Join us for a nine-week introduction to lino printing with Laura Bremner, founder of Juniper Press. In this series of evening workshops, you’ll explore the fundamentals of designing, carving, and printing using your own hand-carved lino blocks. As the workshops progress, you’ll also be introduced to a reduction technique; a method for creating striking multi-colour prints from a single block.
This nine-week series of workshops is designed for beginners who want to explore lino printing; a relief printmaking technique in which a design is carved into a linoleum block and ink is rolled onto the raised surface to produce one or more prints.
You’ll be guided through each stage of the process and introduced to the essential tools and materials used in this expressive medium. Throughout the workshops, you’ll learn to use carving tools safely and effectively while developing core cutting and mark-making techniques. You’ll explore your ideas through sketching and discover how to transfer your designs onto lino before carving your final compositions.
From week six, you’ll be introduced to the reduction technique — a method for creating multi-colour prints from a single block. This involves progressively carving away sections of your block and re-inking it for each new layer, building the image through successive stages.
Alternatively, you may choose to expand your final composition into a second small series of prints or begin an entirely new design.
Drawing inspiration from themes of botanical forms, architecture, and folk art—all central to the designer’s own practice—you’ll experiment with these motifs as you design and carve your own themed prints.
By the end of the nine weeks, you’ll have produced a series of unique, hand-carved lino blocks and original prints on paper (A4–A3), reflecting your personal creative style and growing confidence in lino printing. You’ll also have the option to create a second small series of prints or develop a set of multi-coloured works using the reduction technique.
Learning Methods
Workshops will be delivered on campus from 18:30 – 21:00 every Monday for 9 weeks, *excluding public holidays.
The use of sketchbooks is recommended for recording ideas, experimenting with designs, and tracking progress.
Activity Summary
- Minimum of 8 students, maximum of 8 in the group
- 22.5 hours of teaching in total over 9 evenings, 18:30 – 21:00
Timetable
- Week 1: 14 September - first workshop
- Week 2: 21 September
- Week 3: 28 September
- Week 4: 5 October
- 12 October- no workshop due to public holiday
- 18 October- no workshop due to public holiday
- Week 5: 26 October
- Week 6: 2 November
- Week 7: 9 November
- Week 8: 16 November
- Week 9: 23 November - last workshop
Independent Study
Participants are encouraged to create and maintain a personal sketchbook which reflects their own creative practice involving ideas and inspiration as well as the documentation of processes and learnings.
Assessment
This workshop is not formally assessed.
Workshop facilitator
Laura Bremner set up Juniper Press following her participation in a print making short course at Gray’s School of Art in 2015. The Graphic Designer was inspired by the physicality of drawing and the process of lino cut during the course and as a result created her own stationery and illustration company based in Aberdeenshire. Bremner’s work is influenced by the storytelling of Eastern European and Scandinavian folk art and the intricate details involved.
Entry Requirements
There are no formal entry requirements for this workshop.
This workshop is suitable for beginners.
Required Age
All students are required to be at least 18 years of age on the commencement of the workshop.
Academic Year 2026/2027
Course fee: £290 per person
The fee is to be paid as part of sign up process and prior to the first session.
After completing the registration form, you will be directed to the payment page. Your place on the course is not confirmed until payment has been received. If you have any difficulties locating the payment link or if you have registered for this course but have not completed the payment form, please contact us for a direct link to pay which will bypass registration.
Additional Costs
Essential core materials are provided.
The following course-related costs are not included in the course fees:
Workshop Cancellation & Changes
If minimum participant numbers for this 6-week workshop are not met, the workshop will be cancelled and participants will receive a full refund.
If you’ve signed up and paid for this workshop but need to cancel, please email us at engage@rgu.ac.uk at least 7 days before the first evening session begins.
If the named practitioner is unable to deliver the scheduled workshop, the session may be cancelled or delivered by an alternative facilitator.
Disclaimer
Fees are regularly reviewed and published for each series of workshops. Tuition fees are fixed for the duration of a workshop/course at the rate confirmed during the application process.
Any questions?
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