✍️ 28.2.–2.5.2025 Lino & Etching Course on Fridays with Dahlia El Broul
➡️ Register here by 19.2.2025!
Topic: 3 color lino printing and mono color etching using tetra pak
Teacher: Dahlia El Broul (MA, she/they)
Registration deadline: 19.2.2025
Schedule: 9x Fridays 17.15–19.15
Dates: 28.2., 7.3., 14.3., 21.3., 28.3., 4.4., 11.4., , 25.4., 2.5. (no teaching in week 13 on Good Friday 18.4.)
Course languages: English
Price: 175 €
Materials: Provided: Rollers, cutting tools, printing colours.
Please bring your own: linoleum sheet(s), materials for sketching, printing paper.
You can use any size from A5-A3. If you have never done linocut printmaking before, a smaller size is preferable.
You can check art supply stores such as Aaltopahvi and Tempera for the materials.
Location: Art School Maa, Suomenlinna B 20 F, 00190 Helsinki (read more about accessibility here)
Introduction
Welcome to the Lino & Etching evening course, led by artist and educator Dahlia El Broul, who also runs Maa's drawing workshop. In this course, you’ll get to sketch, print and etch with lino and tetra pak. This course is suitable for beginners and anyone seeking to refine their skills.
Throughout the course, participants will explore the history and principles of linocut printmaking and become acquainted with essential tools such as cutting tools and rollers. Emphasis will be placed on design and composition fundamentals, guiding participants in translating their ideas into visually compelling images suitable for linocut printmaking. The course covers various linoleum carving techniques to achieve different textures and effects, inking and printing skills, and more advanced methods like layering.
Additionally, participants will learn about etching and printing with tetra pak, print editions and methods to maintain consistency across multiple prints.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1248564489588997/
More open courses here: https://www.taidekoulumaa.fi/en/studies/open-courses
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Art School Maa follows equity guidelines against any form of discrimination. Please read our equity guidelines here before registering.
Please note that registration is binding.
The minimum number of participants in the course is 6. Please note that the course is only realized if the minimum number of participants is reached by the registration deadline.
The course is held for adults.
If you have questions, you can contact Maa's coordinator Tanja Becher: info@taidekoulumaa.fi
📸: Dahlia El Broul / 2024.