Flexcut Ambassadors

Susana McDonnell

Susana McDonnell is the owner of LinoCave, a home studio based in Newton, MA, USA focused on geometric pattern design and block printing on fabric and paper. She holds a BFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University and is a lifelong artist who has studied and taught many mediums including, but not limited to glassblowing, neon, wood, drawing, and watercolor. Despite the fact that block printing is one of the few mediums she has not formally studied, the allure of it inspires her to teach and explore it further every day. She draws her inspiration from a curiosity of the interaction of color, shape, line, and form when overlapped and combined. Some of the hand-carved stamps she uses are as small as one inch square and larger works can have thousands of hand-pressed impressions. She is the co-host of @printersolstice, a prompt-based printmaking campaign on Instagram that inspires printmakers around the world to create during the winter solstice.

Artist Details

Location: Newton, MA
Number of years carving: 8
Specialty or Style: Geometric pattern design printed on fabric and paper
Favorite Flexcut Tools: MT 31, MT 27

Special Recognition

Susana has taught at various locations throughout the US such as John Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC, Sanborn Mills Farm in Loudon, NH, Squam Art Retreats in Holderness, NH and Shepherd and Maudsleigh Studio in Newton, MA. She always brings Flexcut Carving Tools to her workshops so that students can experience the difference in quality between what Flexcut offers and standard multi carving tools.