Similar to woodcut, linocut is an artistic relief printing technique aimed at reproducing images on paper, cardboard, or fabric, using a matrix made by engraving suitable linoleum or rubber. The relief of the image is cut and engraved into the surface of the linoleum with special gouges and cutting knives. The surface is covered with a thin layer of ink and pressed onto the printing material using a printing press or hand printing method. The higher part of the relief, that is, the uncut surface, prints; the image always comes out as a mirror image.
The technique allows the repeated production of a single image, but each pressed print differs in character from the previous one depending on the color tone used, the amount of ink, the material being printed on, the pressure applied during the pressing of the impression, and many other small details influenced by chance.
It is also possible to print multicolored works. My works are mainly monochromatic.
