Linda Cote Studio

How do I create with printmaking? Glad you asked! Follow for an inside look into this ancient art form & a peek inside my process!
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Welcome to Linda Cote Studio!

From a very young age I have been interested in printmaking, although I didn’t always know that’s what it was called. The first time I picked up a book illustrated by British artist John Tenniel, I was hooked. Maybe you know it? "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland" is a magical book, not only for the story, but for those wonderful wood engraving illustrations.

While my art journey has been long and winding – exploring many mediums including drawing, painting, watercolor, collage and wood carving – when I picked up my carving tools and applied them to carving my first relief print, I somehow knew I was home.

My art practice is done primarily using relief printmaking. Not sure what printmaking is? Follow my page for insights into this broad field that inludes etching, wood engraving, monoprinting, and more.

Simply put, I carve artwork into a flat block, then ink the artwork with a roller, lay paper over the art, rub gently and transfer the artwork image onto the paper. Check out my video section to see this process in action!

I love that printmaking is an ancient art form that dates back many hundreds of years when woodcuts were created to make illustrations for some of the earliest books.

My artwork reflects my mountain home of Canmore, Alberta, located in the heart of the beautiful Canadian Rocky Mountains. All of my artwork is printed by hand (without a printing press) and I make a small number of prints from one original (I like to call them “multiple originals”). My limited edition print runs are typically 30 prints or less, and all are numbered and hand-signed.

For more information about my limited edition prints and how they are made, please visit my blog. You may want to start on this blog about why my hand-printed art prints are not your “typical print”: lindacotestudio. wordpress.com/2011 /09 /15 /making-limited-edition-prints-its-not-your-typical-print /

If you are interested in seeing my work develop, you can also check out the printmaking videos on my YouTube channel at: www. youtube.com/user /LindaCoteStudio

Thanks for dropping by!