This is a great demo of block printing in India. (not my voice on the video) It’s amazing how accurately the printer can line up the successive prints by hand. The blocks themselves are gorgeous as objects; I have some that I’ve used in mold-making for casting glass.
Kids Craft Weekly’s Printing issue is filled with fun printing projects for kids, including this one on how to make sponge stampers.
This project by Craft Chi definitely falls under the “Why didn’t I think of that?!” category–using cork cutouts mounted on a rolling pin to create prints you just roll, roll, roll across paper. Brilliant!
Lizzy House provides her readers with a handy downloadable PDF tutorial explaining the ins and outs of block printing.
Marc @ MAKE points us to Instructables user Inklings and Imprints, who posted up a neat how-to for embossing velvet with rubber stamps and a household iron.
Creative Kismet was inspired by Lotta Jansdotter’s Lotta Prints book to create this simple but lovely wrap skirt. She substituted sponges for potatoes when printing and the results are excellent. Related: • Stencil Printing with Lotta Jansdotter – CRAFT Pattern Podcast • Lotta Jansdotter Fabric
Martha Street Studio, a community-based printmaking studio run by the Printmakers Association of Manitoba, recently had their second “Under Pressure” Steamroller Print Festival. (via Whipup, photos by perfectbound) For the past two years Martha Street Studio has hosted ‘Under Pressure’, Winnipeg’s only Steamroller Print Festival. High school students, community groups, and artists from across Winnipeg […]
