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New for 2024 - Create Jigsaw Lino Cuts in Hampshire

New - Create Jigsaw Lino Cuts in Hampshire.

Exploring ideas suitable for a jigsaw cut.

It’s important to adapt your idea and think about the different sections to separate.

Try slotting and easing your pieces together without ink on them.

It works!

Try exploring different colours and tones.

A simple and a more complex cut on one composition.

Our venue is a beautiful C18th thatched barn.

Such a welcoming space to work in.

Views on the farm.

Extend your stay and try a spot of fishing at Meon Springs.

Yurts - accommodation is available on the farm.

Or how about staying in a Shepherds hut?

Description

Next promoted date: Friday 18th October 2024 Lino cutting and printing is a very enjoyable process that can be explored at our kitchen tables and requires a minimum of specialist equipment. Working from your chosen images, this one day workshop will introduce you to jigsaw lino cutting and printing. A particular focus will be how to select an appropriate composition, allowing the lino block to be cut into separate pieces that can be inked individually, before being placed together again and printed. We will cover developing ideas into designs, safe cutting techniques, alongside hand printing. Single colour prints can also be developed by printing onto coloured backgrounds and exploring collage techniques. This workshop will suit makers with previous experience of lino cutting and printing - preferably you will have created several single or multi coloured prints. It’s important that you are confident with cutting and printing skills, so that you can focus on creating a suitable composition. The workshop will be held in our C18th Long Barn on our working farm in The Meon Valley. It is an inspirational building in the beautiful South Downs. Liz Wellby will be your tutor for the days workshop; she us from her home and studio in Derbyshire. About the Tutor Liz Wellby is a versatile and experienced artist, teacher and maker, with a particular interest in sculpture and printmaking. Following the completion of a Fine Arts degree at Loughborough University and subsequent post-graduate studies, she returned to Derbyshire, where for over 30 years she has lived and worked. Liz now lives and works on the edge of the Peak District, kept company by her husband and cat called Bert.

What's included in the price?

The workshop runs from 10 - 4pm, costing £99 per person and will include: tuition, all materials and use of equipment, with refreshments served throughout the day - just bring your lunch. Places are limited to 10. Please bring along: an apron, an old magazine to transport wet work home and your cutting tools (optional).