I’ve grown with a number of close family members
interested in textiles and textile design and when I was younger, my mother
used to have a block-printing studio in our house. I remember being incredibly
excited when I’d go inside and always wanted to know how to make the fabulous textiles my mother would make. Unfortunately we moved houses and I was never
really able to make use of that studio.
So this summer I decided it was time for me
to learn how to block-print!
Here's a picture of my first try. I was only allowed to make this border and only allowed to use one colour this would make sure that my hand would get really steady and know how much pressure to put and what not.
And this is from my second try. Note that I've graduated to using patterns (hurrah hurrah!).
The blocks themselves are beautiful. They're made out of a lovely dark wood and look especially lovely with traces of left over pigment on them.
Expect more posts about my block-print training!
