Nature-Inspired Linocut Printmaking (NEW!), with Dr Fenja T Ringl

Elevate your printmaking skills and confidence in an intermediate workshop focused on capturing natural forms and designs.

Details

• Date:  6-7 December 2025
  
• Days/Times: 9:30am – 3:30pm both days
  
• Location: NAL studio, M16 Artspace, 21 Blaxland Crescent, Griffith, ACT

About the course/workshop

If you’ve tried out and loved linocut as a medium for nature-inspired art, this workshop will guide you beyond simple line carving to learn technical and creative techniques for creating beautiful nature-inspired prints. Over two days, you will be tutored through a series of exercises designed to consider and explore various aspects of linocut printmaking. Learn about different mark-making techniques, start thinking ‘in reverse’, practice tonal values using only black and white spaces, and start incorporating lighting and composition elements into your designs. Access NatureArt Lab’s studio teaching collection of nature objects for inspiration and as study guides. This workshop aims to develop your confidence in your carving skills and your design approach, and you will complete the weekend with a beautiful series of mini lino carvings and prints on professional paper.

Learning Outcomes

• Experience different mark-making techniques through guided exercises and experimentation.
  
• Gain knowledge of and experimentation with various compositional, light, form and tonal considerations through discussion and guided practical exercises.
• From beginning to end – gain understanding in developing design concepts through to the carving process and finally, hand printing a series of completed linocuts.
• Improved confidence of how to approach and develop relief printed (linocut) plates depicting natural objects and forms.
  

Practical sessions

The workshop is dedicated to practical printmaking experience, with short intervals for technique introductions and demonstrations. The workshop includes access to the NatureArt Lab specimen collection.

Prerequisite/level:  Suitable for students with basic linocut experience, who wish to develop their printmaking skills through an intermediate workshop focused on technical skills. The workshop assumes basic knowledge of materials and equipment used in linocut printmaking.

Materials: This workshop is a combination of supplied materials and BYO materials.  The materials provided have been factored into the course cost (approximately $30 worth of consumables).  The remaining items required are easily acquired and inexpensive and the list will be sent to students upon enrolment.  Please check your junk and spam inboxes so you don't miss our emails.

Class Size:  The class size is strictly limited to 10 students.  

Administration: There is free parking available onsite as well as a Cafe located a short walk away.  All students are requested to bring their own drinks/beverages (or purchase from the shop).

About the tutor

Dr Fenja T. Ringl is a Canberra-based printmaker with a passion for nature-influenced art that reflects Australia’s unique ecological and cultural environments. With a professional background in archaeology, paleo-ecology and science communication, Fenja draws inspiration from years of travelling and working across Australia’s diverse landscapes. Fenja initially explored printmaking as a way of interpreting the natural world while on fieldwork many years ago, and has since developed her passion into a full-time printmaking occupation/obsession.

Please contact us if you have any questions at: info@natureartlab.com.au 

Image Credit:  by Dr. Fenja T. Ringl