Linocut
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Linocuts are very similar to woodcuts. It is a printing method using a sheet of linoleum, the technique in principle is similar to that of a woodcut, in which a subtractive cutting method is used to take away the parts of linoleum where you want to leave the white of the page, and keep the parts you want to take the ink.
While linoleum was first invented in the 1860s as a floor covering. Artists ranging from Pablo Picasso to Henri Matisse have made linocuts, and today it is considered a respected art form. Lino itself, a mixture of ground cork and linseed oil with a canvas backing, it does not have a grain like wood does, meaning no need to cut in one direction. |
Kyffin Williams (1918 - 2006). Welsh Blacks. Linocut. 30 x 25 cm
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