linoleum block

American  

noun

1. a piece of thick, soft, cork linoleum often mounted on a block of wood, incised or carved in relief with a design, pattern, or pictorial motif, and used in making prints.

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Example Sentences

Mr. Bryan wrote or illustrated more than 70 children’s books over six decades, in addition to making paintings, linoleum block prints, collage works, hand puppets and elaborate stained glass windows, which he crafted from sea glass that washed up near his home on Little Cranberry Island, overlooking Acadia National Park in Maine.

From Washington Post

Mr. Bryan shifted his style depending on the story he was telling, moving from woodcut or linoleum block prints to watercolor and acrylic paint.

From Washington Post

The studio belonged to Gwen Frostic, who made stationery and prints from linoleum block carvings.

From Washington Times

I may go from teaching seventh- and eighth-graders how to create GIFs in the Mac lab, to the studio in the “Art Barn” where I get to make a mess teaching high school students to make intricate patterns with linoleum block prints.

From Seattle Times

In relief printing techniques, the portion of wood or linoleum block that is cut away with a blade creates the contour of the linear shapes that will be printed.

From Los Angeles Times