linocut printing on fabric without press

[Josh Rickun]

Print your block on some acetate in black and shoot it on a screen.

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[julia green]

feck you screen printers. HA! The reason I did a lino is because it is cheaper than screen printing and I can do it at home but I don't have a screen print set up at home.

[julia green]

I did this little process thing last year. It may help - I just used the block and held it with one hand, and tapped all over it with a small hammer and it worked pretty well for me.
Olde Soul Print Shop: Using a 2x4 to print a shirt.

A hammer! You rock! Thanks, Zach

[zlandrum]

you're welcome! I would suggest though to use a plastisol based ink (you can get small quantities from here - Screen Printing Inks for a reasonable price) not sure how it will affect the linoleum, but it will stay in the shirt... use a heat gun (paint peeling gun from home depot) to cure it, and it should be good for every wash from here to timbucktwo. I can't wait to see what you do, keep us updated!

[SkatRadioh]

I was able to register a three color shirt with lino blocks and the use of a book press. Surely you could build a smll book press if you were so inclined to.

[julia green]

My band's cd release is in less than two weeks. Mmmmm don't quite have the time for it. I have a non-art job and limited income.

[julia green]

I finished the designs already- one is a set of ghosts and the other is of a loon.

[julia green]

[SkatRadioh]

Cool! Well then, yeah, get a friend to sit in your car idling while you ink it up! ;D You wont look funny at all, I promise! Best!

[B-DROID]

Uh, I noticed something in your pics that might bum you out, Julia. You're holding your blocks up to a web cam and they are wrong reading which means in real life they are right reading (maybe your camera settings are different though). When you print them they are going to be wrong reading.