Embrace the festive spirit with our lino printing Christmas course! Spend a relaxing day learning the art of linocut, creating beautiful, nature-inspired prints, perfect for adding a personal touch to your Christmas crafts, ideal for handmade cards, gift wrap, or decorations. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned crafter, this workshop is a great way to spark your creativity during the festive season.
Join us for a creative day exploring the art of linocut and lino printing, and to learn how to design and carve your own winter inspired linocuts. Whether you’re completely new to the techniques, or have some experience, come and join us for a relaxing day in which you will create your own print designs to use in your Christmas craft projects.
Plan of the Day:You’ll be welcomed with refreshments before course tutor Wendy Darby, begins with an introduction to linocut, demonstrating how to use the carving tools and basic cutting techniques. Once you have used materials provided, or those you might like to bring with you, to use as inspiration for your winter themed designs, you will make your own small practice block to learn the techniques. You will be shown how to ink your lino block and burnish prints by hand.
After a break for lunch which you can either bring with you or buy from the Old Barn Cafe onsite, you will return to your creations. Once confident with the techniques, you will design your own A6 Block, taking inspiration from resource materials or your own images, before printing your block on to a range of stationery items – cards, gift tags and more, all ready for you to use this Christmas.
By the end of the workshop you will have several completed images to take home.
• Introduction to linocut and the materials to use
• How to use cutting tools and materials
• Creating designs from nature
• Sourcing and transferring designs
• Managing your inks
• Hand burnishing prints
Tutor:Wendy Darby, is a qualified teacher, designer and crafter. She has had a varied and eclectic career, both nationally and internationally, which she draws upon for her crafting and design inspiration. She is also a qualified Garden Designer, encompassing the phrase ‘inspired by the Garden’ in almost everything she undertakes. Now settled in East Sussex she enjoys sharing her interests with others.
Drawn inspiration resource materials and images to create designs
Mastered the basics of linocut
Made a selection of decorative items to take home
Enjoyed a fun and relaxing crafting day out
All equipment required for the day including: carving gouges, linoleum, drawing equipment, non-slip mat, inks, rollers, cards, envelopes and use of a craft apron.
Tea, coffee and biscuits throughout the day. (Lunch can either be brought with you and enjoyed in the studio, or you can purchase it in the Old Barn cafe onsite)
No experience necessary, just an interest in capturing the beauty of nature, to create designs for reproduction.
Wendy teaches in small, informal groups (max. 9) and designs her teaching days to be very hands-on, practical and relaxed.
Our very own Sussex Garden School Studio, within the grounds of Old Barn Garden Centre, Dial Post, South of Horsham. Our ‘Oak Barn’ Studio is a great, light and airy place to learn, and we use it to host a whole range of craft and gardening workshops and talks.
Early Bird Ticket £85
Standard Ticket £95
Friday 21st November 2025
10.00am – 3.00pm
Sussex Garden School Studio, Old Barn Garden Centre, Worthing Road, Dial Post, RH13 8NR
Once you have booked, you will receive an email confirmation – please check your junk mail if you have not heard from us.
About 2 weeks before your course date you will receive another email giving directions and any joining instructions – please check your junk folder if you haven’t received anything.
For details of all our other craft courses at Sussex Garden School including Fused Glass, Natural Dyeing, Weaving, Pressed Flowers and more, CLICK HERE.
admin@julietsargeant.com
Tel: 01273 834 083
Sussex Garden School
Oak Studio
Old Barn Nurseries
Worthing Road, Dial Post
Horsham RH13 8NU
