Essdee Lino Cutting & Printing Kit

This comprehensive 23-piece kit includes a wide selection of tools and materials for Lino cutting and printing. You can experiment with artisan printmaking techniques and compare traditional Lino and SoftCut materials whilst using a varied selection of 6 Lino cutters, including our safety cutter which, when combined with the safety hand guard, is ideal for beginners. You can hand-print your designs with the 3 in 1 Baren tool and even convert this to a stamping tool and carve the included self-adhesive printing stamps. The premium block printing ink and ink tray allow you to make many prints whilst keeping your work space clean. This educational and fun kit is ideal for making unique greeting cards, gifts, posters or even great works of art!

Contents

• 2 x SoftCut Carving Blocks 150 x 105 mm
• 2 x Lino Carving Blocks 178 x 127 mm
• 2 x MasterCut Printing Stamp
• 100ml Premium Block Printing ink
• Lino Practice Piece
• Essdee Ink Roller (100mm wide)
• Ink Tray 240 x 200 mm
• Safety Hand Guard to protect hand holding the work piece
• Lino Handle with Aluminum Ferrule which allows the easy fitting and tightening of the cutters and Baren base
• Baren Base and Cap to transform for stamping tool using a handle
• Lino Cutter Style A – A safety lino cutter with a recessed cutting edge. Ideal for younger or less experienced users. These easy-to-use cutters have especially designed “wings” to protect your hand and allow safe cutting. The wings also prevent the cutter from carving too deeply resulting in a consistent, clean cut line every time.
• Lino Cutter Style 1 – For fine lines and cross hatching. Never push any cutter deeper than the sides of the point. A line of 0.5mm or less is possible on SoftCut material and a little wider in Lino. Take care when inking over fine lines as they can fill in.
• Lino Cutter Style 2 – A universal and easy to use tool with a low angle of attack. Commonly used as a basic first-time tool to cut lines up to 1.5mm or less.
• Lino Cutter Style 3 – A tight, round cutter able to cut a 2mm deep-sided line. Good for straight lines. Great in SoftCut but cut too deep in lino and the upright walls of the cut can leave little support and weaken the top surface. With practice it’s useful for cutting small circles by using a swivel motion.
• Lino Cutter Style 4 – A wide, rounded “v” cutter for lines 3mm wide with 45° walls for a strong print surface, particularly important for fragile detail and fine lines in large open spaces.
• Lino Cutter Style 5 – A thin line-marking tool for making the first lines to define the design before using other cutters to remove the unwanted background. It can be pushed or dragged across the surface and turned very easily to describe curves and wavy lines. Cut deep into the lino or SoftCut to define the limit of material removal particularly useful with SoftCut as the material can cling at the end of a cut.