Linocut studio

– classes are conducted by an occupational therapy instructor
Szymon Domian, M.A
(visual artist, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź)

LINOCUT is a graphic technique belonging to relief printing techniques. The drawing carved into the linoleum becomes a matrix from which a print of the work is then made on a printing press.
Linoleum is easy to process, chisels and knives and other tools for cutting the material are used to prepare the matrix.

CLASSES improve the participant's perseverance, patience and perceptiveness.
The course program includes developing the skillful use of various techniques used to create a project and then a graphic.
Working on a linocut brings a lot of joy and artistic satisfaction.

MATERIALS used in the linocut studio

• floor linoleum, whose flexible structure, under the influence of chisels and burins, becomes a creative work material for unlimited artistic expression.
• gypsum (gypsum in relief printing)
• plexiglass (engraving in plexiglass – intaglio printing technique)
• tools: chisels in various sizes, burins and gouges

STAGES OF WORK in the linocut studio

• Occupational health and safety in the linocut studio
• Preparation of a graphic design
• Cutting linoleum to the appropriate size
• Transferring the drawing from the project to the matrix plane
• Creating spatial matrices
• When performing the matrix, participants consult each other and the therapist
• Printing matrices on a printing press
• Preparation of graphic work for binding