The Art of Block Printing: Make Your Own Ruffle Bag
About this Event
The Art of Block Printing
Spend an evening learning the centuries-old art form of wood block printing at By Land & Sea. Using hand-carved wooden blocks and traditional techniques, you'll pick your colors, build your own pattern, and print a ruffle bag to take home.
Block printing is one of the oldest art forms in the world; a slow, deliberate craft, where hand-carved wooden blocks are stamped onto fabric layer by layer to create repeating patterns. There's something quietly meaningful about making this way: an object that carries the marks of your own hands, made to be kept forever.
What You'll Make
- Your own hand block-printed ruffle bag
- Cotton paper prints to frame or gift
What's Included
- 2-hour hands-on workshop
- All materials: your ruffle bag, hand-carved wooden blocks, and printing inks
- Light bites & drinks, including our very own BL&S beer specially brewed for the evening by Marlowe Artisanal Ales.
How It Works You'll choose from a collection of hand-carved blocks, learn traditional printing techniques, then build your own design across your ruffle bag. We'll guide you through every step, from your first stamp to a finished piece.
No experience necessary.
About Your Host Amy Philip leads BLOK PARTI, the workshop and kit arm of JOYN; a Fair Trade certified brand that has made hand block-printed canvas bags from a small studio in the foothills of the Himalayas for 16 years, working with the same team of artisans for over a decade. With a background in design and creative facilitation, Amy loves gathering people around making.
About By Land & Sea By Land & Sea celebrates the people, places, and processes behind some of the world's most beautiful things; a purposeful collection of women's clothing, footwear, jewelry, apothecary, home goods, and accessories chosen for their ethical practices, transparency, and true collaboration with maker partners. By Land & Sea champions artisan stories and honors the diversity of craft, culture, and community in Nyack, NY and far beyond.
Check out photos from past workshops below.
Where is it happening?
USD 75.00
