Service Description

🎄 Christmas Card Lino Printing Workshop — Design, Carve & Print Your Own Festive Cards Discover the rewarding art of lino printmaking in this festive one-day workshop, where you’ll design, carve and hand-print your own collection of unique Christmas cards. Perfect for complete beginners and anyone looking to explore a new creative process, this relaxed and supportive workshop introduces the essential techniques of relief printmaking while helping you create beautiful handmade cards ready to send to family and friends. Throughout the day, you’ll learn how to transform a simple festive design into a striking lino print, exploring the satisfying process of carving, inking and printing your own edition of cards. Choose from seasonal imagery such as a robin, hare, stag or Christmas tree, or develop your own festive design. By the end of the workshop, you’ll have produced a collection of handmade Christmas cards and gained the confidence to continue lino printing at home. 🖌️ What You’ll Learn Across this full-day workshop, you’ll explore the core principles of lino printmaking, including: 🎄 Designing an effective image for relief printing ✏️ Transferring your design accurately onto the lino 🔪 Safe and confident carving techniques using specialist lino-cutting tools 🖤 Understanding positive and negative space to create bold, graphic prints 🎨 Rolling and applying printing ink evenly for clean, consistent results 🖨️ Hand-printing with a traditional relief press for crisp, professional-quality prints ✨ Experimenting with print variations and creating a limited edition 💡 Tips for producing successful greetings cards and developing future lino-printing projects 👨‍🎨 Live demonstrations and personalised guidance throughout the day 🧰 What’s Included ✔️ Soft-cut lino block ✔️ Wooden bench hook ✔️ Professional printmaking paper and blank quality greeting cards & envelopes ✔️ Water-based printing inks ✔️ Use of lino-carving tools ✔️ Use of a traditional relief printing press Please wear suitable clothing or bring an apron, as printing ink can mark fabrics. You’ll also need to bring a box or suitable container to safely transport your Christmas cards home. The ink may still be slightly wet or tacky at the end of the workshop. ☕ Refreshments Tea and coffee will be provided during the workshop break. Please bring a water bottle and packed lunch with you. 📍 Location Farndon Community Club, Sibbersfield Lane, Farndon, Chester, CH3 6NX