http://www.instructables.com Sat, 18 May 2013 11:14:13 PDT BLOX v1.01 http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Obamas-by-Emma-Austin-age-8/ http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F7H/A3SC/HFD1JJYI/F7HA3SCHFD1JJYI.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F7H/A3SC/HFD1JJYI/F7HA3SCHFD1JJYI.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F7H/A3SC/HFD1JJYI/F7HA3SCHFD1JJYI.SMALL.jpg LincolnStreetBGCB What did you Make? I made a print series of president Obama.  How did you make it? First I drew Obama on a piece of paper. Then I traced the picture I had drawn onto a piece of styrofoam. Then I took a pen and carved into the styrofoam where I had draw lines. Then I used a paintbrush to put differen...
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Continue Reading »]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:51:26 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/LEAF-PRINTS/
LEAF PRINTS - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F2I/1B5G/HAVGK1US/F2I1B5GHAVGK1US.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F2I/1B5G/HAVGK1US/F2I1B5GHAVGK1US.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F2I/1B5G/HAVGK1US/F2I1B5GHAVGK1US.SMALL.jpg Susan Cirigliano I was recently working on a series of mono-prints of the 4 seasons using leaves and an etching press. I began to photograph the leaves I was using at different stages of the printmaking process. I created a collection of  what I think are pretty interesting images as well as turing 12 of them into e...
By: Susan Cirigliano

Continue Reading »]]> Mon, 7 Jan 2013 15:02:57 PST http://www.instructables.com/id/Snowflake-pattern-Gift-Wrap/
Snowflake pattern Gift Wrap - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F4U/YTLY/HA4MKLAW/F4UYTLYHA4MKLAW.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F4U/YTLY/HA4MKLAW/F4UYTLYHA4MKLAW.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F4U/YTLY/HA4MKLAW/F4UYTLYHA4MKLAW.SMALL.jpg Susan Cirigliano Making your own gift wrap is fun, easy and fairly inexpensive. The snowflake stamp is made by using an eraser. It just takes time to print the patterns, but, your family and friends will love that you created it for them! supplies you will need erasers, I like to use gum erasers 2"X1"X1" (I buy t...
By: Susan Cirigliano

Continue Reading »]]> Mon, 3 Dec 2012 18:21:03 PST http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Print-Using-a-Carry-Out-Box/
How to Make a Print Using a Carry-Out Box - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FDZ/8385/H82U0W10/FDZ8385H82U0W10.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FDZ/8385/H82U0W10/FDZ8385H82U0W10.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FDZ/8385/H82U0W10/FDZ8385H82U0W10.SMALL.jpg visualartsgirl The following is a step by step tutorial of how to make a print using a carry-out box. This is a craft appropriate for grades K-6 but could also be used to aid motor skills and hand-arm function for therapeutic purposes. List of Materials: Carry-out box Brayer Tube of Paint (acrylic works best...
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Continue Reading »]]> Tue, 9 Oct 2012 18:49:41 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Zenzic-Press/ http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F96/8H15/H6FC1M4X/F968H15H6FC1M4X.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F96/8H15/H6FC1M4X/F968H15H6FC1M4X.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F96/8H15/H6FC1M4X/F968H15H6FC1M4X.SMALL.jpg knecessary zenzizenziZENZIC PRESS at ps·z Zenzic Press is setting up shop to provide Iowa City with community printmaking facilities at ps·z Zenzic Press will provide the space, equipment, and knowledge to explore the conceptual and material methods of Print Media in the traditions of image, text, and book. ...
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Continue Reading »]]> Sun, 2 Sep 2012 08:32:48 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Woodblock-printing-with-the-laser-cutter/
Woodblock printing with the laser cutter - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FOH/QGCT/H63P41MH/FOHQGCTH63P41MH.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FOH/QGCT/H63P41MH/FOHQGCTH63P41MH.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FOH/QGCT/H63P41MH/FOHQGCTH63P41MH.SMALL.jpg craigdaniel If, like me, you think traditional printmaking is awesome but don't have the manual dexterity to carve out fine channels in wood, a laser engraver provides a handy shortcut. Here's the process. Create your file. To start with, you want a file that's pretty close to monochromatic. This can be a di...
By: craigdaniel

