Linoprinting: single colour

The reversed design is first drawn on a linoblock, then the ‘spaces in between’ are cut away in the traditional fashion using a variety of gouges, to give an image in relief. (1) This relief image is then inked up (2) and then printed on the press (3).

1 Cutting the image in relief
2 Inking up the relief image
3 printing on the press