Sunday, September 17, 2023
Either way, this bundle-dyeing workshop was a fun experience. In the futue, I think I would've loaded more flowers in there...or maybe let the scarf dry out before wrapping the flowers in it (to get cleaner lines).
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Natural Dyeing Workshop
Either way, this bundle-dyeing workshop was a fun experience. In the futue, I think I would've loaded more flowers in there...or maybe let the scarf dry out before wrapping the flowers in it (to get cleaner lines).
Team Dennis: Multi-purpose Friendly Face Illustrations
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
My friend has taken an illustration I did of him one step further and turned it into a screenprinted image. In the past, I've used the image as part of a Friendly Faces Pillowcases collection for another friend. But it's nice to see my work re-used.
If you're interested in hand-printing techniques, like my friend's screenprints above, I highly recommend Lena Corwin's "Printing by Hand". It contains all sorts of techniques, whether it be the screenprinting above, or linoleum block printing, or stamping.
ZOMBIES Valentine's Day Cards
Sunday, February 14, 2010
I've put up some photos with instructions from my latest Valentine Card printing process on my flickr account. Although, there's already some really good printmakng resources out there (see Jezze's fabric printing tutorials: 1, 2, and 3).
In Progress
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
I've got a pretty cool project in the making, but in the meantime all I have is a ginormous mess.
Pittsburgh Craft Collective's Letterpress Demo & Studio Visit
Sunday, January 31, 2010
'Attended Saturday's Pittsburgh Craft Collective "letterpress demo & studio visit" at Sapling Press where we hand-printed some predesigned Valentine's Day Cards. Die-cut the envelope liners on a Heidelberg windmill letterpress, printed the cards, trimmed them with a scary cutting-machine, scored them down the middle, and cut the rounded corners with some other machine. It was pretty cool (although slightly overcrowded with 30 attendees).
I love the indentations left on the back of letterpressed items...
I chose the girliest envelope color combinations possible.
Lino-Block-Printed Christmas Cards
Thursday, November 19, 2009
I decided to make paper Christmas cards this year. I need to use up my linoleum blocks before they expire, plus, people so rarely use paper invites these days (even though mine point you to a URL, haha).
That, and I needed an excuse to use my [awesome] gold sealing wax from here.
I've been working on something...continued.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
I finished the block-printed curtain from a previous post. I really dislike hand-sewing curtains, but at least the closet cleanup project is underway.
T-shirt Modifications
Monday, July 20, 2009
A riff on a theme I've been seeing from J. Crew this past season. I bought two J. Crew t-shirts on sale for $8/each, removed the sleeves on one and embroidered some spade-shaped "petals" to the collar of the other. Please don't mind the wrinkles.
A loose-fitting Gap tee on sale gets a new life as an art-camp-inspired creation. The gingko leaves' veins were too fine to be displayed by the paint. Maybe a linoleum block cutting would be better next time.
The leaves pile up along the side seams of the shirt.Academichic has a good post on DIY Embellished T-shirts.
Block Printing
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Behold, one of my first test prints. Don't mind the black smudge in the upper right hand corner, it's just some scrap printer paper I'm using to see what needs to be refined in my design. Oh, and the feather design is pretty much a rip off of some wallpaper from ferm Living.
Printing By Hand
Friday, January 9, 2009
I am absolutely in love with Lena Corwin's book, Printing By Hand. It's gorgeous.
Block Printing Paper
Monday, September 1, 2008
Since I moved into my new apartment one block from Artist & Craftsman Supply, I've been toying with all sorts of new projects. Previously I did a post about block printing fabric, so here's an accompanying post on lino block printing paper at zand2ohs.com. It's essentially the same thing, just different types of ink.
The author of zand2ohs.com, Mignon Khargie, does absolutely wonderful illustrations of animals here.
Printing Fabric
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Jezze has a post on her blog about printing fabric using lino blocks. She sells her prints for a considerable sum of money at her Etsy Shop. They're really cute and would make awesome pillows, if I didn't already have a million pillows.
Other resources:
- Jezze's fabric printing tutorials: 1, 2, and 3.
- How About Orange's Freezer Paper Stencils
- Design*sponge's cardboard-printed duvet cover
- My printmaking blog-label
