Carve, Press, Repeat! | PRESS & PULL | FALL 2025

Carve, Press, Repeat!

Facilitator: Alannah Sears

Class Date: Saturday, October 4th

Time: 1:00 - 4:00pm

Venue: The Children's Art Carnival

Max. Participants: 15

Ages: 15+ (sharp tools)

General: $12

Family (Parent + Children): $15

Donation: Pay What You Wish

Ever wanted to create your own pattern or custom stamp? This workshop will show you how!

Participants will learn the art of linoleum carving (block printing) and hand-printing techniques to transfer their small, simple designs onto fabric. Bring clothes, tote bags, or extra fabric to print on during the session.

Tip: Carving takes time, so come prepared with a simple design to make sure you have enough time to print.

About the process:Lino printing is a traditional relief printmaking technique, often called lino cutting. It involves carving a design into a linoleum block using a sharp tool called a lino cutter. The raised (uncarved) areas are then inked with a brayer and printed onto paper or fabric using a baren or spoon. This method allows you to create multiple prints (called editions) of your artwork.

While we’ll touch on traditional block printing principles, this workshop is designed to help you develop your concept and understand the fundamentals of linoleum block printmaking—carving, inking, and creating reproductions.

About the instructor: Alannah Sears is a Brooklyn-based artist who investigates the complexities of the female experience through delicate graphite drawings. Her work challenges traditional representations of the female form, creating figures that defy gravity and conventional notions of beauty. These figures contort, elongate, squeeze, and fold in uncanny or impossible ways, embodying an ethereal beauty through the delicate interplay of light and shadow. She has exhibited her work at CUE Art Foundation, and Paradise Palace, and has been awarded residencies at the Joan Mitchell Center, Joan Mitchell Foundation (NY), and Vermont Studio Center.

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