Lino Printing

[smallhobbit]

This month's Dare to Dabble session was lino printing - a simple, if slightly messy craft.

We were all given two pieces of lino, plus tools for cutting and pens to draw the initial pattern:



My first attempt was a small tree - you can see some of my sketch lines.  The carving wasn't as easy as I expected, but I soon got the hang of it.



This was then inked (the messy part) and the inked tile placed on paper/card and rolled over to produce:



I moved onto the larger tile - I forgot to take a photo before it was inked



And I made a Christmas card - the one on the right is called 'snowstorm'



Then, with some time left, I tried a different design



To make some gift tags



They finished drying overnight and here are my final results, which I'm rather pleased with.  It's not a craft I'd take up independently, but I would definitely do it again.

Comments

[adafrog]

Looks fun.

[smallhobbit]

It really was.