Learn how to design, cut and print patterns or designs into a lino block and make beautiful artworks. If all you know about lino is the stuff on the floor then this class will be a real eye opener, and great fun.

Everything is provided for this four week course so there's no need to buy materials or equipment. You'll take home your lino/s and can use them to carry on printing at home.

We'll cover different carving techniques, talk about paper registration and editioning and experiment with layering and different ways to add colour to prints – colour rolls, chine colle, multi block prints, jigsaw prints and reduction prints.

By the end of the course you will have printed your linos on a range of papers for framing, to make greetings cards, give as presents or swap with others in the class.

This course is perfect for beginners, or maybe those who have done a little bit of relief printing.

Amanda Donohue works as both a textile artist and printmaker. Amanda's printmaking and textile works are informed by multiple themes; the environment and in particular water, the domestic and popular culture. Amanda investigates these themes and images in connection to her own personal history. With a BA in Visual Arts (Honours in Printmaking) from the University of Sydney, Amanda has over 20 years experience. Amanda's work is collected in galleries throughout Australia and she exhibits regularly.