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PRINTMAKING | Jazmina Cininas REDUCTION LINOCUT INTENSIVE Intermediate to advanced Estimated material cost: $100* In this seven day intensive workshop, you will be taken through the various steps required to master the reduction linocut medium, creating your own edition of multi coloured prints from a single piece of linoleum. Through hands on demonstrations and ongoing guidance, you will learn how to creatively carve and print your lino block to get more from your image, as well as methods for ensuring accurate registration for a perfectly aligned print. This class is best suited to intermediate or advanced printmakers. Jazmina Cininas is a Melbourne based artist who lectures in printmaking and artists’ books at RMIT School of Art. For over two decades, Cininas has been charting the various incarnations of the female werewolf as a vehicle for her printmaking practice, completing her PhD research project, The Girlie Werewolf Hall of Fame in 2014. Her artwork is in many public collections, including the National Gallery of Victoria, the Victorian Arts Centre, Broken Hill Regional Gallery and the Alice Springs Art Foundation. 17