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Colour linocut workshop at Art Academy London

My colour linocut workshop at Art Academy London has just finished; four days of learning about mixing and layering colour and making multi block linocuts. The Art Academy is near London Bridge, a stone’s throw from Borough Market and every printmaker’s favourite supplier, Intaglio Printmaker (I took the students there at lunchtime on day two […]

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Linocut and clay workshop

One of my aims for this year was to collaborate with other artists. Hello Print Studio provides the perfect setting for this. Hello is the printmaking studio I set up last year in Margate and is housed at Resort Studios, an open-plan multi-disciplinary space with a constant stream of creative minds flowing in and out. […]

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Anonima Impressori letterpress studio, Bologna

On my recent visit to Italy (where I was teaching a linocut and letterpress workshop) I visited the studio of Veronica Bassini in Bologna. Anonima Impressori is tucked away down a quiet street to the west of the city and is full of drawers of type and printing presses rescued from typography studios all over […]

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First workshop at Hello Print Studio

Yesterday I ran my first workshop for some Margate friends at Hello Print Studio. It felt amazing to finally have the space and equipment to teach printmaking again.

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December linocut workshops and exhibitions in Margate and London

I have lots of linocut workshops, exhibitions and other events coming up in Margate and London in the next few weeks. This weekend I’m running linocut printing workshops at Turner Contemporary and Fort’s Cafe. Then next week it’s the East London Printmakers open studio in Hackney followed by my pop-up Anti-Christmas Shop and Satan’s Grotto […]

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Picasso and the Linocut

Here’s a nice short film about Picasso’s linocuts. Picasso worked closely with master printer Hidalgo Arnera in his studio in the south of France. Together they experimented with different printing methods and inks and developed the reduction printing technique which allowed a multi-layer print to be produced from a single block. Picasso and the Linocut […]

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Steamroller linocut printing event in Oxford

The steamroller linocut printing event is just a day away now. I can’t wait! I’ve printed lino with a steam roller before, but this is a proper old, coal-fired one. It’s going to take an hour to just heat the engine enough to move it and then it has to be driven ten miles to […]

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Linocut flickbook workshop with Jotta

My linocut flickbook workshop at the Jotta Live event on Saturday was great fun. I’ve been wanting to run a flick book workshop for a while and I had eight keen students happy to take up the challenge of making a simple animation using linocut printing in just three hours! The first part of the […]

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Linocut starter set – now with linocutboy logo!

My linocut starter set comes with everything the beginner needs to start making linocuts. And now it comes in a beautiful box adorned with my linocutboy logo (printed from a linocut, naturally). Here it is in all its glory. Inside the box you get all the equipment you need for carving and printing your own […]

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Linocutboy Live – Jotta residency, pop-up shop and workshops

I am very excited to announce Linocutboy Live – five days of frenzied linocutting activity in a very special central London location. From 24th to 28th March I will be a part of Jotta Live, a week of interactive events and workshops to celebrate Jotta’s 3rd birthday. I will be running drop-in linocut workshops throughout […]

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