Emma James

CLASSROOM COURSE Shades of autumn: landscape reduction linocut

Wed 22 September 2021 - Thu 23 September 2021

Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Drawing inspiration from landscapes in the Botanic Garden, we will adapt a sketch or photograph and transfer your image for a linocut. Using the ‘Reduction Process’ we’ll create a layered image using two sets of autumnal colour palettes.

Day 1

Look at print examples, explanation about the reduction method of linocut
Observing, sketching and photographing out in the Garden, then Emma will demonstrate how to plan your reduction landscape print
Create a coloured plan for your print
Learn cutting techniques then you will explore mark-making techniques
Cut your first layer
Register your block to create accurate layers
Apply inks with rollers, and print using a press, and hand burnishing
Print test colour combinations
Print two sets of prints of your first layer, using both colour palettes
Day 2

Continue to work on your reduction print image
Cut and print your second layer on top of your first, in both colour ways
Cut and print your final layer for both colour ways
The course is suitable for beginners as well as those with some experience of linocut techniques. Materials and some tools will be available to use, but you will need your own set of lino cutting tools, as well as a box or folder to take away your prints.

Emma James is Cambridge based Contemporary Artist, Printmaker and Tutor. She has a Masters Degree in Fine Art from the Cambridge School of Art, and has taught at Kettles Yard, Cambridge School of Art, CUBG, Stapleford Granary, Artworks as well as a number of schools and colleges. She joined the team at The Curwen Print Study Centre as a Fine Art Printmaking tutor in 2010. She has a multi-disciplinary practice and has exhibited work around the UK, in group and solo exhibitions. She is mainly concerned with exploring notions of impermanence, presence and absence and the interconnectedness of these co-existent states, particularly human connections and communication.

Cost: £140