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How to Make Sense of Reduction Linocut

How to Make Sense of Reduction Linocut

The first time I carved a reduction linocut was a revelation. It was also the first time I printed a linocut from a Vandercook letterpress, so the revelations multiplied over...

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How to Make Sense of Reduction Linocut

The first time I carved a reduction linocut was a revelation. It was also the first time I printed a linocut from a Vandercook letterpress, so the revelations multiplied over...

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Art-Adjacent Employment

Art-Adjacent Employment

For anyone who is curious about what exactly you do with a degree in fine art, and especially the people who are asked that question by well meaning but infuriating relatives

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Art-Adjacent Employment

For anyone who is curious about what exactly you do with a degree in fine art, and especially the people who are asked that question by well meaning but infuriating relatives

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A New Vision for Penrose Press

A New Vision for Penrose Press

Penrose Press is a book arts practice by Brianna Tosswill in collaboration with various creatives in Canada. Its mandate is to present storytelling in beautiful, physical detail, and to amplify...

A New Vision for Penrose Press

Penrose Press is a book arts practice by Brianna Tosswill in collaboration with various creatives in Canada. Its mandate is to present storytelling in beautiful, physical detail, and to amplify...

How to Draw for Linocut Printmaking

How to Draw for Linocut Printmaking

It took me years of dedicated practise to realize that there are techniques available to me in linocut that are unique and wonderful and better than drawing in certain respects....

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How to Draw for Linocut Printmaking

It took me years of dedicated practise to realize that there are techniques available to me in linocut that are unique and wonderful and better than drawing in certain respects....

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Pretty Perfect Paperback Binding

Pretty Perfect Paperback Binding

A start to finish tutorial on building a soft-cover book (with content!) that holds together forever and looks good doing it.

Pretty Perfect Paperback Binding

A start to finish tutorial on building a soft-cover book (with content!) that holds together forever and looks good doing it.

Linocut Printmaking 101

Linocut Printmaking 101

Linocut is a type of printmaking where you carve linoleum, yes, like the flooring material! And then make prints from your carving by rolling ink across the un-carved areas, and...

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Linocut Printmaking 101

Linocut is a type of printmaking where you carve linoleum, yes, like the flooring material! And then make prints from your carving by rolling ink across the un-carved areas, and...

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