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How to prevent blisters when you’re linocutting

If you’re carving lino all day here’s a top tip. Wrap masking tape round the tool where your finger rests. If you wind it round several times you get a nice soft pad. This will prevent you getting blisters. Don’t say I’m not good to you.

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Linocut tools set available from Etsy

I’ve finally found another supplier for these linocutters. This set of tools is perfect for a beginner and includes 2 x ‘V’ gouges and 4 x ‘U’ gouges of various sizes. Ideal for linocut or woodcut, they are very sharp and are the best I have found for this price range. These linocutting tools are […]

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Linocut technique – Notes and Queries

Now and then I get questions from followers of this blog about linocut techniques, tools or printing issues. Although I don’t pretend to know everything there is to know about linocut (that’s one of my life goals!) I’m happy to help if I can and I welcome other linocut artists to add their help and […]

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New! Linocut tool sets available here

I am often asked where to get good quality economical tools for linocut. I’ve tried a lot of different brands and styles, from the ubiquitous Speedball kits with the red handle and removable blades, through to the professional quality but quite pricey Pfeil tools that I use for my own work. Most of the cheap […]

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