Linocut on Dictionary Page Craft Party!

It all started with this very cool dictionary.... Courtney Prahl taught a great class last night- linocuts on dictionary pages! 

 

 Courtney taught us how to transfer a design onto our carving surface.  Some people chose to trace a design and some brave creative souls drew their own design.  We learned how to safely and easily carve the blocks.

 After they were all carved, we searched the dictionary for the perfect page to hand pull our prints onto.  Cardstock and other specialty papers were also used.

 Here are the final results!  Everyone got to take home their carving so they can reuse it to make stationary or more art!

Hand Carved Lino Print Mimosa Make & Take

The Hand Carved Lino Cut Block Print Mimosa Make & Take was a huge success! It was fun and rewarding. Courtney Prahl often uses her own carved stamps in her popular collage and mixed media pieces that she sells in The Muse. Here she goes over the basic steps...

We learned how to transfer images onto the block to carve but some people chose to create their own designs.

After carving out our designs, we inked them up and were ready to go! Karen brought along her sketchbook and had us all print our block into the book. This way she had a visual record of all of the various desings that we created in the class.

Anyone who knows me well, knows I am huge fan of the squirrel. I decided to make my block in honor of the squirrel. Here is my finished project...

Here are some more finished results....I think they all turned out great and everyone seemed pleased with the ease of this project and the way they looked by the end!