Linocut Printmaking: A rewarding, creative medium!

If this is your first visit to my blogs, I aim to provide ideas, resources and inspiration on making art and appreciating art in Switzerland. I currently teach art in the Washington, D.C. region since 2016, but I lived in the Geneva region for a total of nearly nine years. I taught art in group classes and camps, as well as individual lessons.

 

My focus lately for teaching and my own work, is on Linocut printmaking, otherwise known as “blockprinting.” It can also fall under the general heading of “relief printmaking.” I still teach one-on-one and for group classes and workshops, and with the exception of offering Zoom classes during the pandemic, I have chosen to stick with in-person teaching. I invite readers of this blog to visit and “like” the online gallery I have set up on Instagram of largely my students’ artwork in recent years: @katesstudentsart_

 

In recent times most people have switched to linoleum or similar surfaces that are easier to carve than wood! It is astounding when you look at the Old Masters, to see the detail they were able to achieve. Check out the woodcut by Albrecht Durer below (German, from the 1500’s). You can read more on the site www.mymodernmet.com (from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC). Durer was the artist largely responsible for bringing the Italian Renaissance printmaking to Germany after two of his trips there.

 

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