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Archive: Printing
April 25, 2009
Grafica Fidalga Letterpress Video
Cool Hunting Video got up close and personal with the three men who run Grafica Fidalga, a printing press in São Paulo, Brazil. They use a machine from 1929 using hand-cut wooden letters. The way the machine works is mesmerizing.
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A Visit with Hello Lucky - CRAFT Video Podcast
Posted by Becky Stern |
Apr 25, 2009 12:07 PM
Printing, Technology, Video, Vintage |
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April 23, 2009
How-To: Simple Botanical Prints
Wendy from Build/Make/Craft/Bake shows you how to make simple botanical prints by hammering flowers and leaves to release the natural dyes.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Apr 23, 2009 08:00 AM
Crafting with Nature, Paper Crafts, Printing |
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March 20, 2009
DIY Baby Book
Sara of Party Perfect is a former art director for Martha Stewart's Babies and Kids magazines. In this weekend project, Sara made a baby book for her son Gram by taking photos of objects and spelling out the words with wooden letters. She then took all the photos into iPhoto and had her own book made!
Sara writes:
Last week we bought my son a 'first words' book. It had some common words like 'car' and 'ball'- but the car didn't look like ours and the neon orange soccer ball didn't look like any we owned. So I thought it might be nice to create a first words book exclusively for him, using objects that were more familiar to him and focusing on words that he was either already trying to grasp (ball, momma) or words that would be helpful to me (milk, water).
You can even take this great concept further and make simple flash cards for your baby by printing it on cardstock from your printer at home. [ via AT ohdeedoh ]
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Mar 20, 2009 11:00 AM
Babies, Design, Printing |
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March 16, 2009
Yudu Screen Printing Video Review
Handmade Detroit did this awesome video review of the Yudu screen printing machine. It has a hefty pricetag, but this video review has even me convinced that it it might be worth it. Via Core77.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Mar 16, 2009 09:00 AM
Printing, Tools |
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March 9, 2009
Men's Sewing Kit and a Kit to Thwart Writers Block
I love the sleek style of this men's sewing kit from designer, Elizabeth Dilk.
This sewing kit was created when posed with the problem of creating a sewing kit for men. I decided to package a small, 3.5"x3.5" cube with just the essentials and directions to replace a button, mend a tear, and hem pants.
And her Kit to Thwart Writers Block is absolutely brilliant!
The Kit to Thwart Writers Block was created after being asked to find something I hate, change it and make it better, and then advertise it. Because I hate getting writers block, I researched the many ways to solve it, and created a packaged kit. I advertised it by silkscreening depressing doodles on napkins that look like they could have been drawn by someone in the throes of writers block. Folded on the other side of the napkin is the logo of the kit. Napkins were dispersed at coffee shops, and other locations where one might go to try and avoid writers block.
Posted by Rachel Hobson |
Mar 9, 2009 03:00 PM
Paper Crafts, Printing |
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February 17, 2009
Brown Paper Bag Recipe Cards
Learn how to recycle brown paper bags into recipe cards in this tutorial by Jackie on Crafting a Green World. She also includes a PDF of her recipe card design for you to easily print with.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Feb 17, 2009 05:00 PM
Paper Crafts, Printing, Recycle |
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December 16, 2008
HOW TO - Make Hand-Printed Fleece Scarves
Chrisjob at Curbly shares instructions in a video podcast for making your own hand-printed fleece scarves. They only cost about $2 to make and are great holiday presents.
Posted by Michelle Kempner |
Dec 16, 2008 07:00 AM
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December 1, 2008
CRAFT Project: Tater-Stamped Kitchen Curtain
I've been wanting to try out potato printing for a while now--hadn't done it since I was a kid--and I also needed some new kitchen curtains, so I decided to kill two birds with one stone and stamp up some new window coverings. This is an extremely quick and easy project you can whip up in an hour or so. Best of all, the curtains are made by stitching tea towels together, so there are no hems to sew and you can hang them using curtain clips. Here's how I made mine.
Tater-Stamped Kitchen Curtains
Materials:
• A potato or three
• Kitchen knife
• X-Acto craft knife
• Felt-tip marker
• Fabric paint (I used Tulip Soft Fabric Paint, matte finish)
• Tea towels (I used the super-cheap and simple-looking Tekla towels from IKEA.)
• Thread
- Start by figuring out how many tea towels it will take to cover your window and sew them together at the edges. I didn't want my window completely covered, so I used two towels sewn together along one long edge.
- Cut about 1/3 of your potato off (with the potato laying lengthwise) and pat the cut surface off with paper towels. Use a marker to draw a shape on the cut surface. I chose to do a leaf. Simple, graphic shapes are best.
- Using a small knife (such as a paring knife), cut away at the outside edges of your design, slicing about 1/2" down.
- Clean up your design by carving closer to the marked edge with the X-acto knife. If the potato starts to feel slippery, just keep dabbing with on paper towels to remove excess moisture.
