WOODCUT / RELIEF PRINTING
Woodcut
Woodcut, Linocut and Sharpening the tools
Woodcut is a non toxic printing process. We can show you how to work into various surfaces by using different kinds of tools. You can also work on large scale!
Woodcut (basic)
Also called Xilography
A design is made on a piece of wood and carved with gouges along the grain.
3 Days
Woodcut on large scale
Using mechanical tools to work on large scale.
5 Days
Woodcut (advanced)
Multiple blocks
Carving on multiple blocks and working on large size.
5 Days
Wood engraving
Carving the image against the grain
The line is incised into the woodblock.
3 Days
Reduction woodcut
Carving process on wood or linoleum where the design is produced from one single block.
Color-reduction woodcut offers a way to get multiple colours in a print using only one block. Each color is carved away and then printed.
5 Days
Linocut (basic)
Carving process on linoleum
It is a variant of woodcut in which a sheet of linoleum or pvc is used as a matrix.
2 Days
Mokuhanga (basic)
Traditional Japanese Water Based Woodcut
This course is an introduction to the traditional Japanese woodcut process.
3 Days
Mokuhanga with natural pigments
Japanese Water Based Woodcut
Learn the basics of the Japanese woodcut and prepare your own water based inks from earth pigments extracted from the mountains of Roussillon.
You can work on multilayers using the traditional Japanese registration system.
5 Days
Relief printing with stencils
Printing with stencils
Printing with plastic, magnetic or wood shapes
2 Days
Sharpening the tools
(complementary course to any Woodcut course)
Demonstration and individual practice
1 Day