Lino block printing on fabric for beginners

This direct printing technique is easier than you think

Buy Now $55 Printing On Silk Scarves

Analogue in a digital world

While everybody else is looking to digital printing for their solutions, many designers that I know cannot afford to outsource. Lino block printing is cheap and easy to do yourself.
Up-cycle your fabrics

Lino block prints are a wonderful way of up-cycling fabrics with existing prints that have become out-dated. They are also wonderful for hiding stains and marks. Transform fabrics that you might normally have thrown away into fabrics that you can use again.
You don't need expensive equipment

"Thank you for showing us how it is possible to print fabric without masses of expensive equipment." Morag Potter

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Introduction
- It is not complicated
- A conversation about the basics
- Equipment
- Watch some video of my students in workshops
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Exploring your cutting blades
- Your first project to make
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Getting used to your tools
- An experiment to try
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Learning to cut on a line
- Shifting mental gears
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Understanding positive and negative space
- Positive/negative... two options... right?
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Choosing a design
- Time to apply everything you have learned so far
- Wood block mounting
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General printing tips
- How to improve your image quality
- How to set up your printing table
- Heat setting your inks
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Print placement
- Start with end use first
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Tiled prints
- Some simple secrets
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Choosing colors
- Experiment and play
- My favorite colorways
- Metallic paints
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Extra Resources
- Some of my lino designs to inspire you
- Sam Trafford shares the work she is doing with lino prints
- Vanessa Hansen shares her journey of transition from printing on paper to printing on fabric
- Facebook Groups that you might enjoy
- Using lino prints to create your own packaging
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