Block Printing and Digital Pattern Design

Overview

“Now I am going to tell you about the possibilities of creating the Block Printing technique and how we are going to develop our final project.”

In this video lesson Marta Afonso addresses the topic: What will we do in the course?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Block Printing and Digital Pattern Design. Discover manual stamping techniques that bring fabrics to life and create an original digital collection of patterns.

Partial transcription of the video

“What Will We Do in The Course? In this lesson, I'll talk about the magic of hand printing. I'll also tell you what we can do to use stamps in block printing. I'll also reveal the final project. Apart from how beautiful it is, hand printing allows us to customize fabric for different applications. In this course, we'll focus on block printing, a very ancient technique that uses stamps to print on fabric. Stamps are hand-carved, and then pressed against fabric. The ink is transferred from the block to the stamp and then from the stamp to the fabric. Drawings are embossed on the stamps, and th...”

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Course summary for: Block Printing and Digital Pattern Design

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (158)
• 3599 students
• 5 units
• 22 lessons (4h 48m)
• 9 downloads

• Category

  Craft, Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Fashion Design, Pattern Design, Printing, Textile Printing, Traditional illustration