Lino Printing Workshop

Lino Printing Workshop

with Geoff Head

Be introduced to the linocut process and the materials required to produce single colour prints. The chine colle method of adding areas of colour to prints will also be explored.

Participants will need to bring a black and white image of leaves, seedpods, sticks or similar forms found in situ on an area of ground for inspiration from which images can be drawn. Larger clearer shapes will be easier to work with.

Geoff will discuss possible composition arrangements before developing images further and transferring them to the lino. After the carving process we will produce a small edition of prints on paper.

Participants will be able to take refreshment breaks as needed to allow maximum time for carving and printing.

10.15am-2pm, Saturday 28 March

$40pp, bookings required on 4976 6766 or gragm@gladstone.qld.gov.au. 

About Geoff

Although born in Rockhampton, I have been living and working in Gladstone as an art educator and artist for the past 40 years.

My works involve stylized imagery with recent works based more on my local environment – natural or built landscapes. Earlier works involved  references to significant people or places. Some depicted compositions of texts featuring calligraphic marks associated with written language forms. Other  influences on my earlier work have been my studies in ancient history and languages as well as travels through Asia and Europe.

Most paintings include the heavy use of visual texture and colour is usually a dominant element.  I often recycle parts of my old canvases when creating compositions.

The painting supports I use are either ply wood or cotton canvas on wooden stretchers and occasionally paper with mediums of both oils and acrylics.

The lino cuts and screen-prints portray images of some of the architectural styles in Gladstone’s main street and Rockhampton’s CBD. This are changing streetscapes and I wanted to capture these images as they exist at the present time. With the development of these cities, the life of some of these structures is uncertain.