The Complete Guide to Designing and Printing Fabric by Laurie Wisbrun, softback published by AC Black. ISBN 978-1-4081-4700-9, price 14.99 available from www.acblack.com
Usually ‘complete’ books disappoint me because they are not complete, however this book is different. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It is without doubt the best book I have on fabric printing and I [...]
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The Complete Guide to Designing and Printing Fabric by Laurie Wisbrun
Block Printing by Robert Craig
Block Printing Techniques for Linoleum and Wood, softback published by Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-0601-8, price 16.99 available from www.stackpolebooks.com
A basic guide to learning block printing techniques for lino and wood cuts. The excellent step by step instructions demonstrate various techniques including transferring a design, cutting and printing by hand. This book just simply is not [...]
Transfer Artist Paper by Lesley Riley
Create With Transfer Artist Paper by Lesley Riley, softback published by CT Publishing. ISBN 978-1607-05267-8, price 19.95 US dollars available from www.ctpub.com
If you have been disappointed with transfer methods, TAP is the way forward. It is useful for transferring images onto so many materials, but for quilters and other fabric artists, it’s a dream. This [...]
Angie Lewin Plants and Places
Angie Lewin Plants and Places by Leslie Geddes-Brown, hardback published by Merrell. ISBN 978-1-8589-4536-1, price 25.00 GBP available from www.merrellpublishers.com
I first came across Angie Lewin’s work when I returned to College to do an art course. As part of the printmaking sessions we were asked to source a printmaker and discuss their work. I chose [...]
Block Printing DVD with Jamie Malden
Inspired Block Printing DVD with Jamie Malden, published by Coloricious. Price 17.96 available from www.beckmanndirect.com
This one hour long DVD slowly takes you through a structured approach to block printing with pre-made blocks. The printing is mainly done on top of commercial fabrics although there is some mention of creating serendipity fabrics – wiping your hands [...]