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Relief Printing Weekend
Explore ways of creating striking images with this simple yet powerful
print medium process. Relief Printing Weekends happen on a Saturday and
a Sunday on the following dates:
19 & 20 April 2025
21 & 22 June 2025
13 & 14 September 2025
18 & 19 October 2025
6 & 7 December 2025
Cutting images into wood or linoleum and inking up with colour can
produce bold dramatic effects. This course will explore the diverse
range of ways which artists use this direct process, looking at the
practicalities of reduction printing (printing multiple layers from the
same block, revealing colours through carving).
Please note - from 27 July 2025, this course will slightly change to
have an emphasis on working with wood. It will be titled Wood Cut
Printing Weekend, and will cover the same techniques but will give you
more insight into working with the subtlety of wood, its grain, and how
to print multiple colours with it. The skills learned will also be
applicable to lino printing.
This course is very hands-on, practical, and fun. You will be trying out
lino and/or Japanese ply to cut from and explore the benefits of using
different types so paper for printing. Bring a sketch or a simple
digital file we can print out. The image size will be up to a maximum of
A4.
Tools will be provided but if you have your own tools please feel free
to bring them with you!
You can find out more about relief printing on our YouTube channel, here.
Book over a month in advance to receive 15% off the course price with
our Early Bird tickets! This course also entitles you to a FREE 3-month
Associate Membership to use the studio and consolidate your skills.
Image: Anupa Gardner
until 6 December 2025
Edinburgh Printmakers