How To Make a Rubber Stamp Print T-shirt – Easy tutorial ! – Glam Radar

by GlamRadar · February 16, 2016

How To Make a Rubber Stamp Print T-shirt  – step by step tutorial :how-to-make-a-rubber-stamp-print-t-shirt

Turn a plain t-shirt into a one-of-a-kind piece by block printing with your own custom stamp. Follow along with the video and then find the full step-by-step tutorial below. This project originally appeared in the Autumn Issue of Rue Magazine.

Materials:

Shirt, prewashed, Oil- based block printing ink, Block printing block, Lino Cutter, Brayer

DIY  Rubber Block Printing Shirt Tutorial

1. Gather your supplies. You’ll need a prewashed tshirt, stamp carving block, carving tool, brayer, oil-based block printing ink, pencil and ruler.diy-rubber-block-printing-shirt-tutorial

2. Sketch out your arrow design in pencil on your carving block. You can do this with a ruler, or download our arrow end pattern here.

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3. After you have the entire design sketched, start by carving around the outline of your design. (If you need some tips on carving a stamp, here are our pro tips.)

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4. Carve away from yourself and don’t try to remove too much material at once.

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5. After you have outlined the fine details of the design, carve away the large areas.diy-carving-rubber-stamp

6. Roll out the ink using a brayer. A steel bench plate is traditional for this step, but we find that an inexpensive ceramic tile from the hardware store works just as well.

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7. Place a magazine inside your shirt to protect the fabric on the other side and give you a nice, even surface for stamping.

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8. Use the brayer to apply ink to your stamp. Test on a scrap piece of fabric or paper before stamping your shirt.

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9. Starting in the center, apply your stamp to your shirt and press firmly to transfer the ink.

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10. Working outwards, continue stamping. We alternated the orientation of the stamp each time, too.

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11. When you’re finished stamping, allow the ink to try. Then follow the instructions on the ink to heat set if required.

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12. That’s it, you’re finished! Wear and enjoy!

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