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HOW TO MAKE MULTICOLORED BLOCK PRINTS

 

Step 1
Get an image.  In this case a photo of Roycroft Renaissance Master Embroiderer Diane Ayres.

Step 2
 Create a paint by number type design on tracing paper, planning where each color will be and what colors overlap.

         Step 3
 Using carbon paper, transfer the design to linoleum blocks, one for each color, BACKWARDS. (Forgetting the backwards part will result in terrible remorse later.)

Step 4
 Carve the blocks, one for each color, leaving only the parts that should print. 		 
                 
         
block for gold block for red block for green block for black