Everything I’d Buy if I Was Starting out with Lino Printing

Starting lino printing is exciting, but it’s easy to feel like you need to buy every tool and supply before you can even begin. The reality is, you can waste a lot of money buying things you don’t need, or worse, buying the wrong things.

After years of lino printing (and making plenty of mistakes myself), I know exactly what I would buy if I was starting all over again.

That’s why I’ve created this guide: my essential lino printing shopping list, with tried-and-tested recommendations and shoppable links, so you can skip the overwhelm, save money, and get straight to making your first prints.

HOW TO USE THE GUIDE

This guide is designed as a shopping list for you to buy everything you need to make your first lino print this weekend!

Click on the product images to shop the items.You’ll be printing confidently before you know it.

THIS IS FOR YOU IF

You have been wanting to get started with lino printing but don’t know where to start or feel overwhelmed by choice.

A little note about links

Some of the links in this guide are affiliate links. This means that if you buy something through one of these links, I may receive a small commission, at no extra cost to you.

I only include links to tools and materials that I genuinely recommend and have tried and tested myself. The commission helps support Tales from the Fen and means I can keep making free guides and resources like this one. Thank you for supporting my work!

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