Introduction to Linocut

During the workshop, you will learn how to print your own works in the linocut technique. Together we will go through the journey from preparing the drawing, through cutting to printing. We will also reveal to you the secrets of working with this technique!

Duration: 3 – 4 hours

Participants: max. 5 persons

Led by: Magda Weber

No previous experience is required.

All materials are provided.

zł230.00

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Linocut workshop

During the workshop, you will learn the technique of linocut, a relief printmaking technique.

Linocut is derived from woodcut, one of the oldest printing techniques. The base of our work will be a piece of linoleum, which you may associate mainly with the floors of the 90’s. Linocut is a technique that offers many possibilities for work and the final results obtained. The basic principle is very simple. Everything we cut from the linoleum tile will remain white. And I will tell you the rest in the workshop.

We will test different ways of cutting: dots, lines: straight, diagonal, intersecting, removing the background, cutting a shape with only one line, etc., etc.

At the workshop, you will learn:

how to use a chisel
how to create a graphic matrix
what is the right sound of paint ?
how to set up a graphic press
how to create a print

Beyond that, I will explain some magical terms like matrix or print, as well as tell you about different types of chisels.

And all this with a cup of coffee and tea in a relaxed atmosphere in the magical space of Misprint.

Course of the workshop

Welcome and presentation of the studio with coffee or tea
A brief outline of the history of the technique
Demonstration of tools and graphics made in this technique
Test print
Preparation of the design and its transfer to the matrix
Cutting out
Printing
Cleanup and summary of the workshop

Run by

Magdalena Weber

Hi, this is Magda! I am a graduate of the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, majoring in Art Mediation and Graphic Design. I am an artist, graphic designer, and cultural animator.
I create mainly in the linocut technique, which is a relief printing technique. I am inspired by human beings, their stories and emotions, textures and traces that we can find in the nature around us.

Linocut appeared in my life in 2010 and has stayed permanently. Since then, I have experimented with different methods of creating a matrix, different ways of cutting, as well as with printing itself.

She was awarded a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in 2020, from the Mayor of Wroclaw in 2019, and a three-time scholarship from the Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw. Her works have been repeatedly presented at international competitions and biennials around the world, including Armenia, Romania, the USA, and Argentina.