Jeanne Bieruma Oosting was a painter and sculptor, but most notably an outstanding graphic designer. While her paintings literally reflect reality, her graphic work is more poetic, and her imagination seems to come to life. In the etchings, lithos and linocuts, she had a preference for animals. This linocut of a crayfish is a good example. A linocut is a printmaking technique. With printmaking, the area that is printed comes to lie above the rest. What has to stay white is gouged out. A linocut can be compared to a woodcut. Cutting into lino is easier though, because it is softer, more flowing lines are therefore formed. The print surfaces are often smoother and don’t have grain marks on the wood. Surrounding the crayfish, you can clearly see the grooves from the gouging. In this room you can also see several woodcuttings by Wendelien Schönfeld.