Best Relief & Block Printing Materials
While gelatin plates ultimaely deteriorate, Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plates are actual reusable printing surfaces. Made of unique plastic that contains mineral - no latex or animal products.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"No two pulls from this plate are the same, and that's what makes it so addictive."
"LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!"
"When I went to remove the plastic backing from the plate for the first time, some of the "gelli" pealed off."
"The large size expands the countless options for creating cool surface backgrounds."
"I also have two 6 X 6 plates and one of the small sets containing an oval, rectangle and honey comb plates."
"Fabulous product. The only one thing I didnt Like - I ordered All three sizes at same time yet they sent three separate packages !"
"I was planning on making my own gelatin plate but was pressed for time so went ahead and spent the money on this."
"it came with two chunks out of the plate, big pieces missing from it, was not happy at all."
2 Speedball Deluxe Soft Rubber Brayer - 40/42 Durometer Roller With Heavy Duty Steel Frame - 4 Inches
When you are done with your project you can clean the roller off with soap and warm water and wipe down with a paper towel or washcloth. The Speedball Deluxe Soft Rubber Brayer is proudly made in the USA and is a popular choice to use in school and at home. SOFT RUBBER BRAYER – This 4 inch soft brayer is ideal for all types of block printing. QUICK, EASY CLEAN – Clean the roller off with soap and warm water.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Item arrived as promise and it is as advertised."
"Nice, sturdy brayer with metal brace and handle and rubber roller."
"Great feel and high quality construction."
"Bought this brayer to try my hand at block printing, and it works great!"
"ALL GOOD, NO VENDOR PROBLEMS, PRODUCT IS GREAT & AS DEDCRIBED."
"It rolls easily."
"Roll is smooth and reliable."
"I use this for spreading glue on wood working projects."
3D Solutech PLA filament is the choice of engineers, designers, and anyone else into 3D printing who demands the best.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Works awesome."
"Once the vacuum sealed package is opened, if I remove the spool from the printer, I store them in a Rubber Maid container that contains desiccant."
"edit: My most recent few rolls of filament from seem to be of much lower quality than the others I received."
"Ive uploaded some pictures of the quality of prints Ive made with this, including a fast .3mm layer height print (the shark comb), a medium speed .2mm layer height print (some custom washers), and a slow high quality print with .1mm layer height ( octopus)."
"Prints come out Great!!!"
"This is really BLACK, not something that looks like it was rubbed in ashes after it was printed (like other black filaments)."
"Good quality filament."
"And I have tried 4 brands so far this one is stable, no breaks, or bubbles in the print!!!"
Best Relief Printing Brayers
When you are done with your project you can clean the roller off with soap and warm water and wipe down with a paper towel or washcloth. The Speedball Deluxe Soft Rubber Brayer is proudly made in the USA and is a popular choice to use in school and at home. SOFT RUBBER BRAYER – This 6 inch soft brayer is ideal for all types of block printing. QUICK, EASY CLEAN – Clean the roller off with soap and warm water.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Item arrived as promise and it is as advertised."
"Nice, sturdy brayer with metal brace and handle and rubber roller."
"Bought this brayer to try my hand at block printing, and it works great!"
"ALL GOOD, NO VENDOR PROBLEMS, PRODUCT IS GREAT & AS DEDCRIBED."
"Great quality product I use it to smear glue on my wood haha not that would but it does a great job and it cleans up EZ."
"It rolls easily."
"Roll is smooth and reliable."
"I use this for spreading glue on wood working projects."
Best Relief Printing Linoleum Cutters
Speedball Linoleum Cutter – 5 Assorted Lino Cutters Includes Plastic Storage Handle, Made in the USA
The Speedball Linoleum Cutter Assortment set contains one, red lino handle and one each of linoleum cutters 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6. ASSORTED SIZES – This linoleum cutter kit contains (1) each of the following: #1, #2, #3, #5, #6 lino cutters. MADE IN THE USA – The Speedball Linoleum Cutter Assortment #1 is designed and made in the USA.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The blade comes loose repeatedly and requires tightening too often!"
"Great little kit that holds onto all the pieces you need to use it."
"This craft tool was useful when my son needed a more hands-on, fun and creative thing to do while we were traveling."
"I’m a beginner at making stamps and this is just what I needed."
"The blades fit perfectly into the handle for easy storage and its easy to hold in your hand."
"Carves well and is nice and compact."
"The tools do not stay in that well, it wobbles when it is in use."
"UPDATE 12/2017: Two and a half years after my negative review above (after which I purchased a second-hand Speedball cutter on eBay that worked fine), I received an email from Speedball customer service apologizing for the belated outreach and offering to make good on my purchase."
Best Relief Printing Linoleum
This linoleum block comes mounted on ¾ inch MDF board for your convenience. You can use oil-based or water-soluble inks on these carving blocks. PREMIUM LINO BLOCK– The fine, flat surface on the Speedball Linoleum Block will reproduce clear and sharp artwork. SMOKY TAN COLOR – The linoleum is a smoky tan color which is easy on the eyes during extended carving and easily accepts pencil transfers.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"You can achieve really lovely detail, and they carve pretty much exactly the same as battleship gray linoleum."
"I'm still learning how to use this medium effectively, so far I've had some pretty good success."
"The biggest complaint I have is that the sticker that comes on the wood is wrapped around the lower part of the wood so it leaves sticky residue on both sides."
"excellent price point for a large block, no damage and easy to cut with a circular saw."
"This cute little block was the perfect size for my small lotus flower design!"
"Got one of these to practice print making."
"Good product for my needs."
"These blocks are great, I was recommended to used these in my printmaking course and I have bought some of my own to use after the class ended."
