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Beginner's Guide to Linocut

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$14.95 US
8.13"W x 10.25"H x 0.32"D   | 13 oz | 38 per carton
On sale Dec 04, 2018 | 96 Pages | 9781782215844
Learn to create beautiful and practical linocut prints at home with this contemporary guide to a well-loved traditional art form.

Linocut and screenprinting have undergone a resurgence in recent years; this book teaches the basic techniques for learning to make your own prints at home, under the guidance and tutelage of expert teacher and artist Susan Yeates.

Susan, who runs her own print business, Magenta Sky, explains the rudiments of linocutting, and guides the reader through ten practical and attainable projects including creating gift cards, artworks to frame and bags or tea towels to print and give as personalized presents.
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Susan Yeates is a printmaker, tutor, published author and TEDx speaker. She has written and self-published four books including Learning Linocut (2011), an Amazon no. 1 best-selling printmaking book providing a comprehensive introduction to relief printing and Learn to Earn from Printmaking - An essential guide to creating and marketing a printmaking business (2016). Susan's first title for Search Press, Beginner's Guide to Linocut, was published in 2018.

Susan obtained a printmaking degree from Loughborough University and has been teaching courses and workshops since 2003. Susan has also had experience running numerous other businesses in different industries including a digital marketing business and training business. She also co-runs a pottery café in Woking, Surrey. Susan’s TEDx talk, Create your mandala universe – collaborate for a beautiful life, was broadcast in 2020.

Susan runs an annual thirty-day sketching challenge every January through her website and YouTube channel, Magenta Sky, and on Instagram (@learninglinocut) and Facebook, encouraging people to develop a daily sketching habit.
Susan lives and works in Woking in Surrey, UK, and continues to teach printmaking. View titles by Susan Yeates

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Learn to create beautiful and practical linocut prints at home with this contemporary guide to a well-loved traditional art form.

Linocut and screenprinting have undergone a resurgence in recent years; this book teaches the basic techniques for learning to make your own prints at home, under the guidance and tutelage of expert teacher and artist Susan Yeates.

Susan, who runs her own print business, Magenta Sky, explains the rudiments of linocutting, and guides the reader through ten practical and attainable projects including creating gift cards, artworks to frame and bags or tea towels to print and give as personalized presents.

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© Search Press
Susan Yeates is a printmaker, tutor, published author and TEDx speaker. She has written and self-published four books including Learning Linocut (2011), an Amazon no. 1 best-selling printmaking book providing a comprehensive introduction to relief printing and Learn to Earn from Printmaking - An essential guide to creating and marketing a printmaking business (2016). Susan's first title for Search Press, Beginner's Guide to Linocut, was published in 2018.

Susan obtained a printmaking degree from Loughborough University and has been teaching courses and workshops since 2003. Susan has also had experience running numerous other businesses in different industries including a digital marketing business and training business. She also co-runs a pottery café in Woking, Surrey. Susan’s TEDx talk, Create your mandala universe – collaborate for a beautiful life, was broadcast in 2020.

Susan runs an annual thirty-day sketching challenge every January through her website and YouTube channel, Magenta Sky, and on Instagram (@learninglinocut) and Facebook, encouraging people to develop a daily sketching habit.
Susan lives and works in Woking in Surrey, UK, and continues to teach printmaking. View titles by Susan Yeates