Photo gallery Printing on textiles, the old-fashioned way
Students and community members created printed handkerchiefs with linoleum blocks and ink, during the Textiles at Home: Block Printed Handkerchiefs workshop on Nov. 5 at Nancy Nicholas Hall. The workshop was held to promote the exhibition, Politics at Home: Textiles as American History, on display at the Ruth Davis Design Gallery until Nov. 14.
Linoleum blocks used to transfer designs onto fabric.
A participant rolls a brayer across a linoleum block.
Nora Renick Rinehart, an MFA Candidate in Design Studies, guides students and community members as they participate.
Freshman Eli Song presses an ink-covered linoleum block onto a handkerchief to transfer a pattern.
The workshop was held to promote the exhibition, Politics at Home: Textiles as American History, on display at the Ruth Davis Design Gallery from Sept. 14 - Nov. 14, 2021.
Finished block printed handkerchiefs hang to dry.