I’ve seen some cool prints carved into craft foam, so this is an option, but I’m not going to delve into it here.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nInks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Try not to destroy your apparatuses by utilizing acrylic paint wrongly! I save separate brayers for Gelli plate printing and square printing since acrylics are tough on plates and plates, however unequivocally, what you need for Gelli plate printing. I have utilized customary oil-based inks, modest stamp cushions, and water-based inks, and I like Speedball water-solvent inks for Speedball paper and texture printing and paper block printing ink for tissue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oil-based inks versus water\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
It would help if you utilized oil-put together inks concerning textures as they will stay durable in the wake of printing. However, regardless of whether you use oil or water-put together, ink for paper involves inclination. The water-dissolvable inks clean very well with cleanser and water, as the oil-based Speedball inks connected previously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some other oil-based inks require cleaning solvents.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Oil-based inks take longer to dry than water-based ones, which can be a good thing when engraving, so you don’t have to work that fast. The colors of oil-based inks can also look a little more saturated. Water-based inks can lightly spray with water to extend the drying time a little, but they can work if they get wet after drying. Spray the finished piece with a spray fixer to secure it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Print surfaces<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Etching paper is your best friend here. I’ve been using Rives BFK for years, and it’s my favorite, but of course, there are other good printing papers, like Stonehenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are printing on fabric, the Speedball inks I mentioned print well on cotton, polyester blends, linen, rayon, and other synthetic fibers, but not rayon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other tools<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Good brayers are just as important as other tools. You will need a few different sizes if you are doing different-sized prints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Choose an image<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
If you are a novice, I suggest taking something easy, without too many details or crazy lines. You want to get a feel for cutting and inking, and you don’t want to spend 5 hours sitting down and sculpting an intricate design if you don’t have a good idea of \u200b\u200bthis technique yet. Or ignore me and do it, but take your time! Make sure you don’t simply print images from the internet or copy them from books if you plan to sell or distribute your finished prints. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Artists work hard on their new ideas, and it isn’t good karma to take their work. If you’re not using your artwork, The Graphics Fairy has fantastic free images on their site, and you can find clip art for sale on Etsy and the Creative Market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Image transfer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
There are several ways to transfer the image onto the plate, and I generally use the pencil transfer method, but the 2 you can use with laser prints or copier prints are heat transfer and acetone transfer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pencil Transfer:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n- Start with a pencil-drawn image or use a pencil to draw on the printed image.<\/li>
- Turn it over and put it look down on the build plate.<\/li>
- Redraw the lines in pencil or polish them on the plate with the back of a spoon or a folder of bones. It will transfer the pencil drawing to the surface of the container.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Thermal Transfer:<\/strong> Use laser or copier prints, but not inkjet prints that use a different type of ink. Here is a video showing how to do this method, but essentially you will need an iron and a piece of scrap metal to transfer the image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All about block printing. I love block printing because it’s a versatile engraving technique that can adapt to…\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":2371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[59],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakoom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakoom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakoom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakoom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakoom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakoom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2373,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakoom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370\/revisions\/2373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakoom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakoom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakoom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakoom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}