The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-11

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 duced must be drawn. This may con- tain figures. landscape or letters, or be of conventional design. But this Is not placed directly upon the lino- leum. It must first be fixed upon tracing paper or any stiff transparent oil, not waxed. paper. The resultant drawing is then placed inverted upon me iinoleum and the design trans- ferred in it's reverse position by inter- posing piece of carbon paper.
 When this has been accomplished. 1t is advisable to see which part of the design must be cut away and what parts must be left. Now all those parts which are to be printed are left exactly as they are,' but all those parts which are not to be printed must be cut out. This will become self-evident when all those parts belonging to the design are colored black and those to be re- moved, white.
 With small sharp knife all black spaces are perpendicularIy edged, but great care must be taken that the Knife does not go too deep and that the cloth supporting the linoleum is not cut through. Then, with a side motion of the fingers, the white parts are cut out without. undermining any Of the linked parts. Smaller surfaces need only be slightly cut, a depth of about 1-32 of an inch being all that Is necessary The cut is now finished and can be used for printing on paper
 
 For this purpose a good grade of paper is taken. cut slightly larger than the design, and placed in a basin of water. where it remains for about half an hour. By this process the paper loses its stiffness and becomes soft, so that it can be more evenly pressed against the cut
 Ink must now be prepared. Upon piece of thick glass. small quantity of black oil paint, about tho size of a pea, is placed One drop of linseed oil is added, if the paint is not quite thin, and the oil and paint are thoroughly mixed Then, with a small, f1attened wad of cloth small quantity of the paint is transferred to the cut If 1t is put on too thick the result will be a mass of blots.
 Now one of the papers placed in the water is removed and quickly plotted between two sheets of plotting paper or the paper is quickly dried by plac- ing it in contact with a clean dry rag. It must only be slightly moist; under no condition is it to be wet Then 1t is carefully lowered upon the linoleum cut, another layer of dry paper Is placed upon it and is heavily rolled, using the other hand. When the roller has gone over the design once, the paper is taken off.
 If the print is slightly spotted white where it is supposed to be black two things may be at fault. First, the pressure exerted on the roller may not have been adequate; secondly, in- sufficient ink may have been used.
 The printed papers are carefully placed upon an old newspaper to dry, after which they can be pressed flat in book. if so desired.
 The use of such printed work is manifold. It can be used upon book plates or markers, especially post cards. patterns for borders. Sc. Then too, It is suggested by "Science and Inven- ton" authority. one of these linoleum cuts mounted on block of wood can be used for printing conventional pat terms on tabecovers, napkins and other textile fabrics for the purpose of ornamentation.
 Here the finished cut is carefully mounted on block of wood one inch in thickness and just as large as the design. This is securely fastened to it by means of a dozen, more or less, small brads. The surface is linked as before. but then the block Is taken in the hand and. after placing it in the correct position over the textile, which requires patience and quite a little skill. 1t is firmly and evenly pressed upon it. The inks used for this purpose arc, preferably, those classed as indelibIe, and before good pieces of linen are used or wasted 1t