I received these antique wood blocks, originally from Uzbekistan – by way of Laney, who has the great shop Sahaba Imports, on ebay. She travels to Uzbekistan several times a year and brings back a bevy of beautiful treasures. My Marcel has a funny song that he and his Papi made up called This Stan Is Your Stan, This Stan Is My Stan. They sing about the "Stan countries." I’ll ask them for the lyrics so I can share them. Anyway, be sure to check out Laney’s great goodies.

Yippee! I can’t wait to start printing on fabric with these. I think I’ll use linen. I’ll share the process as I go, so stay tuned!

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11 responses to “Wood Block Printing in My Future”

Nicole

August 11, 2006

Hi, I was just wondering what type of ink one would use with those? There is a bead shop that has a ton of them, I am always tempted to buy one, but never sure how I would use it.
Great blog by the way, I really enjoyed your last post, and the way that you photograph the things around you. Thank you.

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Sylvie

August 11, 2006

Hi Nicole!
I just sent your blog and Flickr links to my friend at http://www.TouchTheSpindle.blogspot.com
Your work is incredible.
I’m still researching the pigment that I will use for the block printing. I’ll keep you updated on that if you like.
Thank you for visiting!

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Nicole

August 11, 2006

Thanks! Please keep me updated. I have been think about screen printing or stamping fabric, but colorfast inks are kind of foreign to me.
I have been outing myself as blog reader, aka “blog lurker”, slowly and quite timidly. I am a fan of Aurora’s blog, and I am so flattered that you told her about mine.

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style*court

August 12, 2006

Sylvie, this is very exciting! You know how I love John Robshaw’s handblocked prints (on fabric) and textiles from Uzbekistan. Since you have a great eye for pattern and color, I can’t wait to see your creations!
xo
Courtney

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Ingrid

August 14, 2006

I’m sure you will make wonders on linen! I am really looking forward to seeing your first work of art Sylvie 🙂

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Sylvie

August 14, 2006

Thank you so kindly Courtney and Ingrid!
Oui-oui, j’adore John Robshaw aussi!

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Veronica TM

August 19, 2006

These are so great Sylvie! Can’t wait to see your work with them.

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molly

August 28, 2006

I love these woodblocks!! I’m always looking for things like this because they’re great on the pottery stuff I make…i’ll definitely check out the links. i’d love to find some, too!
can’t wait to see the fabric you stamp. it will be amazing!

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marti

August 29, 2006

Sylvie,
These are beautifu wood blocks, I have used these sometimes when designing for my fabric line Islandreams.
You can view them on islandreamstextiles.com.
thanks for Laney, she will be a great resource for me,
Marti

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Amy Leonard

January 2, 2007

hello! i am a brand new bloggger clicking myself around. i am very interested to see your printing progress! textiles and hand decoration are my favorites. your blog looks great – i hope i can figure out how to fancy mine up. you have inspired me to take more photos. thanks!

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Maryam in Marrakesh

January 8, 2007

So what has happened with these? Have you tried them? Could you post on it? I have some of these, too!

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