1. Find a totally smooth surface, using a wooden board, lay down approx three layers of soft fabric to make a bed, then a sheet of newspaper to protect the fabric
2. Put your t-shirt (or whatever) down with a piece of newspaper inside so that the ink doesn’t bleed through to the other side
4. Ever so gently use the roller to put ink on the block - don’t press down!
You kiss the surface of the block with the roller,
Only use the weight of the roller or less !!!,
If you push the soft roller it deforms and puts ink where we don’t want it !! we want loads of ink on it, but only on the printing surface, we don't mind it being all textured, look at the light glinting on the ink to see if it is even
5. Place the block face down on your t-shirt so the inked side is against the fabric
6. Press it down by standing, just for a second or two
7. Hold down the fabric and carefully remove the block
8. Hang your t-shirt to dry, 10 -30 mins depending on conditions
9. Re-ink the block for the next print
10. To make the ink wash resistant it needs to be ironed super hot for three mins or at lower temperature for longer (on delicates), other methods like a hot air gun are good too