Prints

I’ve wanted to use lasercutting to help with the more tedious aspects of blockprinting for a long time. I finally had an opportunity to test this with an illustration that had received a lot of positive feedback and sufficient time before the event that I could plan on bringing prints beforehand. Laser setup I’m using L.’s laser which she has generously set up in the woodshop. Lightburn for the software. Settings are here: ...

it felt really good to get prints out (their weight and the texture of the riso is so satisfying in person!) and to have people want to buy them at the soundsystem check by the lake on a sunny day. i easily made back the cost of printing (2-color risos from tinysplendor.com) and made a decent profit. i still have more to move and guess i need to get good at marketing? ...