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Making Stencil and Yam Prints with Lotta Jansdotter
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Published on June 12, 2008 in How-To 		Photo by

Bre Pettis

Lotta Jansdotter just came out with a book about printing called Lotta Prints.  I caught up with her at her Brooklyn studio and she showed me some tips and tricks for using stencils and yams to make prints! 

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Lotta has created a bunch of stencils that you can rip out of her book and use right away or you can make up your own!

If you've got any yams or potatoes around, you can use them to make prints, too! Upload photos to flickr and post the links in the comments below.

Lotta is having a printmaking workshop this Friday, June 13.  If you're in the NYC area, check it out!

Get to know Lotta better with this video we made with her last fall.

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June 12, 2008 at 5:19 p.m. sweetestpea

I can't wait to check out the printing workshop tomorrow. I've been looking forward to it!

June 12, 2008 at 5:34 p.m. madeinlowell

Fun video!! Thanks! I'm a huge Lotta fan :)

June 12, 2008 at 5:35 p.m. littlebitsys

OK, I JUST did a treasury that looked soooo much like this one! WOW. I used all hand printed fabrics in reds and turquoise. eerie. So of course I love those picks!!

June 12, 2008 at 5:36 p.m. cicadastudio

I LOVE THIS! Thank you!

June 12, 2008 at 5:40 p.m. fabricfarrago

Her book is great -- I bought it a couple weeks ago, and I love how she incorporated a variety of printing techniques. Wish I could come to the workshop!

June 12, 2008 at 6:07 p.m. enhabiten

I wish I was in NYC! I just bought this book a week ago because I've been wanting to do my own printing on fabric (besides my gocco)..Great article and video.

June 12, 2008 at 6:11 p.m. littlebitsys

OK, I JUST did a treasury that looked soooo much like this one! Last week I think. WOW. I used all hand printed fabrics in reds and turquoise. eerie. So of course I love those picks!!

June 12, 2008 at 6:12 p.m. MyKangaroo

I often reach to her book for inspiration. Great article.

June 12, 2008 at 6:39 p.m. brepettis

Thanks for all the nice comments on the video folks! Serious bonus points for the first person to leave a link to a photo of their own potato or yam print project!

June 12, 2008 at 7:45 p.m. yellowcanoe

Oh! How exciting to have one of my key racks included in this article!!! Thank you brepettis! :)

I have been waiting to get Lotta's book- she's a huge inspiration for me.

June 12, 2008 at 8:13 p.m. daisyjanie

Thank you for including my fabric in the "related items" section. No kidding, but my son is in the backyard with a pototo shooter. I just looked at the potato with all these funky holes out of it and thought it would make a nice block print!

Must go see....

June 12, 2008 at 8:29 p.m. pixieblossoms

She is great. I purchased her book some weeks ago and I will definitely try some stencil project!!

June 12, 2008 at 9:31 p.m. miraartz

I saw her work at the Brooklyn Flea and wanted to buy it all

June 12, 2008 at 9:33 p.m. riyzedesignz

This is wonderful, I went out yeterday and bought some speedball ink and was going to experiment with printing ink/fabric/design.. So fun great story!

June 12, 2008 at 9:57 p.m. 1girl1boy

I've been spending many a late night in my basement studio working on some block printed textiles, so this was very inspiring. I love Lotta's simple & clean designs. Thank you!

June 12, 2008 at 11:11 p.m. YellowDandelions

Wow! This is so simple, but so amazing! I love Lotta's work! I really want to try this! Thank you brepettis for making this great video!

June 12, 2008 at 11:43 p.m. dozi

Thank you so much for making this video! I really enjoyed it. I went to her printing party in San Francisco this past weekend and had a blast. Here a photo of what I did at the printing party (I brought a lotus root to print with).

June 12, 2008 at 11:43 p.m. dozi

Sorry, that link didn't work - here's the photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wendyfan...

June 12, 2008 at 11:51 p.m. riyzedesignz

heres the first atempt! me and my daughter did this one
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisan...

everyones got to try this its so fun!

June 13, 2008 at 3:28 a.m. kinzaw

Thanks for this how-to-video! I got really inspired!!

June 13, 2008 at 7:19 a.m. amysfunkyfibers

I've been meaning to try this!Beautiful work , thanks for the inspiration.

June 13, 2008 at 9:53 a.m. mizusugi

Love the video! Now let the creation juice flow!

June 13, 2008 at 10:12 a.m. kateendle

Thanks for the great article and video. Lotta's a treasure!

June 13, 2008 at 11:35 a.m. saralynnmo

Thanks for this great article! I was given Lotta's book for Mother's Day and I read the whole thing on a road trip. Very inspiring, I am pumped about printing.

June 14, 2008 at 11:29 a.m. MagicIsland

So beautiful and unique!
Thanks for sharing!

June 14, 2008 at 3:25 p.m. LeiLiLaLoo

I love it!!! Thanks for putting this together.

June 19, 2008 at 4:07 p.m. jamesfish

hotness

June 19, 2008 at 6:53 p.m. Hatdiva

So cute! What a neat little interview. I've loved Lotta's work for some time. I've been searching for some contemporary fabric without luck! I have 5 yards of hemp I'll print up using a potato! How cool is that, save money and have fun. I already have the jacquard textile paints. Wheeeee...I'll post a flikr link soon, or one to my blog. Thanks guys!

June 20, 2008 at 12:34 a.m. iworkartwork

I want to try this, thanks for sharing!!

June 20, 2008 at 2:08 a.m. SleepingCat

I want ABSOLUTELY try this, thanks very much for inspiration!!

June 21, 2008 at 11:31 p.m. Hatdiva

I did it! Here's my first Flikr photos..I printed a piece of hemp canva, with a potato. I found the sweet potato hard to cut evenly. It wouldn't print evenly. This was a fun project! How apropo, a potato printed piece of fabric, and I'm in Idaho :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24149804...

June 23, 2008 at 12:51 p.m. Hatdiva

A word of warning with Jacquard textile paint:

Top loading washers can abrade the paint from your fabric. I found out the hard way!

June 24, 2008 at 3:56 p.m. rifferaff

love this. anyway you'll be doing a video tour of her new studio space?!

Aug. 31, 2008 at 6:36 p.m. pandapants5

Love the video! Her studio used to be around the block from my place, and I loved popping in and checking it out her cool studio. Her sketchbooks look great, but the music in the video was pretty distracting.

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