Description
This is a wood block of a 16th Century German illumination of a cat with what appears to be a rocket on its back, recreated by Kat Robinson from an illustration in the "Buch von den probierten Künsten" of Franz Helmcurrently held at the Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg. Artist Grav Weldon has extracted the image & created a laser-cut stamp of this motif for use in block printing. The block can be custom made to your dimensions, but can be no smaller than four inches & no larger than 6 inches in height. The original can be viewed here at the Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg online. https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg128/0187/image For orders outside the US & Canada, please contact vendor. International sales are handled through a special order often better calculate shipping costs. All products are made in the USA from locally sourced lumber. Materials for block printing: Ink or paint (see below) Cheap art felt (4-6 layers) Rubber brayer Non-porous surface for applying paint to brayer (glass, marble, stone, mirror, or a piece of aluminum foil taped to a hard surface) To clean blocks: Use the sink sprayer in your kitchen to gently extract paint from the crevices of your block, or lightly rub away paint bits with your fingertips. Set to dry in a war, dry place. For linen, cotton or rayon, silk screen ink (Speedball, Jacquard) is preferred. Some artisans use house paint. For silk & wool: Speedball block printing ink for fabric, or etching inks. 16Th Century German Rocket Cat Woodcut Stamp For Wood Block Printing Or Leather Embossing Sca
