), is covered with a thin layer of waxy ground which is resistant to acid. The ground is then […]