Block Printing is a craft of sophisticated precision.

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Block Printing is a craft of sophisticated precision.

A designer outlines and colours a new print design onto paper. They carefully draw the design within a 7” square (the size can vary) and ensure that the print layout will flawlessly repeat over metres of fabric.   Next – The block craver seamlessly carves the drawing into wood, creating a different block for each element of the design, which also represents each colour. Each block fitting neatly into the other.   And then – Our Block Printers set up a small cart for each colour and firstly they print the outline over a length of fabric. They then ‘fill’...

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