Laura Boswell is a printmaker based in Scotland. She makes linocut and woodblock prints of the landscape which draw upon her knowledge of traditional Japanese woodblock printmaking techniques. In this Artist Insights film she discusses what she loves about lino, how she captures movement and place through drawing, and how using a limited number of inks can lead to the most complex and nuanced colour mixtures.
0:00 Introduction
0:51 “Studying art history at university led me to becoming a printmaker”
1:18 “I had to learn a whole new language about landscape”
1:57 “There’s so much to discover in lino and woodcut”
2:29 “I am a reduction printer through and through”
4:26 “Learning the Japanese attitude to practice and discipline was invaluable”
5:44 “Woodblock printing is a dance of steps, and you have to get the choreography right”
6:30 “Mokulito gives you the immediacy of a drawn line”
7:20 “I like using thin layers of oil-based inks”
8:07 “Lino allows me to create any gestural mark I want”
8:47 “Drawing is a curiously physical thing, a real wrestling match”
11:54 “When I’m making the print, everything’s flexible”
13:13 “I make marks on the lino”
14:42 “It’s a juggling match to get the colours on in the right order”
16:18 “People often associate linocut with flat colour”
17:15 “Drying oil-based inks can take a long time”
17:39 “The more you work inks with a roller, the better they will get”
18:11 “Soft and complicated colour mixes are useful for capturing colours you see in nature”
19:45 “I love the technicality of the process”
20:30 “I have a wide range of cutting tools”
22:09 “Lino printmaking is the most forgiving when it comes to paper”
24:06 “There is a sensitivity in hand-printing that you don’t have with a press”
25:54 “Mistakes are a route to developing the print in a different way”
26:41 “The aim of the studio is to make for a good workflow”
27:47 “Tidying the studio helps me think”
28:52 “The printmaking community is incredibly supportive”
29.47 “If I had a secret weapon to share, it’s just to look”
30:54 Credits
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