Intro to relief press printing: Difference between revisions

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Relief Press Printing is the process of taking a medium, removing specific pieces of it so as to make it thinner in areas, and inking the raised portions of the medium to press onto a desired surface.

Overview

The purpose of this workshop is to demonstrate an easy way to create your own linoleum stamps, and more specifically how to apply this to T-Shirts. Through this you can take a linoleum block, carve out any design you wish, and print it onto any shirt that you would like.

Tools

Linoleum Block
Linoleum Carving Knives
Ink
Brayer
Press

Resources

Materials

Printing Blocks
- DEMCO Unmounted Linoleum
- Speedball Mounted Linoleum
- It's cheaper unmounted, then we can use double sided tape to mount it to the piece of Plexiglas we originally had marked out for doing the letter pressing.
- Scratch Foam Board - there is also the faux linoleum.. it's not a bad price and supposed to be easier..
- Speedball Speedy Cut Printing Block - speedball rubber, which is more flimsy but supposedly easier to carve and also more expensive...
Ink
- [1]
T-Shirts
- [2]

Tools

tips
handle
set
[3] - everything: more expensive per piece, but cheaper then misterart if bought in bulk (and I believe there is a coupon on retailmenot)

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 * Press
-Here is a source for the linoleum:
+== Resources ==
-http://www.misterart.com/g98/Demco-Unmounted-Linoleum.htm
+'''Materials'''
-It's cheaper unmounted, then we can use double sided tape to mount it to the piece of Plexiglas we originally had marked out for doing the letter pressing.
+* Printing Blocks
-here's an example of mounted linoleum:
+** [http://www.misterart.com/g98/Demco-Unmounted-Linoleum.htm DEMCO Unmounted Linoleum]
-http://www.misterart.com/g1237/Jack-Richeson-Linoleum-Block.htm
+** [http://www.misterart.com/g1237/Jack-Richeson-Linoleum-Block.htm Speedball Mounted Linoleum]
+** It's cheaper unmounted, then we can use double sided tape to mount it to the piece of Plexiglas we originally had marked out for doing the letter pressing.
+** [http://www.misterart.com/g8101/Scratch-Art-Scratch-Foam-Board.htm Scratch Foam Board] - there is also the faux linoleum.. it's not a bad price and supposed to be easier..
+** [http://www.misterart.com/g1524/Speedball-Speedy-Cut-Printing-Blocks.htm Speedball Speedy Cut Printing Block] - speedball rubber, which is more flimsy but supposedly easier to carve and also more expensive...
+* Ink
+** [http://www.misterart.com/g821/Speedball-Block-Printing-Oil-Ink.htm]
+* T-Shirts
+** [http://www.cheapestees.com/gillig100tsh.html?gclid=CNWs5Yn-5aECFZVY2god2wktKw]
-there is also the faux linoleum.. it's not a bad price and supposed to be easier..
+'''Tools'''
-http://www.misterart.com/g8101/Scratch-Art-Scratch-Foam-Board.htm
+* [http://www.misterart.com/g8/Speedball-Linoleum-Cutter.htm tips]
-or we could get speedball rubber, which is more flimsy but supposedly easier to carve:
+* [http://www.misterart.com/g2851/Speedball-Linoleum-Cutter-Handle.htm handle]
-http://www.misterart.com/g1524/Speedball-Speedy-Cut-Printing-Blocks.htm
+* [http://www.enasco.com/product/4200191 set]
-also more expensive...
+* [http://www.dickblick.com/products/speedball-linoleum-cutters/] - everything: more expensive per piece, but cheaper then misterart if bought in bulk (and I believe there is a coupon on retailmenot)
-tools:
-http://www.misterart.com/g8/Speedball-Linoleum-Cutter.htm tips
-http://www.misterart.com/g2851/Speedball-Linoleum-Cutter-Handle.htm handle
-http://www.enasco.com/product/4200191 set
-http://www.dickblick.com/products/speedball-linoleum-cutters/ everything: more expensive per piece, but cheaper then misterart if bought in bulk (and I believe there is a coupon on retailmenot)
-ink for t-shirts
-http://www.misterart.com/g821/Speedball-Block-Printing-Oil-Ink.htm
-t-shirts we can get a hobby lobby or online.. usualy about 1.50-7 per shirt...
-http://www.cheapestees.com/gillig100tsh.html?gclid=CNWs5Yn-5aECFZVY2god2wktKw