Owl Potato Block Printing on Bottle

• Block printing is an ancient technique to make paint easily. But with the advance of technology, people developed better-automated printers.
• But still, the handmade block printings are valued and cannot be taken off-shelf because of its artistic angle.
• Block printings are generally made by carving wood.
• But in this instructable, I will be making it with potato, for its simplicity, plus I will be applying it on a whisky bottle.

Step 1: Components

• Potatoes
• Whisky Bottle
• Acrylic Paints
• Paint Brushes
• Knife or Peeler
• Empty Container

Step 2: Shaping the Potato Block

• A small potato is chosen so that the shape can be made similar to an owl.
• From a side, potato is cut in cross-section manner.
• The triangular shape is cut, and a depth of the cut is given (approx 1cm)

Step 3: Preparing Bottle

• The stickers on the bottle, are removed by putting it in the water.
• After 10 min the stickers are a bit easier to be removed.
• Sandpaper can be used to remove it by ease.

Step 4: Painting the Bottle Background

• Background of the bottle is painted in orange colour.
• I mixed orange pigment with white acrylic paint to make the perfect colour.
• I used the appropriate paintbrush to paint the bottle orange.

Step 5: Uniform Paint

• Orange colour is uniformly given

Step 6: Painting Branches

• Black paint is applied on the orange background to make it appear as branches of trees
• Black paint is painted from a thick to thin.

Step 7: Making Owls

• Different colours are used to make different owls.
• The shaped potato is taken and paint is applied to it, either by using a paintbrush or putting the block on the paint.
• After it is uniformly applied, the block is pushed against the bottle at the appropriate place, to make it appear that owls are sitting on the branches.

Step 8: Different Colored Owls

• Potato block is painted with different colours to make different coloured owls.

Step 9: Features of Owls

• Eyes are painted with white exterior and Black interior.
• Nose and feet are painted with yellow

Step 10: Alternative Quick Print

• Later I discovered that it can be more easily be painted by full block with eyes and nose on it.

Step 11: Finished

• It can be a wonderful decorative thing for our home.
• Fairy lights can be put inside it to make a wonderful view.