Hello I'm Fernanda, and today I'm gonna be teaching you about block printing. Whether you want to start your own design line or presence or gift for your friend, block printing is a very versatile skill used in many ways. So let's get started and have fun printing would not continue the printing method that can be used with different types of stamps with love printing was traditionally started in the Rochester area of India and it dates back from the 18th century. This gear was passed from generation to generation. Basically, it was used to do fabric designs you can print in wood, you can paint in plastic on paper. In this class, we're going to use the T tables and you can choose t tables that have some detail on them.

Or you can also just use details that are white. For cream it's important that they are hundred percent There are many types of stocks that traditional Indian Sam is carved from board. And these are used to to do contemporary fabric design. What they do is they they go into the board and they just start with this really really intricate. You can also print in rubber stamps that you can have your own designs made and I will give you reference for vendors but you can basically do a design and it will be transferred into into a stamp that you can use. Another method is the potato, these you probably maybe didn't like kindergarten or something they're really easy to use.

They're not as durable but in a pinch, you can always, you know, get a bear to toggle you can even be like a carrot or a radish and have something to create a sample and today we're going to use that easy cut block which is my one of my favorites because it's it's really easy to cut and you don't need no pressure to do it. So let's get started.