How to make a lino print

Materials required

• Lino, cutting tools
• None slips, mat or wooden vice
• Pencil
• Design, image, tracing paper if required 
• Printing inks, rollers, printing press
• Glass plate

Transfer your design
1. Transfer your design onto the lino plate, using tracing paper, or draw free hand. Remember you image will be in reverse when printed.

Carve your plate
2. Using your cutting tools carve out the areas that you want to stay white.The raised areas will be what show the ink. Try not to carve to deeply into the lino but try to carve deep enough so that when you go to print those areas will stay white. Be careful, as the tools are sharp and always cut away from yourself, using the mat to stop the plate moving.

Ink your block
3. Take a small amount of ink and put it onto the glass plate, using the roller, roll out evenly on the glass plate and roll the ink onto the lino plate, taking care to get even coverage.

Print your plate
4. Place the plate onto the printing bed and put paper and blankets on top. Put through the press, and remove your print and allow it to air-dry on the drying rack.