Today i completed my blockprinting cousins, which i had planned last week. We used Speedball Easy Carve blocks, i had some pink left over from my kit, and i bought a fresh block for Robyn (11) & Connie (9).
Here are some photographs from our creative day!
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| We like to make mess :) |
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| Connie printing her nutella guy for the first test print on paper - awww bless her! it worked yay! |
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| Connie printing her little nutella jar guy in a brick repeat |
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| Robyn printing her leaf design - in both purple and white! |
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| The blocks at the end after washing. The ink remains in some pieces - you can see how complex some of the cuts are! |
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| Our ink :) |
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| Connies Fabric :) |
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| Robyns Fabric :) |
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| My Fabric :) |
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| The pink product and the white product :) |
Okay.. this is where my 'review; comes in...
Both the pink and the white product here are branded as Speedball Easy Carve..
The pink came in a starter pack which contained my cutting tool
(i have a whole bunch of these but i didnt bring them to Canada - so just got this basic one for my trip)
The white you could buy as a plastic wrapped seperate.
The pink is super smooth, lovely product. You can see there are some knicks in the side of the carved piece. These knicks will not come off unless cut, if you rubbed them they would bounce back!
The white is super crumbley. Dont buy the white! Find the pink! its not just a colour change, theres definately something in there. The white is halfway between the really nice, smooth rubber, and lino. Its okay, but its not the pink. A word of warning!! You can see all the little crumbs, any knicks would just rub away.
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