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Getting Started with Linocut
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items If you've wanted to your hand at linocut as a hobby, it's actually quite easy to get into. These are some great quality and beginner friendly supplies to get you started, as well as a few videos I've made to help show the process. <3
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Supplies
Really all you need are carving tools, linoleum, ink, ink brayer (roller), baren, and paper. I've listed a few great options for each here.
This is a great block to carve, especially if you're a beginner. As you carve your design it cuts away the grey and leaves the white exposed so you can clearly see what your design looks like.
Blick Readycut Printing Blocks
Printing with a water soluble ink makes cleaning your supplies much easier. A great quality ink that's easy to use!
Blick WaterSoluble Block Printing Inks
These inks are beginner friendly and can be cleaned up with soap and water. There are sets and individual colors available.
Speedball WaterSoluble Block Printing Inks and Sets
A brayer with a removable roller for easy cleaning.
Speedball PopIn Brayer and Kit
These brayers are sturdy with good ink distribution. There's also different sizes to choose from (I recommend having a few different sizes especially if working with multiple colors).
Speedball Soft Rubber Brayers
A great budget friendly set of carving blades. They detach and can be stored inside the handle for safe keeping.
Speedball Linoleum Cutter Sets and Replacement Blades
These are great carving tools and you can buy them as a set or select individual shapes/sizes to create a custom set.
RGM Linoleum Knives
A nice wooden set of carving tools with a different handle shape.
UJ Ramelson Linoleum Block Cutting Set
A good baren to smooth your paper when printing your design.
Blick Economy Baren
This linoleum block is thicker so you can carve a design on both sides, and there's different size choices.
SoftKut Printing Blocks and Set
Large white paper for printing (21" x 31") at 77gsm (the weight of the paper, 30-150gsm is ideal if you're printing by hand instead of using a press).
Masa Paper
Standard size cream paper (10-1/2" x 13-3/4") at 58gsm (the weight of the paper, 30-150gsm is ideal if you're printing by hand instead of using a press).
Yasutomo Kozo Paper
Standard size beige paper for printing (9-1/2" x 10-3/4") at 82gsm (the weight of the paper, 30-150gsm is ideal if you're printing by hand instead of using a press).
Yasutomo Gasen Paper
Large cream paper (19" x 26") at 115gsm (the weight of the paper, 30-150gsm is ideal if you're printing by hand instead of using a press).
Rives Lightweight Printmaking Papers
Instruction Videos
I post my linocut process on tiktok so these are a few of my videos to show a bit of what relief printing with linoleum is like.
Instruction video I made to show my process of prepping my lino block to get ready to carve.
How I prep my carving blocks
A bit of the carving process shown on my Luna Moth Scientific Illustration block.
Carving process on my Luna Moth design
More of the carving process shown on my Luna Moth Scientific Illustration block.
Carving the body details of the Luna Moth