Experimenting with Making Printing Plates

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Four Color Wood Block Print

I’ve been making wooden blocks for block printing. Here is my most ambitious project yet, an 8"x8" four color peacock print. I’m printing on both fabric and paper. [IMG_8239] [IMG_8238] The tricky part is cutting it so that it is possible to glue the bits lined up precisely, and designing the second layer of wood in the block so that it helps me line it up while printing. I got very confused while working on it, and started over in the design more than twice, but it finally sorted itself out. …

3 Color Woodblock Print

For my first project I decided to test the ability of the machine to create precise multi-plate prints using my small printing press Multi-color prints are challenging with a hand driven press because it requires absolute precision across multiple blocks from design, to carving, and then placing the block and paper to run through. It’s not just about putting the color where you want it, but about putting the color where it needs to be in relation to the other colors. The Glowforge can obvious…

Block printing and embroidery templates

I continued my modular woodblock printing (which I showed you here Modular woodblock printing), but this time I’m printing on fabric. I included dots that serve as embroidery guides on the prints to make it easier to keep my stitching symmetric. I also use the glow forge to make clear acrylic templates that let me put dots with a pencil onto the white parts of the fabric. I just finished the first stitched print. [IMG_3520] Here’s the acrylic templates along with a bunch of practice embroid…

Most people seem to be using the term “block print” on here. There are definitely more out there