Manual Printing for Photopolymer Stamps

Manual stamping with photopolymer seals

“And we have reached the end of the course and now it is your turn to practice. In this final project we propose to create your own stamp for a specific application, whether to print a packaging, create a business card, print on textile, wood ... First find an interesting object or material to start stamping and plan the work, taking into account the size and placement of the stamping. Now prepare the design, you can use your own illustrations, the logo of your personal project or create a typographic design. If you are not interested in using the computer or parts of a full-color or grayscale image, we recommend that you print it on paper and place a transparent paper on top of it by redrawing with a black marker, so you will be reinterpreting the white drawing and black. Then you can scan the drawing on invert it or take it to a copy shop to have it printed on an inverted transparency (white to black and black to white). We recommend that you follow the instructions to create the negatives of unit 3, second lesson. You can work with a single ink or use several stamps with different colors, remember to start with some tests with simple stamps and gradually complicate the designs, using increasingly thin lines and text or patterns, do not set limits but progress to Little to avoid frustration. Remember that you have the forum at your disposal for any questions, interact with your classmates so that together we can complete the lessons with case studies and details. We have opened a topic so you can share store addresses and links to supplies in your country or city with other students. Be patient if we don't answer right away, we will do our best to keep the forum active. We would love to hear from you, share your prints, from the simplest and immediate tests to more elaborate projects. We hope to see you soon and that you enjoyed the course. STAMP! ”

Partial transcription of the video

“What we are going to do now is a short summary of everything learned in the course. At the beginning we have seen different printing techniques , applications, advantages and disadvantages of each. We have shown you techniques such as screen printing, carving, stamping with blocks and templates. We have introduced the technique of photopolymer engraving, which is what we have used throughout the course and how to adapt to an immediate and domestic application. In addition, we have given you a list with different materials, the most specialized is the photopolymer plate. But we have seen how...”

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Course summary for: Manual Printing for Photopolymer Stamps

• Level: Beginner
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• 10333 students
• 5 units
• 15 lessons (1h 59m)
• 8 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Arts & Crafts, Engraving, Fine Arts, Printing, Screen Printing, Textile Printing