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| Workstation. Yes - I put stickers on my printer - mostly all for ski related products! |
Have you been to my Etsy shop yet? Go do that, I can wait. I want to show you how I put together the blocks that I have been selling there. This is a post for those interested in making something similar with their own images, and for those potential customers from Etsy who want to see how I prepare the product. This is for all of you!
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| Printing while painting. |
2. Print your images at appropriate sizes. Conveniently, the sizes and amounts I chose, all fit on a single 13"x19" poster paper which I use.
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| All four edges are painted black, and into the picture area, incase of mis-trimming. |
3. While printing, beging painting your blocks - either handmade or purchased. Start with three sides, move onto the next. By the time I finish the eighth, the first is ready to have it's fourth side painted with a dry side for me to grab it by.
4. Paint a bit to the display side, sometimes images get cut small, or blocks are slightly larger than intended.
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| Simple tools |
5. Allow all paint to dry
6. Get adhesive ready, coat blocks and immediately attach the image. I've been experimenting with adhesives.
7. Press your adhered photo, printed side down on a carpet, with a protective layer of regular paper between. The carpet applies more even pressure than a flat surface will in this case. Also a double folded bed sheet or something similar will work if you don't have carpet in your place.
8. Thin coat of spray varnish. I do this because my glaze must have some water in it and causes the print to lift and wrinkle if it is not varnished first. Varnish adds a layer of water resistance which keeps it from lifting and bubbling.
9. Take your glaze on a good wide brush, and with even, flat strokes move horizontally. Allow to dry.
10. Take your glaze with a good brush and same as before but move perpendicular to your stroke before - aka vertically.
11. Repeat steps 9 and 10 one more time each.
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| Finished! |
12. You are finished! I did the batch of 8 I mentioned above in about 30 hours with drying times.
13. In my case, since they are for sale, I affix backings to them that state the edition that copy is, and any other pertinent info regarding the image itself!
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| 4x3's with the backings on them. |
Have fun mounting your own photos!
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