Printmaking – relief prints from laser-engraved or CNC-carved blocks

06/09/2022

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Reviews the process of making prints that are hand burnished with a barren or run through the printing press. The relief blocks we use to make the prints are engraved on the laser or we can use the Shaper Origin handheld CNC router to carve them from SVG files designed in Inkscape.
Check out my previous video about how to design a block in Inkscape:

Created for use in the Voyager Middle School STEAM Lab class with middle school students.

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laser engraved

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