How To Hand Burnish A Linocut With A Wooden Spoon

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[@eliseevensen1750]

I've had some success hand printing using a secondary, clean lino roller :) I use that first, it's a roller specifically made for textile and it's kinda squishy. After that, I go over with the wooden spoon.

[@chrisgiles9465]

Thanks. Informative - and reassuring.

[@natalymiller9104]

So cool! Thank you 🙏

[@danielhurlbut150]

thanks! extremely helpful

[@lightning_liz]

Very helpful thanks!!

[@chloec.6303]

Recently tried burnishing with a wooden spoon on nicer paper (Hosho paper, recommended by a random internet article) but lots of patches of the paper/fibers peeled off and got stuck on the block. Was it just too much pressure? Wrong kind of paper?

[@MaxMustermann-go8xf]

I guess the problem with the spoon is that it's really hard not to show the undercut. If you want to avoid that, maybe a barren would work better? (Haven't done it myself)