Linocut Printmaking Workshop

Join local artist Jillian Rumsey to learn about printmaking and create your own edition of linocut prints!

In this full-day workshop, participants will learn and gain the confidence to make a linocut print from start to finish. Time will be spent sipping tea, planning + drawing your design, carving your linoblock, and making your print!

No previous experience required to participate, and artists of all levels and backgrounds welcome.

Cost: $90 + $20 Materials Fee

All materials are included, along with tea, coffee, and homemade vegan chili for lunch!

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Financial Accessibility Notes:

• There are a small number of pay-what-you-can seats available for folks who are underemployed and/or low-income. They are available on a first come first serve basis. No proof of eligibility is required to access <3.
• Payment plans available

Please contact jillian at jillian.ackert@gmail.com in order to access either of the above options!

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About the venue:

• Marshland Center, 65 Hague Blvd Lakefield ON
• Large bright space with beautiful natural light, along with a fully equipped kitchen.
• Wheelchair accessible venue, with accessible workspaces, and washrooms.

About linocut:

Linocut is a form of relief printing. Relief printmaking is a technique that involves carving a design out of a block (wood, linoleum, or other materials), rolling ink on the surface of the block with a brayer, and using hand tools to transfer the image onto paper.

The areas left uncarved receive the ink, while the recessed areas you carved away do not, resulting in a striking image that you can print again and again.

In this one day workshop, you’ll learn every step of the process, from drawing your design and transferring it to the block, to inking and printing your design onto paper.

All participants will also receive a full list of materials, tools, and printmaking resources, so that everyone can continue their printmaking journey and learning after the workshop has ended.

About the artist:

Jillian (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist currently living, and finding home, in Bridgenorth Ontario. She navigates the world as a white, settler, queer, disabled, sensitive, always making, and almost always tired, person.. Her art practice is driven and inspired by the many special places she finds connections, including by the water, over cups of tea, among the trees, and at community art drop-in gatherings.

Jillian’s printmaking practice grew from her love of pen and ink drawing, and now includes linocut along with playful explorations in cyanotype, intaglio printmaking styles and textile printing. The animals, plants, fish, and waters where she lives are often the subjects of her work, as well as a particularly special herd of horses she knows and loves. Jillian’s work can be found at the Art Gallery of Peterborough’s gallery shop, the Art School of Peterborough’s LAUNCH Gallery, and Take Cover Books.