Lino Printing

Lino Plate

Final Print One

Above: Final Coloured Paper Prints

The final printing process which I decided to produce illustrations in was Lino Printing, this again is a similar technique to Drypoint and Collagraph printing. However instead of using mount board or metal as a base plate you use lino sheets, to create the image in the lino, specialised lino cutting tools are used to cut out the material and removing it. The areas which you remove will not catch the ink meaning, that these will be unprinted areas. (See photograph of plate above). Once the imagery is cut into the plate, ink is rolled over the plate until it is covered evenly, paper is then placed on top and the whole thing is put into a press to provide even pressure. Once pressure has been applied the paper can be pealed off the plate leaving the final print.

I started by printing black ink directly onto white paper, this created a mono-colour copy of the image, however instead of changing the colour of the ink, I decided to change the colour of the paper. This is an easy way to see if different type of colours and papers work well with the print that you are producing.