Art workshop at the Espolin Gallery

This summer we do printmaking workshops at the Espolin Gallery.

Participants get to try making lino prints together with one of our gallery hosts.

Join in!

Drop-in between 12:00 and 14:00.

Suitable for adults and children from 12 years and older.

Calculate 1.5 to 2 hours to join.

There is room for 6 participants at a time.

You must have an entrance ticket to participate.

One of our gallery hosts gives an introduction in linocut.

Lino print (lino cut)

Lino printing is a graphic technique where you cut a motif into a linoleum plate.

The finished plate can be printed several times, and you get to make 2-3 prints that you can take home!

Photo: Aurora Haaland Stenersen / Museum Nord

The process

Everything that is supposed to be white is cut away. The motif itself remains as an elevated relief on the plate.

The area that remains is applied color and then the plate is pressed against a piece of paper.

We print with a press or by hand to transfer the image to the paper.

The finished print will be a mirrored imprint of the motif that has been cut out in the plate.

Play of colours

We mainly make single-coloured prints, but you can also print in several colours.

Either by using one plate for each color or using the puzzle method! With the puzzle method, you divide the plate according to different elements in the motif. The parts are rolled in with different colors, and then put back together and printed.