Linocut

リノカット / 1890s– / Technique / Relief Printing

Cuts the smooth block boldly, giving few colors and repeated figures a driving rhythm.

Large cut planes / Overlapping color blocks / Simplified figures / Repeating movement

Linocut — Ethel Spowers, Wet Afternoon, 1930Linocut — リノカット・ワークショップの刷り
Ethel Spowers, Wet Afternoon, 1930 ／ リノカット・ワークショップの刷り

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Showing crowds and daily motion as rhythm · A friendly hand-printed feel in few colors
Type
Letters sturdy enough to hold against the shapes; one color per block
Composition
Repeat forms with aligned motion; change the current in one place
Material
Two to five color blocks, broad cut planes, the paper's ground
Caution
The difference from woodcut is not mere roughness. Use linoleum's smooth curves and planes.
Further study
Ethel Spowers / Claude Flight / Grosvenor School

Related entries

Source: Wikimedia Commons — Wet Afternoon

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