Linocut, also known as lino print, lino printing or linoleum art, is a printmaking technique, a variant of relief printing in which a sheet of linoleum is used for a relief surface. A design is cut in
The Mask by Frank Weitzel, 1930
Using a handheld gouger to cut a design into linoleum for a linocut print
Linocut printing; using a design cut into linoleum to make a print on paper
Wet Afternoon, linocut in four color blocks by Ethel Spowers of the Grosvenor School group, 1930.
Linoleum is a floor covering made from materials such as solidified linseed oil, pine resin, ground cork dust, sawdust, and mineral fillers such as calcium carbonate, most commonly on a hessian or can
Linocut
…Linocut, also known as lino print, lino printing or linoleum art, is a printmaking technique, a variant of relief printing in which a sheet of linoleum (sometimes mounted on a wooden block) is used for a relief surface. A design is cut into the linoleum surface with a sharp knife, V-shaped chisel or…
Linoleum from around 1950
Application of liquid linoleum.
Early linoleum at Tyntesfield
Cross section view show linoleum's pigmentation evenly distributed throughout the slab.