I like to add text to my prints. So I doodled peace, love, hope and joy. Today I carved the “PEACE” block out of an eraser.
I transferred the pencil image to the block by taping the drawing face down onto the block and burnishing on the backside.
That works out great to reverse the image so that it prints out correctly. I used my speedball carving set to scoop away the background and leave the PEACE.
I was able to get a pretty clean carving. It printed up nicely without a lot of noise from the background. I printed some test impression on scrap paper and then printed a couple of cards.
I like how it looks with the PEACE in different values. I inked the block once and printed it 3 times. I experimented with printing on different colors and textures.
Check out a few more block printed images a leaf, an abstract stone and abstract patterns with foam blocks.