Michelle’s original linocut prints are limited editions.
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As a linocut printmaker, i get quite a few emails from artists asking about the presses i use so i thought i'd share my experiences with. Although this blog is about relief printing with an etching press, some of the tips may help when using other methods of printing lino prints or relief prints. There are water based and oil based inks.
The smaller prints i ink and press at my kitchen table. It is the only printing. Thewonderstruckshop (74) $35.95 free shipping bamboo.
If you skip this you will need to make sure you only. If you want to get a perfect linocut print then put the water based. Linocut prints is a printmaking technique, a variant of woodcut in which a sheet of linoleum (sometimes mounted on a wooden block) is used for a relief surface.
I’ve used this press for over a decade to press all of my prints. For linocut printing i would always recommend oil based inks! Printing a linocut with an etching press is easy with a few adjustments.
Back in her garden studio, michelle creates simple but stylised silhouettes based on her photographs, and hand carves these shapes into lino. For a more even print, open the press up, carefully remove the foam and rotate the print stack by 90 degrees (if it fits). A3 print bed 430 x 300mm lever, relief, lino, wood cut print press.