Robin Williams Handmade Design Workshop: Create Handmade Elements for Digital Design

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With Found Objects

Cardboard prints

Cut out corrugated cardboard

into shapes and glue those

shapes onto a larger, fi rmer

substrate to prevent the pieces

from moving. Roll on the ink

and make a print.

The inevitable coarseness of the

edges of the cardboard and its

uneven surface creates a scru y

print with lots of character.

Craft foam prints

The thin craft foam from

hobby stores is so easy to cut

into shapes. Glue pieces onto

a fi rm substrate and make

prints from it.

In this example, I glued

the cut-out shapes to the

chipboard backing from

a pad of paper.

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See the directions on pages 216–218

for printing your pieces.

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Patio prints

You can ink up just about anything

and make a print—I created this

lovely texture by pulling a print o

a cement fl oor (I used silver print-

making ink). Try printing your patio

or your textured wallpaper!

Old type prints

I have a big fl at drawer of old wooden

type sitting on my dining room table

at the moment (John bought it at a

fl ea market). I brayered printmaking

ink across a portion of the collection

while it sat in the drawer and pulled

a gorgeous print that I will fi nd many

uses for.

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Leaf prints

Print from leaves in your garden. Dry them fi rst

in an old book; you only need to dry them for a

few hours, just long enough to get some of the

moisture out, but not long enough to squish them

completely fl at. With a brayer, ink up a leaf (see

page 217), lay it ink-down on the paper, cover the

leaf with another piece of paper to protect it, and

use your fi ngers to burnish it.