Continue Reading »]]> Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:53:57 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Camp-Art-Director-Project-Ideas/ http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FDD/9C9G/H142A5YX/FDD9C9GH142A5YX.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FDD/9C9G/H142A5YX/FDD9C9GH142A5YX.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FDD/9C9G/H142A5YX/FDD9C9GH142A5YX.SMALL.jpg poofrabbit I have worked for 12 years as a children's summer camp art director.  I dislike buying packaged arts and craft projects and look outside the box for ideas for our many art area activities.  Because of this role, I found instructables.  I continue to use instructables to this day to not only find fu...
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Continue Reading »]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:25:10 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Reuse-that-editioned-Photopolymer-plate/
Reuse that editioned Photopolymer plate! - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FI3/118O/GLL4UXVV/FI3118OGLL4UXVV.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FI3/118O/GLL4UXVV/FI3118OGLL4UXVV.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FI3/118O/GLL4UXVV/FI3118OGLL4UXVV.SMALL.jpg man0matrix This is a fun way to get more out of your photo printmaking. The photopolymer printmaking plate in this photo is solar plate. After exposure! This is how the solar plate plate looked like after it was exposed. wiping the plate Wiping etching ink into the plate surface. Wiping the plate ed...
By: man0matrix

Continue Reading »]]> Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:40:01 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Printing-Press/
Printing Press - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FDX/3PTF/GGPET738/FDX3PTFGGPET738.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FDX/3PTF/GGPET738/FDX3PTFGGPET738.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FDX/3PTF/GGPET738/FDX3PTFGGPET738.SMALL.jpg handprints I took a printmaking class and, after the experience, I just knew that I had to have a printing press of my own.  After much research, I decided that a platen press would work for me at home, and I started my shopping.  The press I wanted was beautiful but it was expensive and the cost of shipping w...
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Continue Reading »]]> Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:35:01 PST http://www.instructables.com/id/Linoleum-Block-Printing/
Linoleum Block / Printmaking - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F7E/UUNJ/GRBTNW64/F7EUUNJGRBTNW64.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F7E/UUNJ/GRBTNW64/F7EUUNJGRBTNW64.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F7E/UUNJ/GRBTNW64/F7EUUNJGRBTNW64.SMALL.jpg Hudson Hill Please Rate my "Instructable"- Enjoy the World of Printmaking! "Linocut" is a printmaking technique, a variant of woodcut in which a sheet of linoleum (sometimes mounted on a wooden block) is used for the relief surface. A design is cut into the linoleum surface with a sharp knife, V-shaped chisel ...
By: Hudson Hill

Continue Reading »]]> Wed, 5 May 2010 15:24:46 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-keep-using-your-Gocco/
How to keep using your Gocco - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FAX/T7A4/FSFOJ0WC/FAXT7A4FSFOJ0WC.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FAX/T7A4/FSFOJ0WC/FAXT7A4FSFOJ0WC.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FAX/T7A4/FSFOJ0WC/FAXT7A4FSFOJ0WC.SMALL.jpg UnlessSomeoneLikeYou An alternative method of creating screens and ink for your Print Gocco as materials become harder to find. Expose your Screen The process is based around a product called StencilPro. It is similar to photoEZ which many of you have heard of, but prints at a better quality and has a longer shelf ...
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Continue Reading »]]> Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:40:23 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Linoleum-block-printing-jig/
Linoleum block printing jig - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F7N/TYMH/FM2KATD4/F7NTYMHFM2KATD4.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F7N/TYMH/FM2KATD4/F7NTYMHFM2KATD4.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F7N/TYMH/FM2KATD4/F7NTYMHFM2KATD4.SMALL.jpg El Rey If you're printing one color prints, well, you cut the linoleum block, slap a piece of paper on it, trim the paper and you're done.If you want to do multiple-block printing, you have to have some way to line the edge of the paper up every time, so that, say, the red background printed from block 1 l...
By: El Rey

Continue Reading »]]> Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:08:19 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Creating-cutting-and-printing-your-own-woodblock/
Creating, cutting and printing your own woodblock - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F40/9XF3/FH1GF6MJ/F409XF3FH1GF6MJ.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F40/9XF3/FH1GF6MJ/F409XF3FH1GF6MJ.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F40/9XF3/FH1GF6MJ/F409XF3FH1GF6MJ.SMALL.jpg rbanks Here's the basic process for buying tools, cutting a woodblock, inking and then printing with it. I've actually been trying to find a way into printing for a while, but don't have any access locally to equipment or classes. I finally came across Louise Woods' awesome book entitled " Practical Printm...
By: rbanks

Continue Reading »]]> Thu, 5 Jun 2008 13:28:55 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-your-own-Embossed-Business-Cards-using-Acid-E/
Make your own Embossed Business Cards using Acid Etching - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://cdn.instructables.com/FOX/DKS4/F5Y3TKMM/FOXDKS4F5Y3TKMM.SQUARE2.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FOX/DKS4/F5Y3TKMM/FOXDKS4F5Y3TKMM.SQUARE.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FOX/DKS4/F5Y3TKMM/FOXDKS4F5Y3TKMM.SMALL.jpg bofthem Etch. Press. Print. Want to learn how to emboss paper for your own business cards? Create your own pattern on the computer, and etch it into a brass plate. I've wanted to make my own embossed business cards since I was handed a really incredible one at a fancy restaurant. I tried several methods of...
By: bofthem

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