Best Screen Printing Supplies
Set of 24 Extra Fine Hobby & Craft Glitter Jars - The Perfect Multi-Purpose Pack for Kids & Adults. We've specially selected each color to create the ultimate glitter craft set. PERFECT FOR CRAFTS & SCRAPBOOKING - kids and adults can get stuck in with this fun glitter jar set - great for making collages, holiday decorations, greetings cards, customised clothes & much more.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Nice collection."
"Great product, good quality. Fast delivery. Will buy again A+++."
"Great for small art projects, gives enough colors that you have options, and it's fun to mix them if one of the colors aren't quite what you want."
"LOVE THIS!!!"
"This glitter is great."
Best Printing Presses & Accessories
Brand new model by Fancier--15-by-15-inch industrial-quality digital heat press with improvements from the previous model. Voltage:110V Power:1800 W. Temperature Range:0-500F Time Range:0-999 s. Electronic time and Heat control: precise time set-up.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"As I was cutting the zip tie on the handle, it popped up and hit me in the face!"
"Takes a little while to heat up and it has a strong new smell but it burns off while it’s heating up the first time."
"When you "pop" it open, it jumps up on the table a bit."
"I’ve been using this for a few months now and I love it!"
"I spent a very long time procrastinating this purchase."
"I’ve pressed a few dozen shirts so far and it’s worked very well."
"emailed the seller and waiting on a reply."
"I loved this press at first, but after only 2 months it started turning itself off (mostly just during the heat up)."
Best Printmaking Inks
These premium printmaking inks are all ground and milled to the perfect consistency which create bold prints that dry to a rich, satiny finish. The block printing ink has nice tack which ensures even coverage and allows you to produce consistent, spectacular results every time. INDUSTRY LEADING PRINTING INK – These block printing inks receive rave reviews from artists and students for good reason.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Inks are relatively expensive, and this well-priced starter set provides perfect quantities and palette range for me to experiment with."
"A good starter set for block printing - I had been using leftover screen printing ink, and wondered what the difference was - this proper block printing ink drys a lot slower, allowing you to squeeze just what you need onto your glass for each pull and keeping the brayer from clogging or drying out too quickly."
"Sure, a good starter set."
"I liked the fact it was a cheap set of inks to experiment with.."
"Me and my children had a blast making Christmas gifts with this starting set."
"We used this to do printmaking with foam printing plates in conjunctions with the Melissa and Doug Block printing paper."
"tubes were smaller than I pictured, but good product."
"Inks worked great."
Best Etching Supplies
Style: Glass Etching Starter Kit. For use with the Silhouette CAMEO, Silhouette Portrait and Silhouette Curio.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"There was only a short dvd that explained the heat transfer flocked material, but not the smooth material."
"Don’t waste money like I did, get something else to sketch with your cameo."
"Love these to put text on the outsides of cards, or to draw on messages for the insides of cards."
"Other than that, this material worked a great variety of surfaces including whicker, canvas, and shirts."
"Didnt know of i had to shake or heat up in a way that makes the ink be more fluid during printing."
"I wanted to add some bling to my jeans, so being an avid Silhouette user, I thought I would give this a try."
"I was sooooo excited about upgrading to the Designer Edition on my Cameo program. Desperate to get it done, I HAND PLACED all of the stones--which took me hours, and made me a bit crazy. For anyone who hasn't already destroyed tons of the flocking material, make sure you adjust your Silhouette settings."
"I spent $ 26.56 and that was the sale price!"
Best Heat Press Machines & Accessories
Brand new model 15-by-15-inch industrial-quality digital heat press with improvements from the previous model, including Teflon on the heat platen. This heat press is compact and is an upward-opening model, which saves space. Ideal for applying transfers, letters, numbers, and images on t-shirts, garments, bags, mouse mats, jigsaw puzzles, ID bages, ceramic tiles, and other items. The pressure can be adjust easily. 7. The silicon pad can endure maximum 350 degree without any distortion. 8. Teflon coated heating plate: Don't need coated sheet anymore, harmless to the cloth, convenient to clean, and provide attractive appearance.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I have had so much fun with it, I use it commercially and it has produced the most perfect htv applications on shirts, sweatpants, leggings, canvas bags, swimsuits, mouse pads.. You name it! Immediately after pulling it out of it's box I wiped it down with a cloth to remove dust from storage and got it set up on a small sturdy desk. I found that 315 degrees for fifteen seconds is the best standard for all of my applications, it doesn't matter if the vinyl is smooth, flocked, or glitter. Just make sure your garment is as flat and smooth as possible on the bottom mat of the machine and it should turn out great."
"Had it for about 3 years , used it numerous times and still going strong, absolutely no issues."
"I was using a home iron before and was simply not getting good results. This is definitely a lot less effort (with an iron, you have to put a TON of pressure on the vinyl and hold each spot for 10-15 seconds), all you do is clamp it down (low effort) and wait for 10-15 seconds. I have been able to use this to fix the shirts that I made with an iron (even after I washed those iron on shirts), and it worked perfectly- no peeling! This press does come with a heat protective sheet which I would recommend using. I just wheel it back into the closet when I don't need it, and wheel it out when I want to use it. Word of caution: open the windows when you use this, as there is a very pungent chemical smell when you first start using."
"I've had my machine for 2 years and it still works great."
"Please read my entire review as I was disappointmented when I first received my heat press but had a very positive experience getting my concerns addressed with Fancier Studio... when I opened my heat press I was disappointed to find the press covered in a thin layer of dirt/sand."
"I had 50 shirts to bling."
"I was able to get a full refund and had return shipping paid for without a problem, but other people may want to be careful before plugging it in."