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way of the cutting tool. Fingers re pair rather slowly! As soon as your tool feels hard to push, sharpen it. It may require several sharpenings during the cutting of one design. Step 5. Clean the block fo r print ing. Take your hand brush and re move all the tiny shavings from the lines. This is important because if chips get into your inked palette or on your roller they w ill ruin
Directions for Block Printing Step 1. D ecide what you are go ing to make. A Christmas card, a monogram for your class stationery or perhaps a bookplate. N ow select a suitable design for your project. Step 2. Prepare you r block. If you have the sheet linoleum, cut the piece you want to use with the stencil knife. A 3” x 4 ” piece is a good general size to work with. If the linoleum already has a manu facturer’s design on it, you will want to cover it so that your own design can be seen. First soap the piece with your finger to remove the surface oil. Then with your finger, apply a thin film of poster paint (yellow is a good color). Step 3. Transferring you r design. Draw your design on tracing paper. N ow rub sligh tly moistened soap over the dry linoleum and let it dry. Turn your design face down on the block. W ith a tool handle rub the back of the tracing paper or go over the design again with the pencil. The soap will take up the pencil lines perfectly. Remem ber your design w ill print ip the reverse, so be sure all lettering reads backwards on the block. Step 4. Cutting the block. Place a book under your piece of linoleum to give a better working plane. Out line the design with the “ V ” -shaped gouge and cut away the big spaces with the “ U ” -shaped gouge. What you cut away will show up white (or whatever color your printing material is). What you leave on the block will print. A ll portions you want to print must be cut with a slanting line towards the cut-away portion. N ev er undercut your edges as this weakens the edges o f the print. Small areas cut out by mistake may be filled in with a bit of plastic wood. A llow it to dry and cut again. If you have made too big an error, throw away your piece and try again. Make shallow cuts rather than deep ones. Hold the tool at a slight angle from the surface of the block and you can cut long graceful lines instead of short choppy ones. And experience has taught block cutters to keep their left hand out of the
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your print and give it a spotty effect. Wash off any poster paint you ’ve applied. Step 6. Inking the block. Place your glass palette over a piece of white paper so you can see the colors clearly. Squeeze % ” ink from the tube and m ix it on the palette with your palette knife. If you have primary colors you can mix them on your palette to get many other colors. You will recall blue and yellow mixed will make green. Red and white produce pink, etc. W hen the ink is thoroughly mixed, roll your brayer back and forth over the ink in all directions. N ow roll it back and forth over your carved design until the design is covered with a thin film. Too much ink w ill make your print look fuzzy. Step 7. Printing you r block. Turn the block face down on you r paper, making sure to center it well. N ow with the side of your fist gently pound the linoleum. Use your fin gers to press the corners and outer edges evenly. L ift the block care fu lly and set your print on a news paper to dry. Charge your block with ink again and begin the next print. Step 8. C leaning up. Clean every thing in sight. Roll the brayer back and forth over old newspapers spread out flat. If you have used water soluble ink, soap and water w ill be adequate to clean your brayer and palette. However, for oil-based ink, use turpentine and old rags.
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