Lino Printing
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Lino printing is a technique where the lino forms the printing plate. The design is cut out from a lino block with a lino cutter. Then the raised areas are painted with block printing ink on a lino roller. The design is transferred onto paper or fabric in a printing press or by hand.
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How to do it
2. Draw the design onto the lino block with a pencil. Shade the areas which will appear white in the finished print.
5. Lightly sand the untreated area of the lino block with sand paper. NB: make a test print to check that everything has been removed as you intended. If not, continue cutting away the shaded area on the lino block. See steps 6-8.
6. Pour black block printing ink into an inking tray and roll the lino roller in the ink. Apply a thin layer of black block printing ink to the entire lino block.
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