How I Carve Linoleum

Lino-carving supplies including sheet of linoleum, clamps, carbon paper, carving tools, glass paten to roll ink on, roller, burnisher and baren for hand printing.

This happy illustrator has never injured herself because she clamps down the lino and carves away. This makes for safer, faster carving.

When the carving is finished the plate is inked. I usually use black ink and colorize in Photoshop.

The inked lino is placed on my tabletop press and a blank sheet of paper is placed on top. If the lino is too big I will hand print using a baren, burnisher and lots of muscle.

The lino is rolled through the press and paper carefully lifted off.

Et voila! The print is ready to be scanned and coloured in Photoshop.