A THOUSAND PAPER CRANES

Session 1                                                    

And we’re back for a 4^th phase at the Yorkshire Centre for Eating Disorders, with artists Milena Dragic and Rozi Fuller!

The dining room, where we are working, has had a fresh lick of paint and there are more canvases around the ward, from previous phases. Looking stunning and giving a lovely, positive feeling to the start of this phase.

And so, by popular demand, we have begun again with Milena’s lino printing.

There were several good image books laid out on the tables to help people decide on a design. Some chose to sketch designs on paper first, while others jumped straight into drawing directly on to the lino, as it’s not always necessary to have an image in your head before you start. These designs evolved on the plate, and will continue to evolve throughout the printing process.



The design on the lino was drawn over with black permanent marker pen, so that the design remains visible through the various stages of printing.
        

Milena gave us the interesting fact that this lino is created from compressed and heated cork, combined with linseed oil.

The participants then chose a base colour, and inked the lino block, making prints onto at least 4 pieces of paper also experimenting with different types of paper.

Having completed this stage, some of the participants began cutting their designs into the lino using the various sizes of lino tools.

 There are 2 main rules with lino cutting –

1) Move the piece of lino as necessary so the direction that you cut in, is always away from you
2) If it’s difficult to cut, you’re probably using the wrong tool!

Watch as the prints develop of the next few weeks…­­­­