Printmaking is an ancient art form that involves transferring ink or other materials from a matrix onto paper or other surfaces. This document discusses how students will create motifs by carving a linoleum relief block and printing their designs. They will use a linoleum block, carving tools, ink, and paper to produce prints that are mirror images of their carved designs, with white areas indicating cut parts of the block and black showing uncut areas.

1. PRINTMAKING PATTERNS

2. WHAT IS PRINTMAKING?
Printmaking is an art form
in which ink or other
materials are transferred
from a matrix (not THE
Matrix) to a material like
paper, fabric, wood, or
stone. A wide variety of
techniques can be used in
printmaking, and this art is
one of the oldest in the
world.

3. THE GREAT WAVE OFF KANAGAWA
Hokusai
1830-1833

4. WHAT WILL WE BE DOING?
We will be
making
MOTIFS
from a
linoleum
RELIEF.

5. MOTIF
A recurring subject, theme, idea, pattern, design, etc. in a literary, visual, or
musical piece; prevalent in Islamic architecture.

6. RELIEF
Could be one of two things:
When a piece of stone, wood, or other
material’s background is cut in order to
give the impression that the subjects
are raised.
OR
The feeling Frodo felt when the ring
and Sauron were finally destroyed.

7. MATERIALS
1
1. A Linoleum Block
2. V-shaped Linocutter
or Gouge
3. Ink
4. Paper
5. Sketch paper for
practice

8. HOW TO DO IT:

9. IMPORTANT DETAILS
1. Your designs will be
flipped, a mirror
image of themselves!
2. Everything white
on the printed image
has been cut on the
relief! Everything
black on the printed
image has not been
cut on the relief!