Christmas Card

In college we have been set a task to design a christmas card that will be sent to all of the companies that are in contact with the college. The winner will also receive a £50 book token. As this is a christmas card for the college, we have to meet some criteria's. The first one is that it has to represent warrington as a community. The second is that it has to show progress in students that are at the college.

For this task I decided from the start that I wanted to do a print, this will give me some practise for the project I am currently doing along side this task(''A Tale Of Two Prints'').

I have had the idea to use text in my card. I like the idea of large block writing to fill the whole card. The text on this lino is backwards because, if it was the correct way round... once the lino had been printed it would be the wrong way round. So when cutting out, it must be backwards text. Some of the words used are, family and friends. I feel like this is representing the college as a community. 

Here is the print developing. Now i just have to hope and prey that the letters are the right way round.

To start off the lino printing process you first must pick your colour and add it to your palet.

You must make sure that your ink is spreaded evenly across the palet so that when you use the roller, it will spead evenly over your lino.

Next you just have to roll your ink onto your lino.

Carefully place your lino onto your chosen surface and use a clean roller to make sure that all the ink has been transfered onto your paper.

This is what my finished lino print looked like but i wasn't completely happy. I didn't feel like it look christmassy enough So I decided to add a christmas tree.