Life in Lino

Create unique lino prints inspired by
Everyday life.

Over five weeks we will take inspiration
From aspects from your everyday life - people, places, activities or objects
And transform them into linocuts.

Learn the basic techniques to carve your
Lino plate and enjoy the experimental side of inking and printing up your
Design to create a series of exciting and vigorous prints.

Week 1

Introduction to the basic tools through
Demonstration and learn how to carve lino exploring the use of Mark making
with one-to-one help. Explore images of everyday life that could be developed
Into a print, such as familiar buildings, still life objects or portraits of
People.

Week 2

With tutor support, develop a design for
Your print and learn through demonstration how to transfer your drawing onto
the lino and begin carving the white areas away. You will learn how to ink up a
Plate to take a print basic print.

Week 3

Develop plates, carving away more areas
to create a reduction print. Experiment with different inking up techniques and
Registration processes to create multiple prints.

Week 4

Experiment with overlapping plates
Rotating and offsetting, how to use a printing press and experiment with
Printing on different thickness papers.

Week 5

Understand how to create a series of
Prints through example work, discussion and demonstration and learn the
technique of Chine Collé to enhance your final series of prints.

About the tutor:

Tutor Jo
Shearer is an artist and art educator from Leicestershire. Jo believes that art
is for everyone. After teaching art in
secondary schools and colleges in Hertfordshire and Leicestershire for over 10
years she moved into one-to-one tuition and workshops. She enjoys nurturing
Creativity and developing skills to build confidence, and recognises the
therapeutic benefits achieved through the process of making. She loves the
Freedom of working in a variety of media and has a passion for printmaking.

Further information:

Suitable for absolute beginners and those
With some experience of lino printing who'd like to develop their skills.

This five-week course will run on Tuesday afternoons, 1:30pm - 4:30pm
starting on 19 January, with the final session on 16 February 2027.

All materials and equipment will be provided. Please come in old
clothes and/or bring an apron as printing can get messy! We do have aprons to
Borrow too if you prefer.

Participants must be aged 14+. Under 18s must be accompanied by a
Paying adult at all times.

If the
Course/workshop you'd like to book is sold out, we do operate a waiting list
simply contact our box office team on / and ask to be added to the waiting list. We’ll then contact
You if a place becomes available, with absolutely no obligation to accept it if
You've made other plans!

Please ensure that you read and agree to our updated Terms
& Conditions before booking as courses/workshops
Are non-refundable if cancelled within 21 days of the start date for any
Reason.

We aim to
make all our sessions as accessible as possible and carers/PAs are very welcome
just remember to book their free place when you book your session. If you'd
Like to talk to us in advance of booking or attending your sessions to discuss
your access needs, our Box Office team is here to help! Email
Arts-centre@le.Ac.UK, pop in or call, open 7 days a week.

We have four blue badge parking spaces outside Attenborough Arts
Centre, plus double yellow line roadside parking very close to the building for
Blue badge holders for up to three hours if our parking spaces are occupied.

Free parking for all customers is available after 5pm on weekdays
and all day at weekends in the University of Leicester car park next door to
Attenborough Arts Centre on Lancaster Road.

The
closest public car park for parking at all other times is Victoria Park, 5-10
minutes walk from us (near De Montfort Hall).