- Lay out your curtain on top of some newspaper. Dab the surface of your potato stamp with fabric paint. I used a foam brush to do so, and found that this produced a crisper print than dipping the stamp directly into the paint.
- Make some test prints on scrap paper. When you feel you're getting the hang of how hard you need to press to get the look you like, try it out on your curtain. I chose to run the leaf pattern along one edge of the curtain.
- If you'd like to switch colors, simply dab your potato stamp on scrap paper and/or paper towels until the surface is clean and apply a new color. You can keep doing this until your potato gets mushy, if you like.
- After stamping pink and green leaves, I hacked away at my potato stamp and made a slightly smaller leaf and added some blue leaves to the design as well. If your potato is in good enough shape, feel free to keep carving into it--otherwise just switch to a new potato and start from scratch.
- Allow the paint to dry according to the manufacturer's instructions. Add curtain clips to the top, then hang and admire.
I had so much fun experimenting with potato printing, and am excited to apply the same technique to other items around my house like tote bags and teeshirts. I also can't wait to try it with all the kidlets in my life!
Posted by Jenny Ryan |
Dec 1, 2008 11:00 AM
CRAFT Projects, Home Decor, Printing |
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November 4, 2008
Recycled Styrofoam Block Prints
MBear from Craftster has been experimenting with using styrofoam food packaging to carve cool linoleum-style blocks for printmaking. The results are fantastic!
Posted by Jenny Ryan |
Nov 4, 2008 05:00 PM
Printing, Recycle |
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October 24, 2008
HOW TO: Nature Printing With Simple Supplies
Jen points us to this interesting tutorial from Charles G. Morgan on the Lee Valley & veritas Web site. I love the idea that using simple supplies like tin foil and plexi glass can result in such a beautiful print.
Posted by Rachel Hobson |
Oct 24, 2008 10:00 AM
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September 22, 2008
HOW TO - Make Iron-On Fabric Labels
Laurriane of PatchworkPottery shows you how to make easy iron-on fabric labels in her tutorial. [ via Whip Up ]
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Sep 22, 2008 10:00 AM
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September 16, 2008
"Manly" Potato-Print Travel Pouch
Creative Kismet wanted to make a non-girly travel pouch for her husband, but her fabric stash didn't offer much that was appropriate--so she took matters into her own hands and made some potato-print fabric using Lotta Jansdotter's book as inspiration. Great job!
Related:
CRAFT Pattern Podcast - Stencil Printing by Lotta Jansdotter
Posted by Jenny Ryan |
Sep 16, 2008 03:00 PM
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Make a Customized Silhouette T-Shirt Of Your Kids
Inhabitots shows you all the steps on how to make a customized silhouette t-shirt of your kids. So cute!
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Sep 16, 2008 10:00 AM
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September 12, 2008
Fabric Paint Stamp Pad Tutorial
Jezze shows you how to make a fabric paint stamp pad in her tutorial.
She writes:
Sometimes when you're printing tiny blocks (to make buttons, for instance) it's quicker to ink the blocks with a stamp pad rather than a foam brush or roller. I haven't been able to find any instructions for a home-made stamp pad to use with fabric paint, only commercial ones.
Thanks Shannon!
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Sep 12, 2008 09:00 AM
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August 26, 2008
Sponge Stampers
Kids Craft Weekly's Printing issue is filled with fun printing projects for kids, including this one on how to make sponge stampers.
Posted by Natalie Zee Drieu |
Aug 26, 2008 08:00 AM
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August 25, 2008
HOW TO - Rolling Pin Prints
This project by Craft Chi definitely falls under the "Why didn't I think of that?!" category--using cork cutouts mounted on a rolling pin to create prints you just roll, roll, roll across paper. Brilliant!
Posted by Jenny Ryan |
Aug 25, 2008 05:00 PM
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Block Printing 101
Lizzy House provides her readers with a handy downloadable PDF tutorial explaining the ins and outs of block printing.
Posted by Jenny Ryan |
Aug 25, 2008 01:00 PM
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August 18, 2008
HOW TO - Emboss Velvet with Rubber Stamps
Marc @ MAKE points us to Instructables user Inklings and Imprints, who posted up a neat how-to for embossing velvet with rubber stamps and a household iron.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Aug 18, 2008 04:00 PM
Fabric, Printing |
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Lotta-Inspired Skirt
Creative Kismet was inspired by Lotta Jansdotter's Lotta Prints book to create this simple but lovely wrap skirt. She substituted sponges for potatoes when printing and the results are excellent.
Related:
• Stencil Printing with Lotta Jansdotter - CRAFT Pattern Podcast
• Lotta Jansdotter Fabric
Posted by Jenny Ryan |
Aug 18, 2008 01:00 PM
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August 6, 2008
Pictorial Gocco Tutorial
Whip Up found the most complete step-by-step pictorial tutorial for Gocco. Flickr user mariss+drew really went to town with 55 super informative steps.
Posted by Michelle Kempner |
Aug 6, 2008 07:00 AM
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