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Inspired Artist: Block Print for Beginners teaches beginners how to design and carve their own lino blocks and create a variety of unique, customizable art prints.
List of contents
Introduction How to Use This Book
Finding Inspiration
Tools & Materials
Fundamental Techniques
Basic Block PrintsOne-color Block Print
Two-color Block Print
Multicolor Interlocking Block Print
Traditional Carving Block Print
Hand-colored Block Print
Mosaic-effect Block Print
Rainbow Roll Block Print
Puzzle-cut Block Print
Multiplate Block Print
Reduction Block Print
Techniques Using Block & StampPrinting Abstract Forms
Printing in Repeated Patterns
Printing with Colorful Stamp Ink
Printing Collage Pieces
Creative Ideas for Carved BlocksBookplate
Thank-you Card
Wrapping Paper
Tea Towel
Wallpaper Glossary
Printmaking Resources
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the author
Elise Young is a creator and printmaker living and working in Toronto, Canada. She makes art under her studio name, Bloomingprint, which she established in 2016. Currently, she also works with several companies as a pattern designer. Her work is mainly inspired by nature, especially florals and botanical elements. She hopes to enrich people’s daily lives and provide joyful moments through her artwork. When she isn’t carving the block, she loves to travel and spend quality time with her family. You can find her recent work on Instagram @bloomingprint.
Summary
Inspired Artist: Block Print for Beginners teaches beginners how to design and carve their own lino blocks and create a variety of unique, customizable art prints.
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"I walked away from the book not only feeling inspired but also supported that I could actually whip up some unique stamps of my own that I could use again and again in my work."
